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Re: [RC] Weight Divisions!! - rides2far

Hmmm....I think we should drop the saddle, too.  IMHO, the WEIGHT of 
the> saddle is irrelevant and would not have any impact on saddle 
"choice".


You cannot tell me that super heavyweights don't hope to find a 6 lb.
saddle that fits!


 In> 50's and greater distances, you WILL have a saddle that fits...or 

you won't> do well...at least not at the "award" level.  



Well, theoritically that should be so...but I'll swear some people could
get away with riding *any* saddle and do great and some people could take
a the same horse and make him sore using the same saddle in 5 miles.

Choosing a saddle 

because of> the weight is like choosing a horse because of his

color....that's 

the LAST> thing you consider. 


OK, lets hear a vote? Who out there would not choose a light saddle over
a heavy one *if* you could find one that fit?


For example, Magic loses approximately 30 pounds at every 

ride.  Why> would the difference between a 15 pound saddle and a 25

pound saddle 

even be> an issue?


So...if you gain 10 lbs of body fat you won't worry that you're doing
your horse wrong by not losing it?  The difference in when I feel skinny
and when I feel fat is about 10 lbs. and it's on my mind every day. My
new horse is small and I feel it's *important* that I weigh in at the
bottom of my range. If I could shave 10 lbs off the weight of my saddle
without giving up fit I'd do it in a heartbeat!



I would prefer just the RIDER weight.


It would make weigh-ins a lot easier, but think about it girls...right
now we can always blame the saddle when we weigh in high. Who wants their
*real* weight on that form? :-P

Angie

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