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Re: [RC] saddle pads? - Karen Sullivan

Linda, they sound great, but how are they to clean?
Karen
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Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 8:55 AM
Subject: RE: [RC] saddle pads?

My favorite pad is 5 STAR EQUINE's wool felt pad. I sell many others, but for competitive riders? I love this pad!

I'm sold by their simplicity... they are made of very soft pure wool fibers. The softness gives the fibers a great deal of "motility" - an ability to move away from a pressure point into areas where there is less pressure to equalize pressure.

On top of that, wool fibers distribute pressure outwardly, increasing the area accepting pressure. I "pinch-test" all of the pads that come through here (I often have as many as 50 different pads because my business is recycled tack) and the closed cell foam pads - like gel pads - actually AMPLIFY pressure points! They are still a good deal of a saddle fits well and you need shock absorption.

I like Skito too, but I'm sold on this wool felt!

My "Skito test" was to  lay my old skito and my 7/8" 5 star on large sized gravel - 1/2" size - and put a bare foot on each and transferred my weight back and forth... I like the wool felt! Now the Skito was OLD! Age may make a difference...

5 Star pads are shaped to fit a horses or mules back . They are 2 separate pieces of wool felt joined by soft leather spine and finished off with a soft leather girth/stirrup protector at the bottom. 5 Star guarantees these pads for life. I like it when people have that much faith in their product!

Most people retail the 5 Star for $150 or so, but I sell them for $110 plus the drop ship fee; I feel they need to get out there under saddlesI ordered my first ones at the beginning of the summer after a customer "insisted" - sold me on them - and kept in close contact with the people I sold the first ones to. All very heavy riders.

Theses early customers are all **really** impressed with the pad, and they are folks who ride long hours in tough terrain. 5 Star has a special "Mule" pad that reportedly helps fit a QH Bars saddle to a mules back... I have two mule owners - again, heavy weight trail riders - who swear by them. I need to check them out before I understand why they work so well.

http://www.5starequineproducts.com/

The company is willing to cut the pads to order, so they can be fit to suit special needs - like a Sportsaddle pad, and potentially a Wintec pad.

Linda

Linda Cowles
Horse 'N Hound
New, Used & Consigned
Tack & Stable Supplies
9155 N. State Street #13
Redwood Valley CA 95470
phone  707-485-0347
fax  707-485-0453
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-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of SuperJockey
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 5:49 AM
To: Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] saddle pads?

Hello again!
 
What saddle pads do you all use?  Since Missile and I plan to ride further and longer next year, I would like to get a better one than the simple trail pad I use now.  Any suggestions?
 
I keep hearing people talking about sheepskin, but who sells those?
Also, what about Toklat woolback pads?
 
One other question... www.equineperformanceproducts.com is having a sale on Heart Rate Monitors.  Can you recommend one?
 
Thank you!  I have not yet been to an endurance ride and am just now trying to get a feel for the products out there.
 
Take care and keep riding!
 
Kristin and Missile, Frankie, Andromeda, and Randy


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