Endurance.Net Ridecamp Archives

Certainly spring shedding *COULD* cause some problems, but I've seen  loin 
rubbing on horses in the middle of summer too.  I've tried the treeless 
saddle for one training ride and I think I'll stick to my ortho flex.  I 
didn't have the loin rubbing with my horse, but he's a nice short-backed, 
well put together horse.  I just prefer the ortho flex.  To each their own.  
It takes all kinds to make the world go 'round.  That's why there are so 
many saddle makers to choose from.






> From: Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Heidi Smith <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: DeAnn Schnepple <endurancehome@xxxxxxx>,  ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RC]   loin rubbing
> Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 22:54:35 -0500
>
> We were fitting a horse that would get some loin rubbing - primarly in the 
> spring when the winter coat was sheading. We checked the saddle with a 
> pressure pad to make sure there wasn't a saddle fit issue ( or rider 
> imbalance issue ) and there wasn't. One day I followed this horse down the 
> trail and he had a combination of a overstride of about a foot and a very 
> loose movement in the hind end. This causes a lot of movement of the loin 
> area under the saddle and this was the cause of the rubbing.
>
> A second light weight pad solved the problem quite nicely.
>
> Truman
>
>
> Heidi Smith wrote:
>
> > > I've seen lots of loin rubbing over the past 15 years doing endurance
> > riding
> >
> >
> > > and it almost always seems to be heavy weight riders (not water bottles)
> > or
> >
> >
> > > poor riding.  I have several friends that use the treeless type saddles.
> > > Just an observation.  I've had very good luck with Ortho Flex saddles
> > (I've
> >
> >
> > > owned 3 now) and never have had loin rubbing.
> >
> > Actually, vetting rides, I've seen a fair amount of loin rubbing with just
> > about any weight of rider.  And from what I can see, it has a lot more to 
> > do
> > with a combo of how the horse moves and saddle fit.  Back to Lynne G's
> > observations on conformation....
> >
> > Heidi
> >
> >
> > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
> > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
> > Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp
> >
> > Ride Long and Ride Safe!!
> >
> > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


_________________________________________________________________
Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*.  
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail


=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp

Ride Long and Ride Safe!!

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=