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Ranelle, I love your enthusiasm.

It is so gratifying when a horse is able to travel without pain and  
the rider is comfortable as well.  A horse who has "ALWAYS thrown her  
head under saddle" was never happy, eh?  Rider responsibility is the  
flaw here, don't you think?  She should have been on the Great Saddle  
Hunt long before now.  It's nice that she had purchased a pricy  
saddle, thinking that it had to be the answer--but that's no panacea.

No doubt, you know how "any change" will often make a horse happy.   
The key is whether or not it still works for them 6 months from  
now.   With any saddle the key is getting the rider to check to see  
if it still fits--and especially if it's a traditional English  
saddle, rider inattention can surely lead to disaster, and any  
replacement that doesn't trigger those sensitive points is at least  
temporarily or ideally even long term wonderful.  That saddle might  
have worked just fine if it was restuffed, if it was fit correctly in  
the first place from the tree and angles standpoint.

Hope to see you in the jacuzzi next year at convention, or better  
yet, at a ride...

regards,
Lynne
(Great Saddle Hunt trail meant 5 saddles for my horse)

On Mar 10, 2007, at 8:35 AM, Ranelle Rubin wrote:

> Yesterday, I took a friend out on my demo Freeform saddle. She was  
> riding her mare, who has completed Tevis twice...nice mare...! She  
> has been riding in a very expensive "air ride" English endurance  
> saddle. I won't name names here, 'cause it doesn't really matter!
>
> This mare, until yesterday, has ALWAYS thrown her head under  
> saddle. The owner had already begun to see changes in the horse's  
> back that led her to believe her hunt for a new saddle had begun.  
> She did not expect the change in her attitude...
>
> The mare's head was relaxed and on the bit!
>
> The owner is now budgeting for a new Freeform saddle!
>
> Ranelle Rubin
> R.Rubin Consulting
>
> raneller@xxxxxxx
>
> 916-663-4140 home office
> 916-718-2427 cellular
> 916-848-3662 fax

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