Re: The Perfect Saddle

["Potato RICHARDSON" <potator@hotmail.com>]

Laney,.. I ride anywhere I can from my backyard (Tevis trail) to the 
desert of Dubai and all over Europe.  I still want to ride in S Africa 
and Australia/NewZealand.  I like the Survival because it has a nice 
knee roll and it fits the horse I ride the most real good (the one I won 
Tevis on this year). When I ride as I did this year on Tevis I like to 
keep it simple.  I use three things a Saddle, headset which is a simple 
small bosal or even a Peralli halter, and a breast collar,  My cinch is 
normally so loose that other riders warn me to tighten it. 
I normally don't carry water as the stops are hardly more then 25 miles 
apart and I don't carry beer because I can't stand all the foam from the 
jiggling.  Perhaps of all the things I do carry most often it would be 
red wine.  However after getting "delayed" one time on the Outlaw trail 
for 9 hours with MJ Jackson I do carry water if the stops are more then 
35 miles apart.  The podium saddle is somewhat of a novelty to me, I 
have 4 of them because they are light and easy to carry.

>Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 07:36:55 -0800
>To: "Potato RICHARDSON" <potator@hotmail.com>
>From: Laney Humphrey <laneyh@mbay.net>
>Subject: Re: The Perfect Saddle
>
>Hi Potato!
>	Thanks twice: for replying to my question and for your post re prop. 
6,
>I've changed my vote to a no.
>	Can you take time to give me specifics about what you like about your
>Survival and the Podium?  Or a saddle or type of saddle you like least 
for
>contrast?  Does where you ride (mountains I presume) have anything to 
do
>with what you like?  Do you carry a lot of stuff with you?  If so, 
where do
>you keep it?
>	Thanks again!, Laney
>


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