Center-Fire girth position

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Barb Peck bpeck@together.net
RE: Center-Fire girth position
from: from Barb Peck.

The horse's conformation (withers, heart girth, girth groove and rib-spring)
should be the deciding factors on rigging position.

Horses that have a narrow girth groove, and a well sprung rib
cage, will not do well with center fire rigging.
No matter how well the actual tree fits the horses back,
if the rigging is too far back on a horse with well sprung ribs
it'll cause the saddle to creep foward, as the girth will
migrate toward the horses' natural girth groove.

IMO, alot of saddles which *don't* fit are because the rigging position is
incorrect for the particular horse.

Barb





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