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Re: [RC] Big South Fork 100 - Don HustonHello Jody,Since you say it is always on one side I think you are correct to suspect a balance issue. It could be the saddle. I would test the saddle by tacking up the horse, put a strap thru the stirrups under the chest loosely to keep the stirrups from pounding the horse and pony her on trails for several miles. The saddle should stay right in the center. I was riding with a fella last year and every time we tailed for a while his saddle would slip to the same side. He was ignoring it. I suggested we check the saddle at lunch and with just a rough check it was obvious that the bars were not both the same. I do not know what he did about it. Have you tried a flexible cinch? Good luck cause it's always nice to get a little. Don Huston At 07:36 AM 9/10/2007 Monday, Jody wrote: Now, how about some help for me and Rose. Here's the deal. I have a girthy issue on 100's. I have it will ALL my horses. We have Cash's under control....lots of body glide and wool fleece and he is good to go. Heck, Cash Pony is always good to go. But Rose gets it, and sometimes worse than others. I have had her do this almost to this degree before, and she finished the ride. This time she didn't. What happens is, she gets a little girthy on one side more than the other, she then late in the ride *may* start to short stride that leg. She did here. She will work out of it in a few steps, but it is still hurting her to extend the leg. So, you get a combination of pain ( pulse goes up), short striding, and then compensation and using the neck muscle to bring the leg forward. When she pulled her neck muscle was bigger, tighter and hotter on one side vs. the other side. Now, I have tried, body glide, different saddles, neoprene, wool, string, padded, not so padded, loose girth, crupper to keep the saddle back, the Bickman salve someone on a list suggested, Vaseline, baby powder...and cursing. Sometimes is works better than others. For instance, she finished OD in June. She finished Biltmore with Josie this year. SO....I am wondering since it is ALWAYS the right side....is it ME. I have tried changing diagonals more, standing more. I don't think she had an issue with Josie at Biltmore....did she Angie????? What I am going to look into trying next time is a different girth and a snugger one. I have just been using it tight enough to stay one. I am wondering if she is getting more friction with it lose, thus the problem. So, open to suggestions. She is going somewhere to a 100 in Oct. And then to another in November and then I want to do Goethe in December. Don Huston at cox dot net SanDiego, Calif =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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