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Re: [RC] Ultimate saddle pad - heidi larson

I read a study once about 5 years ago on saddle pads and the study entailed the 
computor pad registering heat and pressure as the horse was ridden.  Sheepskin 
and wool were the best for dispersing heat and pressure points.
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heidi larson


--- On Tue, 9/9/08, Elizabeth Walker <bwalker2@xxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Elizabeth Walker <bwalker2@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RC] Ultimate saddle pad
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 11:31 PM
Supracor didn't work for me - I got loin rubbing with
it.  Only about  
6 rides, and he was almost down to bare skin in the loin
area.

Right now, I'm using a Christ sheepskin pad, imported
by HorseDream.   
It seems to have solved my rubbing issue.  Hopefully, the
sheepskin  
provides enough airflow.  :)


On Sep 9, 2008, at 1:14 PM, The Coles wrote:


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



     

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Re: [RC] Ultimate saddle pad, Elizabeth Walker