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I would say that a 6ft man on a 15 hander would be underhorsed. Even the modern Household calvalry horse has to carry about 18 stone of man + heavy gear and they are Irish draught horses so up to weight but not especially tall - up to 17 hands. Of course not all tall horses are up to weight ....
As for the Mearas, I imagined that they were not necessarily giants but magnificent .... like trakehners.
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace
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