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RE: [RC] [RC] ? Freeform enduro?-- - Ranelle Rubin

I sat in this saddle in the Freeform booth for a long time while working at Convention. I have not been in it ON a horse. Here is what I can tell you:

It does offer support from going forward
It does not have any support forward of your knees
It is on the "FreeWest" style of saddle which is a western-like saddle.
I feel that my Classic with a sheepskin cover offers me more security

FWIW, my "buff-pony, very quick laterally moving horse" spooked sideways about 15' on the trail this past Sunday. All I got was a bruised inner thigh. I stayed on the saddle. We were cantering, so the momentum and the lateral movement would have been enough to unseat me if the saddle was not secure. My friend who was behind me said she was amazed I stayed in the center of my horse with as fast as he moved.

With the seat cover, the slight knee roll of the Classic (not the added knee roll option), I feel totally secure in this saddle. I don't like the big knee rolls as I feel like I bump into them.

Happy Trails,

Ranelle Rubin
R.Rubin Consulting

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From: "L gin" <ladurgin@xxxxxxx>
To: Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC]   ? Freeform enduro?--
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:21:29 -0500


If anyone has seen the Freeform Enduro----- do you think it would provide the same sort of security for the rider (during " rare "180 teleports-) that a regular endurance saddle or western, or aussie might? And while riding up and down hills?
Or is the pommel really just a different look, and not of much practical use, as in something to inhibit, somewhat, the human part of the team from ending up on the or over the equines neck?
Or is it just an english seat with a 'funny pommel"?---the pictures I have seen seem iffy.


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