Re: Saddle Fit

["Cora" <bandc@teknett.com>]

There's more to it than that Marv!!....Cora
----- Original Message -----
From: Marv Walker <Marv@MarvWalker.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 4:38 PM
Subject: RC: Saddle Fit


> > You know this stuff about the Impression pad is seeming to be an awful
lot
> > like advertising. I for one am getting tied of hearing that it walks and
> > chews gum at the same time especially from someone signed on as a guest.
> > This pad, while it is a very nice idea, does nothing to correct the fit.
It
> > only tells you if it doesn't fit and why isn't anyone asking how it
measures
> > how off the fit is. We all know if there is no putty at a certain spot
that
> > the saddle doesn't fit. But, that bad a fit may also be seen by looking
at
> > the saddle. How do you measure if there is 1/4 inch of putty in one spot
and
> > 1/8 elsewhere. That's enough to cause imbalance or pressure. How come
I'm
> > the only one asking these questions.
>
> Let's say that a mold maker makes a mold of a horse's back
> and then you send that to a saddle maker who fits the saddle
> to the mold.  Would you (general "you" here) say that saddle
> "fits" the horse?
>
> What I've always wondered with saddle fitting is, how do we
> know that the saddle that fits today will fit next week, next
> month or next year.  If I get Summer out of the pasture in the
> spring for some leisurely trail riding then get the Tevis dreams,
> her body shape will be continually changing as she becomes
> better conditioned.  It seems to me the saddle I start with
> won't keep up.
>
> To me, saddle-fitting is an ongoing process that requires constant
> observation and a lot of uncertainty.  Since most horse owners
> cannot afford a steady succession of saddles it seems to me that
> one reaches a happy medium and depends on the saddle pad to take
> up the slack for as long as possible.
>
> Luckily I don't seem to have saddle fitting problems.  Not real
> sure what I'll do if I ever do have.
>
> Marv "Never put a wide saddle on a narrow horse, never put a
> narrow saddle on a wide horse." Walker
>
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