RE: [RC] A question for the ladies... - Karen Standefer
Well, first thing is to make sure you have
the newer seat and not one of the older models (you’ll need to check with
whomever you purchased the saddle from). Then, make sure you have the
largest possible seat size. I normally ride in a 17” seat, but I
require the 19” seat with one of my horses and a 17.5 with the other one.
None of this has much to do with your size as it does with your horse’s
back conformation. Since it is a treeless saddle, if your horse has
higher withers or more sway to his back, or is butt is slightly higher then it
will fold the saddle just enough to really cause troubles to the rider.
One way I found to solve this problem (my
horse was weak in the back and slightly swayed after an injury before he built
his back muscles up) was to get a set of center shims from Skito (the ones that
are covered, so you can just set them on top of the pad – between the pad
and saddle, not on top of the horse’s back). This helps to
raise the center portion of the saddle up so that the seat is flatter. You
just need the really thin shims more than likely.
I’ve been using this saddle for 3
years and have been through lots of changing backs and different horse
conformations. There are tricks to solve almost every challenge!
Karen
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Juli Bechard Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 2:16
PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] A question for the
ladies...
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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