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| I feel like my pro rider throws me forward...any suggestions on a saddle that well help me sit better? |
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The Advice Guru
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| Reinsman, Martin, Circle Y treeless (Just B Natural) |
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Are the stirrups hobbled (not forward, but straight) so they don't go back behind you, causing you to fall forward?
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Martha Josey, Double J Pozzi, Crown C. Make sure you get the right seat size for you, sometimes if to small it will make you go foreward. |
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Cat Collector
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| I was told if a saddle throws your forward its the wrong seat size. |
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  More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Check your stirrup length too |
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Location: OK | It can be the wrong seat size, but the first thing I'd look at is the gullet size on the horse. I bet it might be sitting too far down on the front of the horse, which makes the front feel too low and the back hit you in the butt. Take a pic of the saddle on the horse. It could be fixed with a different type of pad or a thicker pad.
Other causes can be stirrup length, stirrup placement like another person said, or a flat seat or a seat that just isn't made for they way you ride. |
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 Friendly horse swapper
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Location: Buffalo, TX | I have a Josey and it doesn't throw you forward, but I like my Caldwell (TG tree) way better...it's so much more balanced and it won't throw you forward either....I do ride with short stirrups though...that might make a difference. |
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Married to a Louie Lover
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| I just replaced my RS for the same issue. I haven't run in it yet, but my new Triple Creek is much easier to keep my weight back on my pockets in. I'm excited to see how it works out. |
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| Thank you for the responses |
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Curve Ball
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Location: Pelham, TN | Shallow Creek Saddles have the deep seat and keep your feet forward!!!! Seat size does make a difference as to where your feet end up!!!! |
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| recarlerrab - 2014-02-11 2:42 PM
I feel like my pro rider throws me forward...any suggestions on a saddle that well help me sit better?
I bought a nice used Shiloh by Cecil Phillips and it really helps me keep a nice seat. Does not throw me forward at all. I paid under 1k for it. |
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| Jordan Peterson Contender made by Shiloh. I ride with a naturally forward seat and every other saddle I have tried throws me forward even more. The Contender actually balances me out. :) |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | If a saddle doesn't fit a horse right it can tip forward and throw a person forward. |
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Location: Winds-A-Blowen, Oklahoma | Pro riders have free swing forward fender, but they are designed to suck you down or back in the seat in the turns. the only time i get thrown forward in one is if I am too forward to start with. I have seen others get forward in them because they are toe riders (toes down heels up). Of course as stated other facters for this are poor saddle fit for horse or rider and stirrups too short.
I love my pro riders, been riding in them for 15 years or so, but i DO NOT like the crumrine edition.
Edited by Running Drums 2014-02-12 2:43 PM
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| I'm really liking my new reinsman extreme barrel molly powell. |
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Location: Central TX | pozzi. |
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 The Bling Princess
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Location: North Dakota | Crown C! it keeps my feet under me so I can roll my hips persay when I get to the turn and sit deep.
That said I think its REALLY important to make sure the Crown fits your horse. I have one horse that its too big for, even with shims, and if I ride him in it I do tend to go foward a bit. I have to make a conscience effort to keep my butt in the saddle.
If I throw it up on the horse it was made for, with shims to "level it out," I have zero problems. Sits me nice and deep. Love the ground seat on the Crown; it creates a wonderful little pocket that you sit in. It really suits my style of riding. |
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 Living within my means
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Location: Randolph, Utah | I like how my Merrill sits me, I've never had a problem getting thrown forward in it
Edited by JcNhEmI 2014-02-12 8:48 PM
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Location: Deep South | I agree on the Martha Josey. |
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 Cinnamon Honey One
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Location: between here and there | I think the biggest problems with seats is, they are all made differently and many place the fenders forward, some are behind the center and some are centered. Cantles can be tipped differently as can the swells and that will make a difference too. Then the leg opening can vary too! How much rise is in the seat, does it restrict the movement or is it flatter? Hmmmm, I hope this makes everyone think a little more about seat size! A 14" isn't the same from one saddle to another no more than a size 7 jean fits the same in every brand. |
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Porta Potty Pants
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| Karlaw - 2014-02-11 3:07 PM
I was told if a saddle throws your forward its the wrong seat size.
Too big or too small? |
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| Too small........your legs hang differently than intended and the balance is not there! |
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Location: Peach State | I recently got a Jackie Jatzlau treeless saddle after trying out a tammy fischer and love it!, never have the problem of getting thrown forward like I did in a prorider. I rode in a 14" prorider and I am very light and slim but ride a huge horse, I was only thrown forward when he would leave the turns. I really like the feel of the treeless, I feel more in sync with my horses and no more air under my hiney when they really fire off a turn.
Wanted to add I went with the jackie j version instead of tammy fischer because I didn't like how high the cantle and back of the seat were, felt too deep and trapped. The jackie j has more of your typical treed saddle feel to it.
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Saddle that does not throw u forward