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Juli,

It sounds as if you may want to play around with the position of the 
stirrups, or even get a bigger seat (you know of course, that the seat can 
be changed without the entire saddle)...I never have that problem, so it can 
be worked out with a change of some sort.

I would get with Candace or Chris, whoever you purchased it from and ask 
them.

Ranelle Rubin
R.Rubin Consulting

raneller@xxxxxxx

916-663-4140 home office
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> From: "Juli Bechard" <dakoiah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [RC]   A question for the ladies...
> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:16:11 -0400
>
> Ok, got a question for all you other ladies out there....
>
> I have a new Freeform saddle, that I am enjoying.  Alpine loves it, and my
> knees and back love it too.  However, there is one small problem.  The
> pommel on the saddle is higher than I am used to, and it's, umm, caused 
> some
> bruising.  It was very apparent out riding yesterday.  Alpine just had 
> shoes
> put on for the first time in two years, and he isn't quite used to them 
> yet.
> So he was either gaiting rough, or he was trotting yesterday.  And he had 
> no
> concept of the term slow.  Furthermore, my arms hurt from working in my
> garden the day before, so I didn't care to insist he remember what slow 
> was.
> We ended up doing about 14 miles in 2.5 hours, which is pretty fast for us
> at this point in our conditioning.  Alpine doesn't allow me to post, so I
> either had to sit or stand through all of this.
>
> Lets just say I am pretty sore this morning.  There is no chafing, just 
> some
> bruising.  Any ideas on how to stop my saddle from causing bruising in
> certain sensitive areas?  I can't imagine what I'd feel like after 50 miles
> of that!  Because I know my horse, and the speed and gaits I had yesterday
> are what he's going to give me at a ride.  That's his "I feel GREAT! "
> speed.
>
> Anyway, thank you in advance for any help you can provide!
>
> Juli and the Herd
> Alpine (hehehe...that'll teach her to take me out just before dinner)
> Merlin (I've been trotting, Mom had better fix this one before I go under
> saddle)



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