Events
Groups
Rider Directory
Market
RideCamp
Stuff
. They should send these saddles out with instructions!
The rings are for whatever you want them for. As you start riding long
distances, you will discover what you want to have handy and attached to your
saddle.
. What do you get for a breast collar? Is there a
>difference from the western breast collars? Do you put on a back
>cinch?
The western breast collars are usuallly heavy leather that produce heat
buildup and ride low on the horse's shoulder. On long rides they usually
cause muscle soreness. I have had good luck with the biothane breast
collar. ( No heat builup, and no chafing). Also look for a "hunter
style" breast collar; they attach higher to the saddle and do not cause the
muscle interference of the lower riding breast collars.
As for a back cinch, the answer is no. I've never found that the endurance
style saddles needed one. Just more tack to worry about, and the possibility
of the horse getting hung up in it could cause an injury.
The "dropping his neck" posture you describe is probably a sign of a sore
back. I could be residual effects of the other saddle. Give him a week off
and try him again. In the mean time it might help to enlist the aid of an
instructor (preferably one with dressage backround) to make sure that you are
sitting balanced in your new saddle. If the problem (sore back) returns,
then the new saddle may not fit him either. Try and find a person in your
area that is familiar with saddle fitting to help you.
Good luck, and remeber lots of long slow distance for the first year :-)
Cindy Bell
Wameco (just give me a map of the trail and let me do this by myself, thank
you!)
>
>TIA
>Lynette
>
>
>
>----------------------- Headers --------------------------------
>From ridecamp-request@endurance.net Sat Oct 11 22:39:50 1997
>Return-Path: <ridecamp-request@endurance.net>
>Received: from fsr.com ([207.141.24.46])
> by mrin85.mail.aol.com (8.8.5/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0)
>
Events
Groups
Rider Directory
Market
RideCamp
Stuff