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Nancy,

You might want to consider a new saddle just released called a Bandos. 
Athletic Equine has taken the best of several treeless saddles and created a 
new breed of treeless. I had been riding in a Freeform for almost two years. 
I began getting rubbing at the base of my horse's withers 3 weeks before 
Tevis. Chris Martin gave me his personal saddle to use on Tevis while the 
shipment was on its way from Italy. It has a pommel very similar to the 
Barefoot, yet the movable stirrup placement of the Freeform. Another 
improvement is a much larger, firmer "plate" that the stirrups hang off of 
which disperses the rider's weight a bit better, instead of concentrating it 
in one place so much.

My horse has a very wide, short back, long shoulder and hip. Not much room 
for a saddle. I have now ridden him about 150 miles in it. So far it is 
working well. I am test riding this saddle, so I will be happy to give 
updates as I go along.

It is well priced..around $600-$700.00 depending on fittings

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> From: "Nancy" <nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"So_Cal_Endurance" 
> <So_Cal_Endurance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"endurance open" 
> <theenduranceopen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [RC]   she needs another saddle, help
> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 10:43:08 -0700
>
> Lyric has done it again, out grown another saddle.  When we pulled the
> current saddle (Specialized, International) on Saturday she had hair rubs 
> on
> the top of her shoulders.  So, I am asking if anyone out there has a Bob
> Marshall with the pommel ends ground to fit an extra wide horse that is
> sitting collecting dust in your tack room?
>
> FYI, Lyric has gone through the following saddles: Abetta endurance, Sharon
> Saare F tree, SR Enduro, draft tree dressage, regular Bob Marshall.  Any
> ideas on make, model for a really wide, big shouldered horse? Thank you in
> advance for any suggestions.
>
> Nancy Reed
>
> (no, not another saddle search for Lyric!)
>
> Lazy J Ranch
>
> Elfin Forest, CA



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