RE: [RC] Really wide-backed horse and saddle fit - Sheila A. Walsh
Liz
My saddle fitter showed me how to look at
my horse’s back along the top line, from the top of the whithers (usually
where the mane stops) to the low spot (usually where the horse wants us to sit).
He showed me how much smaller and shorter this is on many Arabs. He pointed
out that English built saddles tend to be for horses that have more length and whither
height and those saddles put on a horse with shorter, smaller whithers can
get sored from the rider’s weight being back on the small of their back,
not up in the low point where they want us to sit. So my barrel shaped
Arab is happy now that I have a saddle that fits her, doesn’t slip
forward and has me sitting where she wants me to sit and it doesn’t spin
on her back, even though I still prefer to use a mounting block.
Fwiw,
Sheila
No hour of life is wasted, spent in the
saddle. "Churchill"
From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Liz Masters Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007
6:03 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Really wide-backed
horse and saddle fit
Since I am the queen of owning
Arabians with no withers and wide backs and big barrels, I have found that a
treeless just rolls around too much. They also slide up on their
necks as there is nothing to help hold it.
My horse Amigo is not only wide he is a little sway backed. I rode him
for 30 days in a Freeform and although it helped with his girth rub issues his
back was SO sore. It took him 2 Chiropractic sessions and consistent
massage to get him straightened out. So I went back to my Sharon Saare and
have never had another back problem.
I have found that most wide backed Arabians fit a CC tree really well, while
some do best with a D tree. Also if they are built a little down hill, a
1/2" raise really helps stabilize the saddle.
Liz Masters
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