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 Changes....One of my saddles may not have enough rocker I'm thinking. It 
may also be bridging. With the white pad and sweat patterns I am getting 
dirt impressions on the front evenly, less in the middle, then alot on the 
back where the cantle and my butt sit, evenly. I also was  putting my hand  
under the back of the cantle between my horse and the saddle while mounted.I 
believe it is pressing into his back at the edge of the cantle. At least 
with the merio pad I had on  yesterday.
 The saddle panels are a closed cell foam that lie flat, and gives closer 
contact.They are  not thick, maybe half an inch or less.
Horse is not muscled up, used to be along the back, but has "sunk' a bit  so 
his  muscles are not level with his back bone as they used to be. Not 
swayback, just musclling  dropping off from spine, where they used to be 
level and flat at spine and then rounded off.
 I have been reading that new saddle fit book..... Especially about how to 
read  a pad.(and of course all the osher saddle fit articles here).
I only had on my merino wool pad when testing this. I had been using my 
tacky tack with a panel pad....he seemed more comfortable with more padding 
from those, I guess the wool pad was compressing  and so the panels could 
press more with my weight.
 I am also wondering if this could be a saddle length problem or is it the 
rocker. However the saddle is only 23" long front panel to back panel. But 
shortbacked arabs are shortbacked.....
 I am going to do the white pad thing with my othere pads to see if that 
helps.
Maybe I can get by with my other pads or a panel insert pad ??? Or till he 
muscles back up a, then decide...  Or could this be typical of a closed cell 
foam close contact type of saddle?



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