Re: sports saddles.

["Steven Proe" <trails@jps.net>]

I would certainly listen to the HORSES opione over the vet's, everytime I
haven't listened to the horse it certaily has been a more eventful ride or a
drasticly shortened ride. If the horse isn't a happy camper neither will
you.

----- Original Message -----
From: T J Habberley <T.J.Habberley@btinternet.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 1998 10:39 AM
Subject: sports saddles.owever I am a big fan now of these sadles for the
folowing reasons.My
>horse injured his back when he sliped on a competative
> ride, he developed a large lump of damaged tissue over his spine just
>where the back of a traditional gp
> sits. he will not tolerate a standard gp on his back now, although the vet
>has assured me on his numerous
>visits that my horses back is now okay.
>
>I also had a lot of problems prior to his injury in fitting a saddle to
>him. He is a Welsh cob and starts the
>season as awide and ends as a medium narrow. He also developed muscle
>wastage behind his shoulder
>blades.
>
>With the sports saddle he is happy to accept being tacked up. The saddle
>does what the blurb says ie
>it conforms to his shape, it also has the side benifit of warming the
>muscles which helps stop him
>tensing his back up.A side benifit has been that his stride hads lengthend
>considerably.
>
>I too was concerened about weight distribution with the saddle. However I
>have noted that his back is always
>sweated out evenly under the pad indicating that weight is borne across the
>surface , his gp used to just have
>sweat on a narrow panel area . The stirrups are attached in an 'odd' place
>but the weight seems to be spread
>across the pad surface.
>
>I ride in one with the equalizer pads which I belive enhances weight
>distribtuition.
>
>Every one at my yard has been impressed by the saddle, including the master
>saddler who supplied my previous GP!
>
>Im so sold on the saddle Iv just ordered one with a pad, which is a major
>investemnt for me.
>
>The general verdit here is WEIRD BUT WORKS !
>
>ANy other quereis plaes let me know Im fascinated by these saddles!
>Tamara
>
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