Re: Saddle Question

["SUSAN SWOPE-ATTARDI" <NAGZARUS@prodigy.net>]

I have an OF Cutback that is the newer, shorter panels.  Had to give up
using it on my high-withered Saddlebred because it bit him behind the
shoulders, particularly on the downhills.  On my narrow, purebred Arabian,
it slides over the shoulder blades on downhills.  I don't love that
situation either, but it doesn't seem to cause him any discomfort and rights
itself on level ground.

Susan Swope
AERC SE Region
Kentucky

Nagzarus Farm
http://pages.prodigy.net/nagzarus/nagzarus

-----Original Message-----
From: SandyDSA@aol.com <SandyDSA@aol.com>
To: darolyn@swbell.net <darolyn@swbell.net>; corecpa@pacbell.net
<corecpa@pacbell.net>; nevadaghostridr@webtv.net
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Ridecamp@endurance.net <Ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Saturday, December 26, 1998 6:04 PM
Subject: Saddle Question


>Do any of you have the OF Cutback - this year's model - with the new
panels? I
>have one here that belongs to a friend and she left it for me to look at.
She
>says it sits down oddly on her horse's back and rather bites him too far
>forward instead sitting over a larger area of his back in a balanced way. I
>have been checking it out and it LOOKS like the panels -newly designed to
be
>shorter - are TOO SHORT for her rather long backed horse. Has anyone else
had
>this problem? She just bought it, it was delivered a few weeks ago and she
>can't use it. I am not sure this saddle will ever it her horse. I have seen
>her horse and it just looks to me like it is too short in the panels -
perfect
>for my little 14.2 hand mare, but her horse is 15.2 and rather blocky in
>build.
>
>Okay, let's here from you experienced saddle owners!
>Sandy
>