Re: RC: Weird saddle pad

[sweety@nni.com]

I have this same pad, I think...
I love it - it seems to only add a little additional heat over the other
pads I use {It covers a large square western-type area whereas my other pads
are shaped for the aussie saddles I usually ride in} It seems to cool a lot
better than the heaviness would imply and the additional heat is only a
result of more body coverage, methinks...I'm hypothesizing the cooling is a
result of the honeycombed texture...? At any rate, it holds the saddle in
place very well {I ride in a looser girth than probably most folks} and has
kept my mare's back in great shape. I used this pad in a 50 a week or so ago
and it was wonderful - all A's. I originally ordered it as a pad for a
western saddle for a beginning rider, but quickly confiscated it for myself
once the beginning rider decided he preferred motorcyles over horses....the
price was unbeatable and the pad is great. I believe they also offered a
white english version, but I don't have the catalog in front of me so I
don't recall exactly. It had some very non-fancy name, too, if I recall
correctly.

At 11:15 AM 4/20/99 EDT, you wrote:
>I just got a really weird saddle pad from Valley VEt Supply. I tis a western 
>pad with a surface on both sides like a honeycomb or something. It is a 
>neoprene feel, and is very flexible. Smells like an autoshop! 
>
>I got it because I thought it might relieve the back tension in my old 
>semiretired mare who STILL goes out, but is slightly swaybacked now and most 
>people who will be on ehr will be in a westen saddle. Hate changing the 
>stirrups on my OFs!
>
>The pad never BUDGED, stayed where I put it, was an EXCELLENT fit, and when I 
>took it off, perfect sweat marks, no dry spots, BUT the PAD was ABSOLUTELY 
>DRY! Is THAT WEIRD?? I wnodered if anyone else has used this kind of pad. I 
>believe it was about $35. If this pad comes in other shapes and sizes, it 
>seems to me that this might be a great alternative to the types of pads we 
>use in endurance now. I am not clear on any level of heat build-up, but the 
>pad was DRY! It is SO WEIRD!  Any ideas out there?
>Sandy
>
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