We have been using Stubbens wouton (bad s pelling)
for 25 years, be cause of numer of horses and riders we have 6 of them. my
husband and I total over 24,000 endurance miles on th;ese and many many
more ride and tie miles.
The horses andd ourslves have been very
comfortable, by the way we have always bought used Stubbens, think their owners
went to experimenting with all those other choices?
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?
