ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: Q re Sports Saddle

Re: Q re Sports Saddle

Truman Prevatt (truman.prevatt@netsrq.com)
Fri, 19 Dec 1997 21:38:34 -0500

At 08:30 PM 12/19/97 -0600, you wrote:
>The talk of standing in the stirrups of an OF saddle, and the
>possibility that it causes problems <bg>, reminded me of a question I've
>had in mind recently with respect to the Sports Saddle.
>
>With no true tree in the saddle (if I understand correctly), the stirrups
>are somehow attached to the middle part of the saddle, which is soft
>padding. (I've been reading the websites.) Knowing that endurance riders
>spend many hours standing up,

I may be weird - no need to comment - but I spend very little time standing
in the stirrups. I find posting easier than standing. And when I want a
break from posting I either ask the horse to walk or gallop.

I hate standing in the stirrups.

Truman

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