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Re: Youth Endurance Saddles



REPLY TO 01/17/98 01:08 FROM ridecamp@endurance.net: Youth Endurance Saddles


 My little friend Morgan, age 10, needs an endurance saddle.  He is
currectly riding in a 40 year old Hereford Saddle which is great for roping
but has its limitations for distance.

Today he commented that his knees were bothering him--something I thought
was limited to we "older" riders.  My knees kill me in my western saddle but
never bother me in our endurance types.

WHICH SADDLES DO OUR JUNIOR RIDERS USE?  I measured Morgan's saddle and it
is a 13 inches western saddle.  Please recommend a youth saddle for Morgan
and Baby Tzar who has no withers.

Thanks, Joane

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Joane,  both my kids ride in Sport Saddles.  My daughter, age 10
uses the endurance model, size 14", and my son, age 7 ysed the
Schooling and Training model, size 14"  Both saddles have the
stirrups moved back some, as opposed to a lot of youth saddles I see
that have them hung too far forward.  I used to have the kids ride
in a youth Aussie saddle, which was very secure for them, but I
disliked the fit on our swaybacked Welsh pony.  The saddle sat them
up too high on the back and tended to tip from side to side.  The
Sport saddle fits the pony wonderfully

I also have flex-ride stirrups for each saddle.  Warning, for small
kids, the cages will NOT prevent the toes of the shoes or boots from
going through.  After discussing this with the Fosters, we came up
with an excellent solution.  Bob mentioned that the end of a
plastic liter soda bottle fit into the inside of the cage perfectly.
I tried this and it is great!  I cut out the bottom part where the
foot pad is, and then just ductaped the raw edges of the plastic to
the stirrup.  Now I have a comfortable and totally safe stirrup!

Karen

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