Re: RC: sore girth

[Abby Bloxsom <goneriding@snet.net>]

JOLYNN MAYNARD wrote:

> Well, I just did the LD ride
> on a young horse at the Man Against Horse.  It is a fairly difficult ride
> with significant mountain trails.  

Jolynn -

Are you using a crupper?  When a ride has significant up & down we see a
lot of what I call "scrubby armpits" from the saddle shifting forward
behind the elbow on the downhill.  This will cause just what you
describe with angry skin in the armpits.  The looser girth is great
until you need to keep the saddle back in place, and then sometimes a
crupper is needed.

Hang in there ...
-Abby B



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Abby Bloxsom
ARICP Certified Instructor
Level III Recreational and Distance Riding
Colebrook, CT USA
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