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> > If it is an English type saddle with stirrup leathers
> > instead of fenders, the leather twist should follow the
> > curve of your leg.  If it does not, the leather forms a
> > bump about where your knee is.
>
> The twist of the saddle that the original poster was referring to is, in
> essence, the width of the saddle where it contacts your crotch, not if or
> whether the fenders or stirrup leathers are twisted.  Although, because I
> am duck-footed, if I ride in a western saddle that has not had the fenders
> turned so that they twist my toes towards the side of the horse, this, too,
> gives me sore knees.

I know what the twist of the saddle refers to and
what the original post I replied to was talking about.
I just tossed that in as an aside and something to look
to as a possible cause of the problem.  Stirrup leather
twist is also a common "knee" problem.

Marv "And we haven't even gone into twisted off the
rack saddles yet." Walker
Horse Info: http://MarvWalker.com


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