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I just ordered a new cinch, I wanted to buy the same one I have been using for the past few yrs but when calling to place my order, I was told they only sell the roper style now ; They recom
mended the roper and said my purchase is satisfaction gaurenteed, so I went ahead and bought one. It's a Martha Josey fleece cinch, hoping my mare will like it -
What do ya'll run in ? Roper or straight?
Thanks :) |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | canchaserdreams - 2015-11-21 2:12 PM Hi everyone I just ordered a new cinch, I wanted to buy the same one I have been using for the past few yrs but when calling to place my order, I was told they only sell the roper style now ; They recom mended the roper and said my purchase is satisfaction gaurenteed, so I went ahead and bought one. It's a Martha Josey fleece cinch, hoping my mare will like it - What do ya'll run in ? Roper or straight? Thanks :)
I like the roper style the best, all my cinches are roper styles except for one that is the straight because my one gelding seems to like it better. Hes just a tad short underneath. |
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 Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I like the roper. More area to disperse pressure. |
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 Expert
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Location: Texas | I have never used a roper fleece cinch, but I know the roper mohair cinches stay wide too far up the sides for my horses. They end up rubbing in the elbow area. So I stay with straight, both in fleece & mohair, for this reason. (Unless I find one that is wide just under the belly then gets narrow quickly so it doesn't interfer behind the leg.) |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | TBone - 2015-11-21 4:06 PM I have never used a roper fleece cinch, but I know the roper mohair cinches stay wide too far up the sides for my horses. They end up rubbing in the elbow area. So I stay with straight, both in fleece & mohair, for this reason. (Unless I find one that is wide just under the belly then gets narrow quickly so it doesn't interfer behind the leg.)
Check out the Cactus, mohair cinchs, the one I bought last week is this way, wide under belly but narrows out pretty quick. |
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | I have always bought roper styles, but I have been told by a well respected saddle maker that barrel racers should be in straight cinches since we don't ask our horses to take the pressure of roping a calf and that roper styles can alter how your saddle fits.
Anyone else heard this?? |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | I really don't think it makes a big difference. Now that I have my Total Saddle Fit anatomic cinch I won't use anything else. |
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straight cinch or roper style ?