Sport Saddle .......

DANIEL RAY MCKINZIE (DaCentaur@ziggycom.net)
Thu, 7 Nov 1996 14:44:07 -0600

Everyone is certainly entitled to their own opinion. I just would like to
see some real numbers when you claim the tree parts break. This has been
an extremely rare case and I believe I have found the reason which I am not
at liberty to report at this time. I can tell you however that this will
never happen again. This incident had nothing to do with the design or
product itself. Lets see the good figures compared with the bad now. All
I saw was bad bad bad......! Sport Saddle is still relatively young, but
has come a long way since the first model. Nothing is perfect and it must
be one of the hardest things to do to find something to fit between you and
a horse when the two are so different. I feel that if you can not even
ride your horse bareback for a distance, you probably will have a tough
time with saddles. We should all make ourselves physically fit before
expecting this from our horses and being able to ride bareback will enable
you to become more centered, balanced, and stronger. I see so many out of
shape people climbing onto the backs of horses and it just makes me ill.
If they had no saddle, they would not be able to hang on at all. My point
is that maybe to many people rely on the saddle alone to make them a better
rider. As to the response about a lawsuit; be real. I used to live in
California, but I do not adhere or cater to that type of society and it's
practices. I turn the other cheek. I just wanted to clear the air of
misinformation and try to get a little clarity on the subject of Sport
Saddle pommel's. I used to do alot of databasing myself and know you must
have all of the variables, like how many Endurance models sold and the
number returned with problems. I know for a fact that this information was
never obtained by anyone. So how can you make a fair evaluation of this
saddle without ever getting all of the information. I would applaud
anyones effort to take on such a task as this database you have claimed to
have started, but I would sincerely hope they would do all of the necessary
research before ever publishing anything. Thank you Daniel