That does sound good....have you checked to see if
you can slip your hands under the base of the pommel when
you are in the saddle on the horse?
They did look narrow there to me.
As far as stirrups more forward....my complaint
about the Bob Marshall is that the stirrups were too far forward
on most models, especially the Western style
ones. That would force your weight back against the cantle
and
put the rider in a chair seat...not good for the
back of the horse. On my endurance and schooling models I had stirups set
back about 2", in order to have my heels in line with my hips and be able to
post correctly. I just can't imagnine
the stirrups any more forward though....but
everyone is different....
I actually like it much better than my previous Bob Marshall which wore
down way to quickly. It lost it's shape. They moved the stirrups
more forward on my Hilisaon which I appreciate.
You will need to turn the stirrups back though, because they will be
stiff. I had a saddle maker look at it and he loved it.
I'm thinking about purchasing my daughter a
treeless saddle for her PMU "foal" who is now 26 months 15.3 and will be
growing for a long time. She is just now starting to get on and walk him
aroud the arena. She's using my old Equigel Thorogood dressage saddle
which already doesn't fit. Is anyone familiar with the Hilason Treeless? I
don't want to spend a lot of money at this point so some of the other
treeless saddles I'm familiar with are out.
