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RE: [RC] [RC] Aussie Girth for Torsion Saddle/What Do I Think of The Torsion Saddle - Nancy Mitts

Carolyn,
Can't you enlarge the holes in the billets? If the buckle tongue on their girths are much thinner I would wonder about their strength and durability.
Nancy

From: Carolyn Burgess <carolyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [RC] Aussie Girth for Torsion Saddle/What Do I Think of The Torsion Saddle
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 03:42:55 -0800 (PST)

The Aussie girths won't work on a Torsion Saddle. I bought the 1 1/4" girth buckles but the pin that goes into the billets on the buckle is too big. I have found a place that has other 1 1/4" in buckles and they are in transit. I don't know if they will have the same problem. The Torsion also needs a standard sized dressage girth and the Aussies are slightly longer and won't fit.

This is a very nice saddle. I bought it for a specific horse who had a problem with saddles with trees. He was broke to saddle at 10 after being a harness race horse his entire life. Never carried a rider until I got him. He thought that the treed saddles constricted his shoulders and moved that way. The heavier the tree, the constricted the movement. At the beginning, he would trip and fall down. I had him checked by the vet and there is no physical problem that would cause this. So a saddle without a tree was the fix (I hoped at least). I had to wait 8 months for the saddle, but it seems to be working.

The winter has limited how much I can actually ride, but this horse moves in a whole different manner since I got the saddle. He is a Standardbred, and I never thought that this was possible, but in this saddle, his gaits are even "bigger" than before. He now moves like his shoulders have been freed. I have only used this for training so far, the true test will be when ride season starts in April here in the Northeast and whether this saddle will be good for 25's and 50's.

This saddle should come with a warning. If you are not rock solid in your seat, this saddle, while being very stable, has nothing to hold the rider in. If you need, or want, a deep seat dressage saddle, or a western saddle with the high cantle and pommel, this saddle is not for you. It does give a very close contact ride.

As with any saddle, if I were designing this saddle, I would change the following:

Billets - They need to be a standard size and made only of leather (they are wider and backed with Biothane, which I hate)

Stirrup Hangars - They are attached to a small buckle, attached to one point on the saddle. Should be on a rigging to distribute weight.

Seat - The seat is on velcro and can be removed. I haven't figure out why this is needed, but I would permanently attach the seat to the saddle.

Carolyn Burgess



Carolyn Burgess
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