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RE: [RC] [RC] treeless - Ranelle Rubin

Annie,

Have you considered a FreeForm? I personally prefer the "english twist" and have ridden in both the BM Sport saddle and the Barefoot Cheyenne..both of these are western. My horses do fine in any of them, but if you look at the way they are made, for the long haul, I believe the FF will provide more support of the rider's weight due to the injection process of the seat.

As far as cinch gauls, my gelding has this problem, but is fine now that I bought a sheared fleece girth from Janet at Australian Connection. She had to order the exact one I wanted, but it works great after about 200 miles...so I am sticking to it.

Ranelle Rubin
R.Rubin Consulting

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From: oneilannie1994@xxxxxxx
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC]   treeless
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 12:17:10 -0400

I posted earlier but it never showed up so here goes again. I know this topic has been discused to death and I have been in the archives but I need to know more.
I have tried many different treed saddles on my 13 yr old arab. He has a longish back, good withers with a pretty broad back,and after having owned him for 4 yrs has gone from an under weight 800 to 1100 big boy. He has gotten sore in the shoulders and I have been able to take care of that with saddle changes but he has some conic type soreness in the loin area. I have had complete vet evaluation done on him and his hocks are fusing. The left almost completely and the right still has a way to go, so I know this can cause back pain, but I feel alot of his back problems are do to saddle fit and how the saddle fits me and my riding. i would like to try a barefoot saddle. i do slow 50's and do a lot of posting and 2 point riding, but I also walk a lot on a ride is this harder on the back in a treeless? Also my horse is extremely prone to galling, can these saddle be ridden in a fairly loose cinch? Do they slip a lot. I am a feather weight rider so I am sure that helps but I would appreciate any insight on using a treeless and doing end
urance.
Thanks,
Annie
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[RC] treeless, oneilannie1994