Re: Fw: center-fire cinching question

[wambo@fast.net]

I use this type of rigging and a plain old western cinch works fine. You run
your tie strap through the ring on the cinch, up to the "extra" ring, back
down to the cinch, back up to the "regular" ring on the saddle, back through
the ring on the cinch and then tie it off on the extra ring. Sounds
complicated written down, but is really as simple as can be. I like this
rigging because it keeps the girth out of my horse's sensitive elbow. I use
a fleece covered nylon girth I bought from Country Supply, it is shaped like
a triangle, designed for roping saddles I think. Works great.
Nancy Wombacher
wambo@fast.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Becky Huffman <TOS@htcomp.net>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Cc: John M. Sewell <jms@kef-inc.com>
Date: Monday, March 20, 2000 3:20 PM
Subject: RC: Fw: center-fire cinching question


>----- Original Message -----
>From: John M. Sewell <jms@kef-inc.com>
>> Hi List. Anybody out there use a center-fire cinching set-up on your
>saddle?
>>
>> I use a model 800 endurance saddle by American Saddlery in Chattenooga.
It
>> has the center-fire set up that has rear D rings that point forward and
>> down at an angle of about 35-40 degrees. The rear D rings are situated
>just
>> beneath the cantle on each side of the saddle. The saddle was designed to
>> have a rear strap from that rear D ring to the girth buckle for added
>> stability on each side. Old cavalry design, they said.
>>
>> Trouble is, I can't find a girth designed for this set up. American
>doesn't
>> make one. The closest I've seen was a biothane item in Sportack, but it
>> didn't have enough of an angle on the rear-pointing buckle to match the
>> angle on my rear D ring. It'd rip'n split in one ride. Ditto dressage
type
>> girths. I've heard some clinic instructors like Donna Snyder-Smith call
it
>> a "Y rig", but they must be awfully rare.
>>
>> Has anyone seen the kind of girth I'm describing anywhere other than
>Sportack?
>> I'd like to buy one before I sit down and try to make one
>
>(please copy replies to John at jms@kef-inc.com)
>
>Becky Huffman
>Huffman's Arabians ~ The Original Series ~
>http://www.htcomp.net/Huffman/
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