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> From: guest@endurance.net
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: End to my saddle problems?
> Date: Monday, October 20, 1997 6:41 PM
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> From: Nick Warhol
> Email: nick.warhol@kla-Tencor.com
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> I have been trying to get a saddle to fit my young horse for the almost
three years I have owned him. His body has changed so much since I brought
him home it seems like finding as saddle that will work is impossible. I
started with english saddles with no luck, then used a Zes saddle for
almost 18 months with good results, but much to my depression found some
more of those darn white hairs! They were faint, and I have done over 700
miles on him with this saddle with no sore back at all, but none the less,
the white hairs came up. Enough!! I called Steve at SR saddlery in Bend
Oregon and ordered up a custom made SR Enduro saddle. I figured I'm not
going to experiment any more, and even though I can still use the Zes
(which I really like riding in) I want to end the problems once and for
all. It takes Steve 3 to 4 months to build a saddle, but I waited as
patiently as I could. The big day came a couple of weeks ago with the
delivery of a very large box. Janene at SporTa!
> ck set me up with a nice pad designed for the SR, and also got me a
biothane girth I'm trying out as well. The sadle itself is really a work
of art in terms of construction. I was able to see a cutaway version of
how Steve makes the thing while up in Oregon at the Pan American
Championship. He has a very innovative way to match the tree to the custom
cast I had to create of my horse's back. I used my Cloud stirrups (which I
wouldn't give up for all the steel irons in England) on the SR, and I also
fabricated my wool saddle cover to fit as well. I have ridden a few hours
in it now and like it a lot. The sweat contact marks on the horses back
look like, well, they look like a saddle which was custom made for my
horse. I'm very satisified with the saddle so far, and I'll be sure to
report on how it works on my horse after a few months. Here's hoping I'm
done with saddle fit problems.
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> Nick Warhol
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> Hayward, Ca.
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