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Since more and more people are riding really broad horses (not for 
endurance, more for pleasure and low level dressage), there are some 
saddles now made for tabletop backs - but they aren't cheap!
Laney

Marlene Moss wrote:
> Truman wrote:
> "Most saddles do not differentiate between the pitch and width at the 
> shoulder.  That is a wide tree comes from a flat tree and a narrow tree 
> comes from a steep pitch.  What many walkers need is a wide tree with a 
> steep pitch.  It is difficult to find - especially in the inexpensive 
> saddles."
>  
> This is sooooo true.  I have gotten 2 free horses and found that the 
> reason their riders had problems was because of saddle fit - and this 
> type of conformation.  I do saddle fitting clinics and find this to be a 
> fairly common problem.  Saddle makers (at the low end) just do not 
> understand the concept or breadth!  If anyone knows of a low end saddle 
> that can be ordered for this type of conformation or generally runs 
> broad, I would love to know.  Although I can easily  handle these 
> situations with a Free'n'Easy or the right Reactor Panel saddle, not 
> everyone can afford them and I live in the middle of cow country - they 
> ain't giving up their horns!
>  
> I was also just given a mustang with a flat table of a back.  She is 
> very broad to begin with and way overweight.  She's been to several 
> trainers in the 8 years after adoption and for some reason just isn't 
> interested in saddles being thrown at her or being mounted.  It would 
> take a custom saddle, and outside many saddle makers normal range to fit 
> her and I highly doubt the trainers around here would have had the right 
> thing for her (or cared).  So I'm starting her training from the 
> beginning, adjusting a saddle just for her, and I'm quite confident that 
> she will be a fantastic horse.  And I won't sell her unless the buyer 
> has a saddle that fits!
> Marlene
>  
> Marlene Moss
> Saddle Fitting - www.KineticEquineAnalysis.com 
> <http://www.kineticequineanalysis.com/>
> Boarding/Training - www.LosPinos-CO.com <http://www.lospinos-co.com/>
>  


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