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Re: [RC] need help? sore back - Chris PausTurn your saddle over and look at the bottom of it and feel it well.. it might need new fleece. It might have nails poking through... I had a similar problem a couple of years ago. My gelding got a nasty welt on his lower back and he was visibly sore. The lump looked like a bug bite that never would heal... Finally, I turned over my saddle and felt with my hand. The sharp tip of a screw was poking through! Poor guy. I felt awful when I figured out what was happening. Lucky I did't disable him. It was right on his spine! It was a screw that held the crupper ring in place. I removed that screw and his back got better. It has taken a full year for the lump to go completely away, but I could tell with the first ride that he was saying "thank you." chris --- Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Please Reply to: S. Smith shayne.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== Help! Recently (last month or so) my gelding is visibly showing welts on his lower back after a long ride. Back where the saddle ends. I have used the same saddle now for two seasons, never any problem. I have not changed my breastcollar, so I do not think the saddle is sliding. I am thinking that my saddle has streched out and is now too wide? Or would this be a sign or too narrow, putting pressure on the back part of the saddle? very frustrated. ===========================================================Prudence and focus will carry you a long way on a horse. ~ Frank Solano ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ =========================================================== ===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus ============================================================ I still prefer what it is that BH100, Tevis, The Duck's Soup of Endurance, etc. has to offer...but, to see a horse canter over sand for those distances...Good Lord, it humbles me. ~ Frank Solano ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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