Re: Specialized Saddles

[Sue Brown <sbrown@wamedes.com>]

>I just received a letter and advertisement from Specialized Saddles.  I
currently own a Boz saddle.  It has not made my h=
>orse's back sore at all, but the width (twist) is a little much for my
small frame and having the stirrups so far forward=
>throws my top half forward when posting and cantering.  I talked to John
about this and his explanation was for me to ph=
>ysically pull the stirrups back with my leg while cantering and trotting.
I do not think HE has actually tried to do thi=
>s for 50 or more miles!  I have several years of dressage training under
my belt and something tells me that my over-forw=
>ard position is not JUST me.  
>

It's not JUST you.  I had a long talk with him at the convention where he
tried to tell me that the "feet forward" position was THE balanced position
that everyone should ride in, and that I didn't know what I was talking
about!! (I had been referring to aspects of balanced riding ala Sally
Swift!)  I ended up having to be rude and just walk away since he was not
going to listen to anything I had to say and was being pretty obnoxious
about whatever I *did* say.  Insults certainly aren't going to sell many
saddles or clinic attendances.  We obviously had very different ideas about
what balanced riding meant...and he wasn't very nice when my idea was
different than his.

Sue

sbrown@wamedes.com
Tyee Farm
Marysville, Wa.


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