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[RC] TWH - saddle fit - Marlene MossTitle: MessageTruman
wrote:
"Most saddles do not differentiate between the pitch and width at the
shoulder. That is a wide tree comes from a flat tree and a narrow tree
comes from a steep pitch. What many walkers need is a wide tree with a
steep pitch. It is difficult to find - especially in the inexpensive
saddles."
This is sooooo
true. I have gotten 2 free horses and found that the reason their riders
had problems was because of saddle fit - and this type of conformation. I
do saddle fitting clinics and find this to be a fairly common problem.
Saddle makers (at the low end) just do not understand the concept or
breadth! If anyone knows of a low end saddle that can be ordered for this
type of conformation or generally runs broad, I would love to know.
Although I can easily handle these situations with a Free'n'Easy or the
right Reactor Panel saddle, not everyone can afford them and I live in the
middle of cow country - they ain't giving up their horns!
I was also just
given a mustang with a flat table of a back. She is very broad to begin
with and way overweight. She's been to several trainers in the 8 years
after adoption and for some reason just isn't interested in saddles being thrown
at her or being mounted. It would take a custom saddle, and outside many
saddle makers normal range to fit her and I highly doubt the trainers around
here would have had the right thing for her (or cared). So I'm starting
her training from the beginning, adjusting a saddle just for her, and I'm
quite confident that she will be a fantastic horse. And I won't sell her
unless the buyer has a saddle that fits!
Marlene
Marlene Moss
Saddle Fitting - www.KineticEquineAnalysis.com
Boarding/Training - www.LosPinos-CO.com
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