Ridecamp: [RC] Saddles

No one saddle works for everyone, and every saddle has 
it's plusses and minuses.

I love my ReactorPanel saddle, but I occasionally go 
thru "velcro trauma" when I readjust it.  But when it's 
done right, it's a wonderful saddle.  It's English 
styled.

I also have a Abetta endurance saddle.  Built on a 
ralide "Arabian" Western tree.  I got it to back Drako 
with after being thrown out of my old Collegiate 
Graduate flat english saddle.  Ever since I got the 
Abetta I've never been thrown by Drako.  But it's not 
the saddle, folks!  Drako just really looked guilty when 
he dumped me on the second backing and he just never 
dumped me again.

The Abetta fits a lot of horses.  It's cheap.  It's a 
good saddle to start with.  I don't think it's a good 
saddle for too long of distances, though, because it 
seems that the tree hits right into the shoulder going 
downhill.  But that's just the way it fits on my horses.

In general, I'm not fond of the position Western saddles 
put me in.  I particularly started disliking any saddle 
horns because I feel like I may be speared in the 
stomach with one on our uphill romps.

I love Stubbens for myself.  Beau hated every single 
Stubben I put on his back.   I rode for a few years with 
the Collegiate, but it really doesn't wear well with the 
miles.

K.

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