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Re: [RC] Saddle Suggestions - heidi

The next saddle I rode her in was my Billy Cook Wade
Roper (she wasn't going to blow any leather off of
that one ;) - I felt balanced and secure, but that is
way too heavy to expect her to tote on a long ride.

Nat, why do you think it is too heavy for her?  If it fits her, and it
fits you, perhaps you should just stick with it for awhile, until you are
more used to her.  The weight will only be a detriment in terms of going
FAST and running for placings--which is a scenario that should be a ways
in the future for both of you at this point.  In any event, time spent in
the familiar saddle getting used to her will make you far better prepared
to choose the next saddle.

And as an aside, as a kid growing up ranching on Arabs, all of our Arabs
and Arab crosses toted big heavy western saddles at one time or another,
with no ill effect.  And those ridden by family members who still ranch
are still ridden with big heavy western saddles.  My dad "made" his
endurance saddle by taking an old-fashioned center-rigged western saddle
that he found extremely comfortable to a saddlemaker and having him remove
the horn and put a nice leather patch over the "spot"--the horn got in his
way going up and down steep hills.  He rode his half-Arab over 1000 miles
in that saddle (alas, didn't join AERC in the beginning, so it didn't all
get recorded)--including a 6-day multiday--and never had a problem with
it.  The saddle passed the "endurance litmus test" for saddles--it fit the
horse, and it fit him!

Heidi



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