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Re: [RC] Thanks! - Vicki AustinVictoria, unfortunatly there is no "tried and true" trail saddles. It is whatever works for you and your horse and it is an individiual thing. For years I used my dressage saddles with mixed results, then I got a horse that cannot tolerate a tree of any kind after about 50 miles and has sores somewhere. I finnally gave in and got a endurance sport saddle (after two years of torturing my horse with six saddles of various diciplines (dressage, forward seat, close contact, endurance english, endurance western), you name it I tried it , I even sent one saddle away for restuffing (to template) as I was convinced THAT would work. Then I got the sport saddle and have never looked back. Other people cannot use sports saddles so it is sooooooooooo individual. You just have to try the saddle you like first and if it doesn't make your horse or you sore you are all set. If it does than you have to find what will work. Hope this helps. Vicki --- "V.Roush" <gypsydancer@xxxxxxx> wrote: Thanks for the warm welcome, guys! As a former mid-atlantic hunter/jumper/dressage rider, it's nice to find an equine sport that's not so...how should I say this...exclusive. I'm even thinking of taking *western* riding lessons (sounds like fun to me, but I'm sure my old trainer is rolling over in his grave right now). That reminds me, though...one more question. I've always ridden in an english saddle, because I just like them better. There's nothing wrong with western saddles, but I just find them a bit heavy and uncomfortable. I saw someone on this list posting about using a dressage saddle. Is there any reason why doing CTR/endurance in an english saddle would be a bad idea? Also, if there are others who use english saddles here, maybe someone can point me in the direction of english traiol saddles. I remember seeing them in the Dover catalog many years ago, and I'm sure they're still sold somewhere. Dover called them "park saddles" or some such. They had lots of D rings and a much more padded seat. Dover also used to sell different kinds of pouches and saddle bags to fit english trail saddles. Anyone heard of any of this lately? - Victoria __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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