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 Georgia Peach
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I recently purchased an alpaca, roper style cinch. So far I love it and my horse has felt great. However, over the weekend my saddle slipped during my run which caused me to hit a barrel. I have a big show coming up this weekend and can't have that happening. I have questioned the way I have it rigged to my saddle. I ride in a double j with a double rigging. How do you guys do it? I have always just used a hole on the billet strap and tucked the excess into the cinch. However, this cinch does not have a place to tuck. Help please!
Also is leather or nylon better?
Edited by Runninbay 2014-09-29 10:05 PM
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | I'm not familiar with Double J's rigging, but I have a Classic Equine alpaca and I tuck the excess into it. Could you possibly have it on backwards? I only ask because I had mine on backwards for about a week and didn't know what was different!
I read somewhere that nylon should be used with alpaca/wool since leather will stretch, but I still use leather since it's what came with my Martin. Maybe I should switch to nylon and not have to tighten so much! | |
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The Advice Guru
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| I found the alpaca cinches stretched too much when I rode or even when I cinched my horses up | |
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Elite Veteran
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| I have the exact same setup on my Pozzi and it works very well. The Alpaca cinch has that "give" that the nylon latigo and offbillet do not provide. This allows your horse to have comfort. If it is a Classic Equine alpaca cinch, it should have a little keeper on the cinch for you to put the excess through. And, of course, you just run it back up through the latigo keeper on other side. In my opinion, leather offbillets and latigos should be used when you are using a cinch that has no natural "give" to it, such as a sensorflex cinch or a neoprene cinch. Using leather latigos, off billets, and then a natural fiber cinch has never worked well for me. They all have too much "give" and it is hard to stay tight. If you're having an issue because there is too much latigo left on the offside of your pozzi, just try running it back through the rigging plate again. On mine, it is set on the fron, then I run it down through the cinch, and then back up through the back twice and it leave me just the right amount at the end. If this doesn't make sense, feel free to ask! Also, I rig my Pozzi that way because it help keep my saddle from sliding back! | |
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Alpaca cinch - Double rigging?