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I'm also female, at most 5'5" tall with legs that are short for my body 
height but with thighs that are long for my leg length.  So for me, the 
flaps are always too long but my knees are off the front of the knee 
roll.  In fact, I've never met a knee roll that matched my thigh.  To 
me, the placement of the stirrup bars should have nothing to do with the 
length or width of the flap.  The stirrup bar should be the same 
distance in front of the deepest part of the saddle seat (where the sit 
bones should rest) as the distance from the rider's ankle bone to the 
ball of the foot.  And the flap should be whatever length and width fits 
the rider's leg.  But getting all that means a really custom made saddle!
Laney

Karen Sullivan wrote:
> Hi Laney.....
>
> For me.....female, almost 6 ft. tall, very long thighs; no English saddle
> off the rack
> has a long enough flap;and my knee is always off the bottom of the knee
> roll.
> Most English saddles that have longer flaps make the mistake of putting them
> also more forward....
>
> At least for me, most English saddles have stirrup bars too far forward and
> the flaps
> too short.
>
> Karen
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Laney Humphrey" <laneyhh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <MtnRondi@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 9:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [RC] Narrow v. Wide Twist
>
>
>
> > What is it about being long from hip to knee that makes saddle fit hard?
> > Laney
> >
> > MtnRondi@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > In a message dated 8/29/2005 12:45:54 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > > katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> > >
> > >    I have not come up with a way to determine whether a saddle
> > >    fits a rider without riding in it any better than I have come up
> > >    with a way
> > >    to determine whether a saddle fits a horse without putting it on the
> > >    horse
> > >    and trying it out.
> > >
> > > I used to sell saddles in a major tack store. I got to where I could
> > > just watch someone walking toward me and know if I had a saddle that
> > > would fit them, especially if they were long from hip to knee.
> > >
> > > The best test (besides trying it out on the horse) is to sit in the
> > > saddle on a rack, let your legs fall down naturally. Look at how the
> > > saddle twists your thighs. If your knees point out and it is a struggle
> > > to roll your thigh against the saddle to get your leg in the proper
> > > position, then that is not the right seat for you. But if you sit in a
> > > saddle that just naturally lets your leg hang in the correct position
> > > with your thigh rolled forward and your leg hanging naturally without
> > > the back of your calf making contact with the "horse", then you are off
> > > to a good start.
> > >
> > >
> > > _Bonnie
> > > www.thistledown-borderterriers.com
> > > <http://www.thistledown-borderterriers.com/>
> > >
> > > _
> >
> >
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