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Re: [RC] prineville-injured riders and horses - rides2far@xxxxxxxx


"....some of you advocate riding with a loose cinch.?loose enough to see 
daylight between the horse and the cinch?..."

My daughter's horse has to be ridden with a loose cinch. He's 23 and the skin 
under his front legs is thin and sort of loose. If his girth is tight the skin 
rubs against itself and he gets absolutely "gooey". We tried every different 
type of girth thinking the girth was rubbing but finally realized it was the 
skin bunching up in front of the girth. So, we have to leave it a little loose. 
To compensate for this he has a snuggly adjusted breast collar & crupper "just 
in case". He also has good withers and she can actually mount from the ground 
even with it loose. I do what I can to make it as safe as possible...safety 
stirrups & such. I try hard to make sure there's never "daylight". Given a 
choice I'd like it snugged up some, but it was this or retire him and he's a 
wonderful horse...safer than most horses with a tight girth.

Angie

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