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Most gaited horses have big shoulders and require more freeddom in the 
shoulder than many saddles permit. It's not just the "width" or pitch of 
the tree that is importnat - it's also the over all separation between 
the bars at the wither. It's not uncommon for a gaited horse to require 
a "narrow" tree to match the pitch of his wither, but require a wide 
tree because of the width of his wither. It can be difficult to find an 
"off the tack shop shelf saddle to fit that bill. An ill fitting saddle 
will make any horse "trippy" gaited, or otherwise.

Truman

Paul Latiolais wrote:

> Bruce,
>
>     ...Walkers, Foxtrotters, a Walkaloosa and a Kentucky Mountain
>     Saddle Horse. Several of them were "trippy"...
>
>
> When I had that problem, it turned out to be saddle fit at the 
> whithers/shoulder area. A wider "gaited" saddle fixed the problem 
> completely
>
> I have learned that standard saddles are not "fit" (excuse the pun) 
> for gaited horses. They need that extra room in the shoulder area.
>
> Is it that they "angle" the bars? Does anyone know?
>
> -Paul 



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