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Re: Saddle Pad



Rousseau wrote:

> Just came across a new (to me) company called SaddleRight saddle pads.

Linda,
I visited the page at www.saddleright.com - an awful lot of hype for their
pads. I have the alarms go off when anything is pushed that hard as a
"universal cure".

>            Look at your horses shoulders, one side is smaller.
>            The horses smaller shoulder cannot build under
>            the saddles pressure.
>
While this assymmetry is true in some horses - as endurance riders we should
work on strengthening the weaker side of the horse rather than padding it and
ignoring it!

>
>            Our pad eliminates saddle pressure from horses,
>            PERMANENTLY.
>
The only permanent way to eliminate saddle pressure is to NOT use a saddle.
Otherwise, you are <distributing> saddle pressure.  No pad will alleviate
pressure from an ill fitting saddle.
"Gee, my saddle is too tight.  I'll add a special pad to make it fit better."
This is like saying "Gee, my shoes are too tight and they pinch me.  I'll add
an extra pair of thick socks.  Golly - they are STILL too tight!"  What about
the novel concept of shoes that fit!?!

> horses saddle pad MUST:
>
>            Divert Shock from horse and rider  Improve/equalize a horses movementsI have to agree here.  Those are admirable goals for a saddle pad.
>
>            The Only horse saddle pad With a RESALE Value
>
I have never seen one for resale.  I do know that pads and saddles all drop in
value after they have been used.  I wouldn't make it an investment
opportunity.  BTW - I do see resale Happy Backs, Cloud Nines, and others.
They certainly aren't the ONLY ones resold.

>   USED BY WORLD CHAMPIONS
>
I didn't see any endurance names that I recognized there.  Listing a last
name, and "horse" along with "World Champion" doesn't tell me what discipline
they were in or what years they were doing well.  It doesn't even tell me if
they were actually using the pad when they won & if it contributed to the win.

While I wouldn't say that these pads are either good or bad, I question any
product with that much hype.  If I was considering one of these pads, I would
ask the company to supply references from <endurance riders> before I
purchased one.  (Especially considering the rather pricey cost of $175 -
$295!)  AND I would contact those endurance riders & see if they STILL use
them.  I've bought a lot of stuff & set it aside when it didn't perform for
me.

Linda Flemmer - forever the cynical consumer



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