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Are you sure these bumps are from heat?  They sound a lot more like a 
response to too much pressure.  Is the saddle able to give a bit in 
that area or does it just grind away in that spot?  Also, you might try 
varying your own riding a bit--try changing your riding position a bit 
every 15 minutes to give that area a break.

My horse quit having these bumps when I bought an XW saddle....  Before 
that, I too noticed that they seemed worse in warm weather.  In 
retrospect it seems to me that the warm weather wasn't the primary 
cause of the discomfort but merely exacerbated the problem of an 
ill-fitting saddle.  Those "bumps" were swelling from circulation 
returning to a now-damaged area of the horse's back....

Mary K. (who will never buy anything smaller than an XW saddle again no 
matter how cool-looking the saddle....)


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