Re: ridecamp-d Digest V98 #234 short coupled horses

[CMKSAGEHIL <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>]

In a message dated 98-03-14 11:47:58 EST, traildust@webtv.net writes:

<< If short coupled horses are bst for carrying heavyweight riders how do
 you fit a saddle on them?  A saddle to fit a large rider will have at
 least 20" bars and possbly 22" or 23".  This is too long for the short
 backed horse. >>

Hi, Anne--

In my experience, the stronger, shorter-backed horses carry weight with
sufficiently more ease to make up for the heavier rider in a somewhat shorter
saddle--what they used to call "Arab" trees, etc.

Heidi