Re: Bareback pad-unsafe with stirrups?

["C. Eyler" <eyler@mindspring.com>]

>     Everybody's favorite marketing expert Pat Parelli says-and I think
> maybe he is correct in this-that a bareback pad is a great thing BUT safe
> only if not equipped with stirrups.I'd like to try a bareback pad,and of
> course I would prefer stirrups-if safe.It seems that my choker style
> breast strap would help re one stirrup pushing the pad into spinning on
> the horse's body,and, my Chico is a high-withered "fish-shaped" horse,so
> the pad may stay in place a bit better for that reason.
> Opinions?

John Lyons says the same thing, that stirrups on a bareback pad are
*dangerous*.

Cindy