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Re: [RC] seat length re women/posting/etc - heidi

Please Reply to: Ray O'Donohue rno2m@xxxxxxxxxxxx or
ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ======================================== I think
most horsefolks,especially female,should think more often about having
equipment that accomodates them,and put a little less effort into making
their bodies learn a technique to accomodate equipment which may be
wrong for them.If a saddle selection(or modification) is BETTER for
you,you'll know it,right away.I am thinking especially here of the
overall seat length. Truman once warned me about being diplomatic on
this topic,and I am a gentleman,so here goes: ladies need more booty
space,aft from the stirrup hanger,than men. If that space is
lacking,riding lessons be damned,you are never going to be able to sit
DOWN into that horse;you will be always "hovering" and stuggling with
balance.And Remember: seat length size numbers are MEANINGLESS,except
when comparing two otherwise identical make and model saddles.(For
example,if two different make saddles,of (nominally)the same seat
length, have their stirrup hanger in different fore-aft positions,the
seat lengths will not really be the same.)You just gotta buy 'em and try
'em.Used saddles are a fine thing!

Ray, you are TOO funny...  <g>

Actually, not all females need the booty space.  I used to be one of
those.  I rode quite nicely in a 16" Stubben--well-balanced, etc.  I am
now <ahem> "mature."  I NEED the booty space.  Got it in a different and
larger saddle.  But I've heard those tiny heiny gals complain about the
saddle I now ride (the Wintec Pro Endurance) because they have so little
"booty"  that they are practically swimming in the darn thing.  Libby Llop
gave a good explanation of why it is that we "ample" gals fit well in that
saddle despite our short feet, and why our skinny husbands fit into it as
well because they have LOOOONG feet.  Made sense to me.  The 16" Stubben
(God love it) is gathering dust in the tack room.

But as I look around me at rides, I really think most of the gals would
fit nicely in the old Stubben--heck, they even look good in tights, drat
their hides...

Heidi ("I'm a NEW woman!"  <g>)


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