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If you want a western saddle that rides more like a dressage saddle,  
I'd recommend a Synergist. You can get very traditional looking  
saddles and the stirrups hang under your hips. They are pricey too,  
but not 5300 like his top of the line saddle. I feel pretty lucky to  
have a Synergist and now a Freeform. The Synergist is supremely  
comfortable, I could sit on it all day!
Tiffany
On Apr 1, 2006, at 8:06 PM, Laney Humphrey wrote:

> I had a Boz saddle years ago.  Boz will certainly tell you that his  
> is the best saddle around.  The saddles don't ride at all like  
> english saddles because the stirrups are set very far forward.  I  
> haven't looked at his website in years but there used to be pix of  
> him riding and in them you could see where his feet and legs were.   
> He was a student of Monte Foreman who developed that style of  
> riding.  If you think you want to show, I would advise you to check  
> with someone affiliated with the shows you plan to enter to make  
> sure his saddles would be appropriate. Some do have horns, but they  
> aren't "traditional" western saddles. Speaking personally, I don't  
> think the flex in his tree is anything wonderful.  There are quite  
> a few good western saddles available now; Dave Genaduk of About the  
> Horse, http://aboutthehorse.com/ being the guru of western saddle  
> fitting.  Some of his saddle would ride like english (dressage)  
> saddles!
> Laney
> LAWRENCEC BENNASCONI wrote:
> >  Anyone using boz saddles? I love my dressage saddle but I may be  
> > buying a horse that was trained to show western, and I would like  
> > to be able to show her. Most western saddles kill my knees, I  
> > looked at a flex panel saddle, and the corrector pad, but none of  
> > these including the boz are available for a trial, you want to try  
> > it, you buy it first. From looking at the boz, it looks like it  
> > should ride more like an english saddle, also wondering how the  
> > flex tree works. Ask any flex tree manufacturer and they are the  
> > greatest thing out, and flex panel saddles are junk.  They all  
> > think their design is the only one that works. Orthoflex guys hate  
> > the reactor panel, but I have owned both, and I love my RP. All of  
> > them can tell what is wrong with the other guy's idea, and their  
> > own design is flawless.

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