Small size doesn't hurt steer roping horse Woody Woody is one little steer roping horse with a lot of determination. The quarter horse gelding, whose registered name is Larneds Ricoche Doc, is 14.1 hands tall and weighs 1,185 pounds. Most competitive steer roping horses are about 15 hands and closer to 1,300 pounds. "He's just got a lot of athletic ability to be as small as he is," said Dan Fisher of Andrews, Woody's owner and rider. "He's got a lot of heart. He's smaller than any other steer roping horse I've ever had before. But I kind of like short horses because I'm only 5-foot-9, and I can get off of them quicker" to tie the steer. Those factors helped Woody win the American Quarter Horse Association/Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association 2008 Steer Roping Horse of the Year honors. Fisher is also on the card at the Nov. 14-15 National Finals Steer Roping in Hobbs, N.M....