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[RC] saddles - Erin Clutter

hehe its a vee bit off the subject of the tevis sponsorship, but i was wondering if some people could give me some saddle opinions.
 
Right now im riding as a junior, and ill just fess up now im not a strong junior when it comes to putting a saddle on my horse. yes i know im 15! my dad still has to help me get my saddle on for its too heavy.  i know its embarrasing:(  I weigh about 118(thats wat i weighed myself as the day of tevis). i then weighed myself w/ my tack at tevis and i came in at 163.  i didnt have my bridle or helmet with me only a breastcollar and i found the breastcollar didn't weigh much. its just one of the zilco eurotech (waffle kinds). i averaged that my saddle weighs about 40 or so pounds. ya..to me thats heavy(i know im a lazy weakling!). oh...my saddle is an old traditional orthoflex.   Its hard for me to put a 40 pounds saddle on a 15.1-15.2 horse(depends which horse i ride).  Okay sorry i kinda got off topic.  I have tried out an orthoflex express lite(old version not the new one). and it was really small for me but i used a 14 in. saddle and i needa 15.  Does anyone ahve any suggestions on a light weight COMFORTABLE saddle. when i was a lot younger i rode in an english stubben saddle(i did my first 100 in it:)!!) Just for some reason a 40 pound saddle was heavy to me.  And i didn't have any of my snacks or water bottles in it either!!!! A friend of mine who is quite experienced  in endurance, laughed when she heard my saddle was 40 pounds. she said with water bottles and everything her saddle weighed 15-19 lbs(not includin tack). so if anyone has any helpful advice on saddles! please e-mail me! thank you:)
 
-Erin

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