Must be okay because a year ago a guy had saddle troubles at DVE and ended up riding 3 of the 4 days bareback - one tough man !
Lee ".......and God sought to bestow upon man a supreme mark of his blessing. God created the horse. The horse could run faster than the deer, jump higher than the goat, and endure longer than the wolf. Man, being encompassed by elements that sought to destroy him, would have been a slave, had the horse not made him king."