>There have been 8 reports of broken trees in the newer SS's. This may be
>due to a bad production run.
Yes, I know of these discussions, but each
person said that their horses didn't seem
to mind the perceived change. As I said,
mine is the newer fleece bottom (although one
could still order the nylon bottom when I
got mine). It fits my witherless wide backed
TWH.
>Additional concerns/complaints about this saddle have also surfaced
>requarding changes from older models--see archives for posts.
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The word report wasn't a good choice on my
part, I was just surprised as normally people
are pretty vocal about their saddles on this
list. I know you are compiling a database,
but I enjoy/prefer hearing specifics from
people who are using the different saddles,
and we do have a lot of dialogue. that, of
course, is up to the individual person
posting....
>Since not everyone feels obliged to "report" to the list, but instead
>prefer to email me privately regarding saddle
>commentary/observations/problems, I will continue to summarize my
>findings as I have been doing over the past year.
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Just one more comment, I think you've done
a terrific job trying to sort out all the
info about saddles! But perhaps the keeper
of the database should not make a negative
comment/conclusion based on a few reports -
just reporting the specifics would be more
helpful.
Thanks, I know you go out of your way to
put this together for the list. (Although
I will always prefer open dialogue among
members of the list).
Jude Hall
>As always, commentary invited: the goal--an article summarizing the
>findings on strong points/weaknesses/appropriateness of various saddle
>modles based on "field experience".
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>Diane @ Safe Haven
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