RE: [RC] Really wide-backed horse and saddle fit - Ginger Bill
HI! I KNOW A GENTLEMAN THAT HAS RIDDEN ENDURANCE FOR YEARS AND HIS SADDLE LOOKS LIKE HECK. HE HAS RIDDEN AT LEAST THIRTY HORSES THAT I KNOW OF AND HE LAUGHS EVERYTIME SOMEONE TELLS HIM ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND A PROPER FITTING SADDLE FOR ANY PARTICULAR HORSE. HE SAID THAT PEOPLE SPEND ALL KINDS OF MONEY FOR DIFFERENT SADDLES WHEN ACTUALLY IT'S THE PAD THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. I HAVE SINCE FOUND THAT TO BE VERY TRUE. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY SADDLE FITTING MY HORSE AND MY HUSBAND CUT ONE OF OUR FELT PADS IN THE SHAPE OF MY SADDLE AND GLUED IT TO THE UNDERNEATH OF SAID SADDLE. IT WORKED PERFECTLY. SAVED US A BUNDLE. IT DOESN'T WORK IF YOU JUST ADD ANOTHER BLANKET OR PAD TO THE EXISTING AS IT MUST BE ATTACHED TO THE SADDLE FOR NON SLIPPING. TAKE CARE. GINGER
From: raneller@xxxxxxx To: totaleclipse2007@xxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [RC] Really wide-backed horse and saddle fit Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 14:44:48 -0800
Evelyn,
I could serve Christmas dinner on my Polish/Crabbet 8yr old gelding! I tried many treed saddles, none of which worked..even a hinged paneled saddle did not work with his very short back.
I have ridden him in a Freeform and now a Bandos for over two years. The FF worked well for the first year, until he got withers. He has a very long sloped shoulder which ended up causing a rub right at the base of his withers with the FF. I switched to the Bandos in August and it is great! It has a front design much like a Barefoot Cheyenne. You can move the stirrups forward and back like the FF, and the plate that the stirrup leathers hang from is dinner plate sized, which I understand was meant to disperse the weight better than the smaller ones on the FF.
Feel free to email me privately if I can help in any way.
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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 14:12:22 -0600 From: totaleclipse2007@xxxxxxxxx To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Really wide-backed horse and saddle fit
I have purchased an Arab/Saddlebred gelding, 15 1/2H, who has a really broad back (and I mean "really" broad), although he does have a nice wither. He is not in endurance condition, but I hope to have him in easy 50-milers by mid-summer. My dilemna in the meantime is what saddle to use (despite the fact that we probably own at least 10 saddles from western to dressage to aussie to endurance!)? I don't really think any of the saddles we presently own will fit him very well, although I am considering starting him in the adjustable gullet Wintec Dressage to start (and I know the drawbacks there) until he is ready for some serious mileage. I would really like to avoid that whole, huge, messy saddle fit problem if at all possible. It is very hard to figure out what ones will work well once you start heading up into bigger mileage ie: Reactor Panel, Synergist, etc., so I'm trying to avoid spending thousands and thousands of dollars on saddles that just won't work for endurance, even if the ads claim they will. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated - you can e-mail me directly if you like to avoid problems with too many saddle discussions on Ridecamp. Thank you.
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