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One mistake you don't want to make is to tighten the girth too 
much.  Better to give in and get a b/c and a crupper.

When I used to rig my sports saddles the way that most people do (or used 
to, anyway), I could ride my horses without a b/c or a crupper.  In fact, 
both Weaver and Rocky completed Tevis in theirs without using a b/c or a 
crupper.

Since then, I've ridden a lot more miles and found that this kind of 
rigging works 
better:  http://webpages.charter.net/nvrider/rigging.html   It allows me to 
move the girth farther back on the horses.  Because of how they are shaped 
with fairly large round barrels this makes it easy for the girth to go 
forward so the crupper keeps that from happening.  I like to ride with a 
fairly loose girth.  I adjust my b/c so that it is actually tight enough to 
be of use. That means that if my horse needs to bend down to eat I need to 
unclip one side of it.  If it's looser than that it will allow me to slide 
back and when you do a lot of hills or up and downs you don't want to be 
sliding even a small amount back and forth.

Karen
in NV


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REAL endurance is sleeping in the tack compartment of your trailer w/the
door open, and your horse snorts/snots on your forehead every 30 min!
~ Heidi Sowards

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