I personally use a Supracor. I'm a
heavy weight rider, on a big long backed moose, in a dressage saddle. I
have tried various saddle pads but I keep going back to my Supracor. And,
I just purchases a second one, in the Endurance style, which will replace my
Dressage Supracor.
The thing I like about it most, and what
conviences me that it is actually providing a cooling effect for my horse, is
that you can actually hear the air swooshing out of the pad whenever you do a
rising trot! It kinda sounds like mini bellows when you are riding.
I don't hear it at the canter or at the walk however... I suppose that is
because the weight is not shifting that much in the walk, and probably because I
two poing in the canter and the wind in my ears may be disguising the noise of
the air flow???
For those who's horses are sensitive to
the supracor, I would suggest a thin cotton pad between the pad and
horse.
It's not very scientific, but in my
humble opinion, if I can actually HEAR the air flow, then there has to be some
circulation of air, and that would mean there would have to be a cooling
effect.
Donna Lee and Jeff Cole Turning
Point Stables Browns Flat, NB