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You are absolutely correct Jackie that what works for one might not for 
someone else.  I'm always grateful that there are so many saddles 
available because surely there is a saddle out there for everyone.  I 
had the priviledge of watching Boz give a riding demonstration once.  He 
can do amazing things.  And his saddles have been around for years so 
obviously they work for quite a few horses and riders.
Laney

TypeF (Jackie Floyd) wrote:
> Keeping in mind that everyone has their own opinion about everything :) 
> and certain horses, saddles work for certain people while they don't 
> work for someone else, I'll put my two cents in. And this is definitely 
> not an advertisement, just my experience.
>  
> For me ... I'm happy with the two Boz saddles I own. One I had custom 
> made, the other I purchased sight unseen used from Paddi Sprecher, 5 
> minutes after she put it up for sale on endurance.net classifieds. That, 
> after having ridden my custom made one for several months.
>  
> My problem is I'm top heavy, er ... front heavy, and after having 
> tried half a dozen different saddles, was still having a balance 
> problem. Normally placed stirrups all tended to throw me forward. The 
> forward stirrups on the Boz video looked like they might solve my 
> problem. I must admit that taking a $3500 chance on having a saddle made 
> based on what I saw on the video was a rather large chance, but it paid 
> off for me. I'm quite comfortable in both the new and the old Boz 
> saddles I own. I'm more comfortable in the old one as it has the open 
> seat. My new one has the performance seat and is built up a bit in the 
> back. My butt is "just" big enough that it makes it a little too small 
> for me and I end up banging my thighs on the pommel if I'm riding James. 
> If I had it to do over again I would have gotten the slick forks.
>  
> And I am thoroughly convinced that the forward position of the saddle 
> close to the horse's shoulders has saved my butt and that of a friend of 
> mine many times over, riding James Dean, the whirling dirbish. Both of 
> us have found ourselves without a horse under us several times as James 
> as whirled away from something at cutting horse speed. Since the arrival 
> of the Boz saddles, neither of us has been unseated. Could be a 
> coincidence, but we both have felt the difference in stickability being 
> further forward on the horse's back in such a situation.
>  
> The other thing I'm comfortable with is that I think it holds up to its 
> advertisement that you can use it on just about any shape horse. None of 
> my horses are shaped the same and so far, after three years and 
> thousands of miles of conditioning and competition, I don't feel that 
> I've ever had a back problem with the three horses that share these 
> saddles. The foam panels seem to conform to the horse's back as I'm 
> riding and if one was so inclined, one could have a separate set of foam 
> panels for each horse you ride, and shave them here and there for a 
> closer fit. I'm too lazy for that. Plus the foam panels are obscenely 
> expensive. Boz's suggestion is that you replace them once a year. I 
> don't think so ... I mean, I'm not poor, but sorry, not gonna do that. 
> Maybe every three years :) I have used both a CoolBack pad and a Skito 
> under my Boz.
>  
> :) Jackie
> (and Tank, James Dean and Sorcerer, who would just like to get out of 
> the mud, saddle or no!)
>  
>  


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