Re: RC:Saddle fit

["Duncan Fletcher" <dfletche@gte.net>]

And if that girth groove is a bunch of loose skin right up against the
elbows on a older horse, it is necessary to keep the girth back. One wonders
how those old center fired saddles ever stayed on a horse.

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net


----- Original Message -----
From: <guest@endurance.net>

> Barb Peck bpeck@together.net
> Barb Peck
> bpeck@together.net
>
> RE: Saddles slipping forward.
>
> Er, I don't mean to step on anyones toes here,
> but a crupper shouldn't be used to hold a saddle
> in place if it doesn't fit in the first place.
>
> Saddles can slip forward if:
> 1) The saddle fits the horse, but the girth rigging
> is too far back of the horses natural girth groove.
> The girth creeps up to where it should be and the saddle goes with it. (A
crupper will help in this case,
> but the rigging should really be in the correct place for the
> horse.)
>
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