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There are 4 saddlemakers that specialize in custom saddles for endurance 
and long distance (& 3 of them are women who actually compete!): Anne 
George, Katee Owens (Advantage Saddles), Marilyn Horstmyer (DeSoto 
Saddles), and Steve Ray (SR saddles). They can all work with you to 
design a saddle that will fit you and your horse and they are 
competitively priced.
Laney
They all have websites accessible from the "saddles" link on endurance.net.

DRG1 wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I’m new here <waving Hi!!!>, just getting started in CTR (maybe 
> endurance in the future).
>
> I’d like to introduce myself, plus ask a question, so heres a little 
> background…
>
> I used to ride English 3 day eventing (did so for 18 yrs), & rode in a 
> Stubben Siegfried
>
> (the one they USED to make – 1975 vintage), still have it, beautiful 
> saddle, but English
>
> (to me) is too hard to ride in the mountains (7000 ft & UGHHH Rocky..) 
> where I live, work & play.
>
> Got married, hubby only wanted to ride Western so I switched. He ropes, so
>
> I started too. I have been doing rodeo events since 1992 (competitive 
> roping).
>
> Have had some fairly severe orthopedic problems (back, hip) this past 
> yr, (me, not the horse),
>
> so I am no longer able to really ride the Quarter horses anymore 
> (loping is very difficult on them for me).
>
> Bought a Missouri foxtrotter for the easy gaits & I can canter again! 
> :^D (VBG)!
>
> So, now I am looking for a saddle. I don’t want to ride English for 
> the aforementioned reasons,
>
> don’t like western saddles anymore as the “twist” is generally too 
> wide for my hip,
>
> so I figured a hybrid endurance saddle.
>
> I am thinking the Tucker Equitation Endurance would be a good one, but 
> I tried the medium tree – didn’t
>
> fit my MFT (too high, 4 fingers under the pommel), & felt the stirrups 
> were too far forward –
>
> so I was not in a balanced seat, but riding on the cantle. I am 
> thinking this is cuz the saddle
>
> was too high in front. I am waiting for the wide tree Tucker 
> Equitation Endurance to come in to try.
>
> But, in the meantime, I am asking, what other endurance type saddles 
> have a cushy seat (for my back) & a “relatively” narrow twist, & keep 
> one in a “Balanced” seat to try? Anyone with a gaited horse that’s 
> used one would be a plus too! J
>
> Thanks all, in advance for your reply, & nice to meet you!



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