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While I would be the last one to hold myself up as a model rider, I'd 
have to agree with Kat's simple solution.  I bought some of my horses 
some custom-fitted Saare saddles. When I brought the first one home, I 
tried it out on my favorite chestnut nut case.  Unfortunately, the 
cinch that I had available wasn't QUITE short enough, but it was short 
enough to look sort of ok at first while the Mistress of Deception had 
her belly blown to the size of a tank truck.

Once we got out in the desert and were trekking along enjoying the 
sights that included a 50 km ride going on in the same area of desert, 
a jeep loaded with a bunch of my friends drove up and stopped parallel 
to us. I could see our reflection in the window and the cinch was 
hanging a good 3 inches below her belly.  The friends just pointed and 
raised eyebrows while I checked out the situation in the window and 
then offered to follow me in (about 4 km in the desert) when I said 
that it was better if I didn't know.

I made it back and altogether rode about 12 km with no cinch...and most 
importantly no indication of a problem until I got off. <G>  That's not 
the last time this happened and in these saddles, which seem to fit 
well by any other criteria as well, the lack of support was unnoticed.

But don't try to mount this way. That hurts.

Maryanne
Cairo

On Thursday, January 15, 2004, at 08:21 AM, k s swigart wrote:

> With respect to methods used to see how well a saddle fits, not just
> statically but dynamically I have a simple way of doing it.
>
> If I have to tie the saddle on the horse, it doesn't fit right. :)


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