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I am a minimalist when it comes to tack. The less the better. There are 
a lot of reasons a saddle would move back or forward. If the tree is too 
long the loins will push the saddle forward - creating a sore loin. A 
crupper is not the solution to that - a shorter tree saddle is. If the 
tree does not fit properly at the shoulder - the shoulder will push the 
saddle back. A breast collar is not the answer a saddle that fits 
properly is.

In both the horses I've spent my last 15 years riding once I found the 
correct saddle, I never used a breast collar and I have never owned a 
crupper. Up hill down hill the saddle stays put. Of course there are 
some horses under some circumstances where a breast collar and possibly 
a crupper would help but IMO if you have to use one or both for everyday 
riding to keep the saddle in place- then you probably have a more 
fundamental problem with the fit of the saddle.

Truman

Kristi Schaaf wrote:
> it. I do disagree about relying on the crupper to hold
> the saddle back, at least in my horse's case. The
> sliding forward problem was bad enough that the
> crupper put constant and significant (unacceptable to
> me) pressure on his tail at a trot or canter. I still
> ride with a crupper in the Specialized Saddle, but am
> happy that it very very rarely has to come into play.
> I don't believe that the Specialized Saddle is staying
> in place because it's running into his shoulders,
> because the way that it's built accomodates shoulder
> movement. I have a light therapy unit with a scanner,
> and when I scanned him after several days of mountain
> riding, there was no indication of any soreness in the
> area around the scapula. Also, he's a horse who will
> tell me if a saddle hurts him by getting upset when I
> put it on him, and in the half dozen rides I have on
> the Specialized, he hasn't said a word. : - ) As most
> of you reading this know, saddle fit is a combination
> of science and art, and if anyone ever figures out how
> to make a saddle that works for EVERY horse, they'll
> go down in history.  
>
> Kristi iluvdez at yahoo dot com
>
>
>
> Life's a journey, so enjoy the ride (and try not to fall off)
>
>   


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monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also 
into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil


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