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Re: [RC] full/semi QH bars - Alice YovichYes, it was a couple things...every time i've ever put a full bar saddle on my mare they have been too wide in the gullet and sat down on her a bit. This one did that just a little, but not so much that a better pad won't raise the whole thing up enough. I could only get about 1 finger between her gullet and the withers. Also, the rigging on this saddle was 7/8 instead of the centerfire that is on the model I've been looking at. I have another friend with the semi-bar saddle and I've ridden her in it before, but not for a long distance and not recently, but hers fit too plus it had the rigging I like. I'm confused about the different models and the way they are made and how they are different. With the 7/8's rigging there was a little more "pull" than I wanted on her front end.I agree that if it works that's great and I should look for one like it. It also means that some of the leather ones I've been looking at that I thought would be too wide may not be. It's just turned my journey "upside down" I want to make sure I'm buying the right saddle. It's not that I can which size it really is. At 11:06 AM 11/10/2004, Laney wrote: Was it because of the way it sat on your horse's withers and shoulders or was it because you didn't think your horse should need a "wide" gullet? Just one other point here: not only is there no standard sizing for saddle trees, saddle with the same size tree made by the same manufacturer can measure a bit differently. So, if you've found a saddle that fits, throw away your preconceived beliefs and go with it! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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