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I feel the skito pad is an improvement over the toklat pad
for several reasons. The skito pad is shaped to the back, the tolkat pad
just folds straight across. When both pads have shock foam, the toklat has
an extra top layer of fleece that I feel is unecessary as you already have
fleece next to the horse, and the bottom of the saddle.
What you want is a skito Sport Saddle pad, forget the
stuff about inter and outer pad. I have also found that the woven tapestry
southwestern prints wear the best and fade the littlest. I have some pads
that are 8 years old and still going strong.
If your horse has high withers or narrows, high
spine, they make a "top shim", that puts the saddle up a bit off the
spine. This works well with my high-withered Anglo arab.
Karen
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 6:18 PM
Subject: [RC] Skito Pads
Hi everyone,
I'm pretty new to endurance ( 3 LD rides and one 50 mile
ride)and I have a question about Skito Pads. I currently ride my horse
in a Sports Saddle. I switched from a Wintec All Purpose and my horse
and I love the new saddle! I use a Woolback saddle pad and
occasionally my saddle will still slip a bit. Actually it doesn't seem
to be the saddle that slips, it's the pad. I now put the saddle so I
have about 2 inches pad peeking out from under the pommel and that helps with
the sliding. I have my girth on pretty tight, so I don't think that's an
issue. The slipping isn't really bad, I ride in the mountains in
Virginia without a crupper and not a problem there. I read some posts
about people riding in Sports Saddles with Skito Pads and loving it. I
looked through a Trails End catalog and was a bit dazed by the choices
between Outer Cover and Inner Cover. I would really appreciate any
inputs on the Skito subject.
Thanks,
Birgit
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