I rode many miles for many years in
my 1996 BOZ which I have sold. I am a lightweight.
When they fit they work
fine.
I was contacted by a few people who
owned BOZ saddles and wanted to know why I was selling. One rider was having
trouble with both her and her husbands Boz saddles.
They had gone on a long pleasure ride
lots of hills. Both are heavy weight riders . The horses were skinned in the
shoulder and wither area. She said it was very nasty.
We came to the conclusion that
when they were going up hill the flexible tree spread from the weight of the
rider being forward . It then was pinching and rubbing the shoulders. Both
horses were burnt from the rubs and needed time off.
Another rider with a BOZ at a ride in
Canada I was at had bad rubs on either side of the withers. Skinned would be a
good description.Again he was a heavy weight rider. He had the new pads without
the sheepskin. I think the Boz pads hold to much heat and sweat against the
horse. A Dixie pad might help.
I removed my pads and put a Skito and
Dixie under it.
Mine were the older style pads with
the sheepskin.
When I bought my BOZ I was very happy
with it. The price was far more reasonable in 1996.
Kim has a newer Boz with the
performance seat tried that and did not like it at all. and she paid
extra.
I rode in a Balanced ride saddle
owned by a neighbour after that. It was a BIG heavy western saddle.
Personally I decided I don't like the
leg position of the Monty Foreman rigging. Balanced ride has the Monty foreman
rigging.
I found that in hills the
back of the saddle lifts and that makes the front dig into the horse. No pad
fixes that.
I live in the hills.
Good Luck to anyone saddle hunting. I
am trying the torsion endurance model now.
Like the princess and the pea it has
to be just right or I am not buying it.
Paddi who has owned a
synergist, a boz, a bighorn, a podium ect ect ect
