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RE: [RC] CAIR panels - Mike SofenI've had the Wintec Isabelle (their dressage saddle) with CAIR for 3 years and on 2 different horses have never had any back issues...that they told me about. Both are very demonstrative of bad saddle fit, so I am assuming that things were ok. However, on a third horse, not in very good condition, with a novice rider bouncing around, the horse had a sore back. Can't tell if it was the bouncing rider or the saddle. If your friend isn't yet a good dressage rider and/or her horse isn't in good shape, it could simply be her riding. I think using the right saddle pad could make a difference. Since the CAIR panels are already compliant and a bit boingy, I use a pad with no boing, like either a Skito or Equipedic type pad with that memory foam, or a pad with no foam at all, so the saddle provides the cushioning. I originally was using a Supracor pad and that definitely felt like boing on boing, after switching felt much closer and less boingy. Pardon my scientific terminology. :-) Mike -----Original Message----- has anyone had any experience with buying a wintec with CAIR and then having them removed and having the saddle reflocked. This question is for a friend of mine from my barn who is having saddle issues with her Bates saddle. The chiro says that the CAIR panels are like basketballs and are too hard on the horse's back. She says that every horse that she has seen that uses these saddles have had chronic back problems. My saddle, also with CAIR, a wintec, seems to be less hard than hers so she thought maybe I could ask around as she hasn't been able to find out any information by just searching the web. She's a dressage rider and quite honestly, most of the girls at my barn thought my saddle odyssey a bit amusing until the chiro showed them problems that they are having with their own horses regarding saddle fit. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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