Its for my daughters' Paso Fino/Arab. He is
gaited and has that typical gaited-shaped back. Points up on spine a mule back,
hardly any withers and he is about as round as round can be, lower down. So too
wide a saddle, it sits on his withers/spine a bit, too narrow and it catches
that wide part of his little mighty shoulders. We are getting the white patches
from dry patches. I have heard that treeless doesn't work well for gaited breeds
but know many who ride in them successfully. I think we need to just get her
treeless like our other 2 horses are in.
My thought on this is that you'd have the gullet spreading, but not
panels. It would cause the saddle to be misshapen once you sit in it and ride
in it. I think the gullet irons are needed for the integrity of the
saddle.
I broke down and bought a Duett saddle for my very wide, no withers mare.
I've been very happy with it and she has been too.
Wintec Users: Have you removed the
changeable gullets to leave no gullet in there to make it wider? I did that
and tried in on this horse that is pretty mutton withered. Seem to fit
better. Haven't ridden in it yet. Anyone do this? Will it
work??
---------Karla
Watson/Oregon
"Slowee, slowee catchee monkey," Rudyard
Kipling, from The Jungle Book
