Re: saddle slipping

["Tracey" <tracey@tbt.co.za>]

Thank you, thank you.  Having had to buy a new saddle for Toc every 9 months
while he was growing from a half-starved TB to an incredibly muscle-bound,
mutton withered horse, it is very good to know that I wasn't wasting my time
trying to do the impossible.


BTW, I have found a Kieffer Munchen and a County Dressage with a 3-fit
gullet are both great on him.  Not brilliant for endurance, admittedly, but,
hey, one can't ask for everything, can one?


Tracey




>This is totally untrue. A tree that is wide enough with the proper pitch
>will not roll on even a mutton withered horse. I build an extreme amount of
>saddles for this type horse. I also own one and compete on him. He is like
>sitting on a 55 gallon drum! With the bars of the tree down on each side of
>his withers and with the proper angle there really is not much slippage at
>all. I specialize in all these hard to fit guys. Very wide,very narrow and
>steep pitched and higher rump down hill to the withers etc.
>Marilyn Horstmyer
>DeSoto Custom Saddlery
>(231) 775-5612
>desotosaddle@voyager.net
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <guest@endurance.net>
>To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 10:38 AM
>Subject: RC: RC: saddle slipping
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>> Barb Peck bpeck@together.net
>> Barb Peck
>> bpeck@together.net
>>
>> Pat Super has given you excellent advice
>>
>> I would add  that if the horse is mutton withered,
>> you'll probably always have a side to side slipping
>> problem, even if you have a saddle that fits well.
>>
>> There's only a small margin for error on girth
>> tighness for these horses.
>> Breast collar and crupper will help keep the saddle
>> from going all the way under the belly if there's
>> some kind of wreck, but won't keep the saddle from
>> slipping when mounting.
>>
>> I've found that the Dixie Midnight No-Sweat Vent pad
>> has the added side benefit (when used as an under pad)
>> to make saddles more stable on mutton withered horses,
>> thus allowing the girth not to be tightened so much.
>>
>> If you search the archive in the last few months, you'll
>> find their address.
>>
>> Good luck,
>> Barb
>>
>>
>>
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