ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: white spot on back

Re: white spot on back

Sullys Maze (Sully@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU)
Sun, 27 Apr 97 21:47:04 PDT

REPLY TO 04/27/97 17:24 FROM ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: white spot on back

Subject: Re: white spot on back

In a message dated 97-04-26 12:05:06 EDT, you write:

<< i need help.. last summer my horse developed whelps on her back about
thirty minutes after a 25 miler in mississippi. she never showed signs
of a sore back at any ride. i only do limited distance. so i switched
from a saddle with a tree to a sport saddle and a cool back pad. i am a
heavy weight. the problem now is she still shows no signs of soreness
but her back is turning white under the saddle where my butt would
be???? has any one else had any problems like this with there treeless
saddles?

mary watkins and star
trotalot@wt.net >>

Mary: Sore or not, damage is being caused...sooner or later your horse WILL
be sore. The cause is the combination of a saddle with no support and a
rider being a heavyweight. Can't be helped except by changing saddles and
maybe some outside observations regarding riding style. You CAN help by
improving riding style and who doesn't need improvement?

Good luck,

Teddy

----
Teddy, I have to disagree with you here that the Sport Saddle is a
"saddle with no support". If you have carefully looked at one, or
talked to the manufacture, you will know it has two tree section,
and that all the rigging connects to these two tree pieces inside
the saddle. From what I have experienced, the combination of the
weight in the body of the saddle, and the weight borne from the
stirrups (putting pressure on the tree pieces), does an EXCELLENT
job of distributing rider weight. Genie Stewart Spears is doing
100 mile rides in this saddle with no problem. I am doing multi day
conditioning and fun rides with no problems. While I certainly
acknowledge you have the right to your opinion, thats all it is-
I disagree that it is a saddle with no support.

Karen

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