ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: advice on saddles

Re: advice on saddles

Tara Wheeler (harpy@io.com)
Fri, 13 Jun 1997 18:59:14 -0600

>Could anyone please give me some advice on what saddle to buy for
>general trail riding. I thought those who do endurance riding would be
>able to recommend saddles comfortable to the rider and the horse. I
>have been looking online at the "Sports Saddles". Is there one brand
>that shines? I am wondering whether to buy two saddles; one for jumping
>clinics and one for trail riding. I was interested in the Ortho-Flex
>Stitch-down but for the price of it ($2000) I could have a used all
>purpose and a S.S.

There are some used Orthoflex saddles for sale at the Endurance Net Web site:

http://www.endurance.net/Home/

and I think at least one was the Stich-down model.

Harpy -aka Tara Wheeler

"Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those things. (I)n that
case, the made up things seem a good deal more important that the real
ones. We're just babies making up a game, if you're right. But four
babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world
hollow. That's why I'm going to stand by the play world."

Puddleglum from C.S. Lewis' 'The Silver Chair'

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