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Unable to Live Without Chocolate or Coffee
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| I am starting over with new horses and new pads after a year of having no horses. my other pads i had were bought special for the horses i no longer have so i'm starting with a clean slate lol. what pads do you all like! I trail ride and I am starting a colt. i ride mostly cow bred ranch horses. i use a martin ranch cutter and a barrel saddle |
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Go Get Em!
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Location: OH. IO | Nothing but 5star:) |
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Location: Somewhere around here | slipperyslope - 2017-11-20 6:45 PM
5 Star!
I like my 5 star too but I'm curious about SPH pads as well!
https://sphgear.com/ |
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Location: Texas | Buy a Saddleright and you will never have to buy another pad again!
Free shipping on all pads for Black Friday.
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Location: on the fine line between insanity and geniusness | I have a few Best Evers and a few sensor flex. My only complaint with the sensor flex is it takes like a week to break them in- they roll like crazy until then! |
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Curve Ball
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Location: Pelham, TN | Tod Slone 100% wool pads have worked great for us and we put the miles in each day. |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | I’ve had a Best sever that broke down within 6 months of light riding. In saying that, hubby just bought me my third 5 Star. ;) He said I needed one for each horse. Gotta love him. |
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Location: SW North Dakota | We are big Saddleright fans- they are my favorite! My son needed a thicker pad for his calf horse and got a 5 Star. My daughter won a Reinsman Charmayne 11 that she seems to like on her barrel horse/Coates saddle. |
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Location: MN | Love my Saddleright pad!! I also really liked my Ed Wright wool pad as well. It was very nice. |
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  Witty Enough
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Location: CTX | Saddleright wit a BOT liner. |
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Location: North Dakota | CSI. Different liner thickness for different saddles
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| Because you dont have enfough choices lol I LOVE my biofit pads they are my go to |
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Location: Missouri | Todd Sloan wool |
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Location: North Dakota | Love my 5 Star pads! |
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Location: Ohio girl moved to PA | i love my best ever!! |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | 5 Star.
Don't be alarmed at dry spots, wool is naturally wicking and will keep your horses back dry. It's also naturally shock absorbing, no matter the thickness! |
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Unable to Live Without Chocolate or Coffee
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| IRunOnFaith - 2017-11-21 12:34 AM 5 Star.
Don't be alarmed at dry spots, wool is naturally wicking and will keep your horses back dry. It's also naturally shock absorbing, no matter the thickness!
thanks yall! i ordered a 3/4 5 star and going to get a saddleright on black friday! i'm excited to try them out. I really needed this. I had to put down my horse last year and it took me a year to get any more so i'm really happy to get back "in it"!   |
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I just read the headlines
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| camocowgirl - 2017-11-21 2:43 PM
IRunOnFaith - 2017-11-21 12:34 AM 5 Star.
Don't be alarmed at dry spots, wool is naturally wicking and will keep your horses back dry. It's also naturally shock absorbing, no matter the thickness!
In the tack adds there is someone selling 2 saddlerights for a good price, though they are used. Just thought I would let you know. I would buy one but with Christmas coming up and my first grandbaby's first Christmas, I know who I am spending too much money on and its not the horses this time!  |
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Unable to Live Without Chocolate or Coffee
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| GLP - 2017-11-21 12:54 AM camocowgirl - 2017-11-21 2:43 PM IRunOnFaith - 2017-11-21 12:34 AM 5 Star.
Don't be alarmed at dry spots, wool is naturally wicking and will keep your horses back dry. It's also naturally shock absorbing, no matter the thickness! In the tack adds there is someone selling 2 saddlerights for a good price, though they are used. Just thought I would let you know. I would buy one but with Christmas coming up and my first grandbaby's first Christmas, I know who I am spending too much money on and its not the horses this time!
lol thanks! i just looked and idk if those colors would be good on a sorrel. eek... darn it. that is such a good price! |
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Location: NE Texas | della - 2017-11-21 9:37 AM
Because you dont have enfough choices lol I LOVE my biofit pads they are my go to
I'm going to have to agree here. I was so excited to finally get my 5 star (had to save my pennies) and I've found the classic equine bio fits MOST of my horses better than the 5 star. The 5 Star (3/4) only fits my wide bodied/no wither fat horse. From everyone else comments, that doesn't seem to be the norm - but it was for me.
I borrowed a SPH pad and hated it - maybe it was too thick (1 inch. - made my saddle sit too high and had too much sideways movement and really didn't care for the look on my longer big bodied horse).
I'm still ISO a pad that I'm absolutely crazy about....
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"Heck's Coming With Me"
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Location: Kansas | I don't know if she still does but Martha Josey's suggestion was always a Navajo blanket first and then a pad. The Navajo wicks the sweat. I always did that and found it worked well and provided plenty of padding plus the blanket was easy to wash. Josey has a lot of good suggestions to make your horse comfortable.
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Unable to Live Without Chocolate or Coffee
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| Frodo - 2017-11-21 1:14 AM I don't know if she still does but Martha Josey's suggestion was always a Navajo blanket first and then a pad. The Navajo wicks the sweat. I always did that and found it worked well and provided plenty of padding plus the blanket was easy to wash. Josey has a lot of good suggestions to make your horse comfortable.
there must be a reason so many working cowboys have been riding that way with the navajo underneath the pad.... I do have two of those double weave or whatever they are called lol the double layer navajo saddle blankets. so maybe i'll do that and see how it works! i think mine are acrylic or blend though i know they aren't wool navajos. |
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"Heck's Coming With Me"
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Location: Kansas | camocowgirl - 2017-11-21 3:20 PM Frodo - 2017-11-21 1:14 AM I don't know if she still does but Martha Josey's suggestion was always a Navajo blanket first and then a pad. The Navajo wicks the sweat. I always did that and found it worked well and provided plenty of padding plus the blanket was easy to wash. Josey has a lot of good suggestions to make your horse comfortable.
there must be a reason so many working cowboys have been riding that way with the navajo underneath the pad.... I do have two of those double weave or whatever they are called lol the double layer navajo saddle blankets. so maybe i'll do that and see how it works! i think mine are acrylic or blend though i know they aren't wool navajos.
The only problem I ever ran into was with a horse that was a little dished in the back right behind very high withers. The blanket didn't always want to conform especially right after it had been washed and had a mind of its own.
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Unable to Live Without Chocolate or Coffee
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| Frodo - 2017-11-21 6:21 PM camocowgirl - 2017-11-21 3:20 PM Frodo - 2017-11-21 1:14 AM I don't know if she still does but Martha Josey's suggestion was always a Navajo blanket first and then a pad. The Navajo wicks the sweat. I always did that and found it worked well and provided plenty of padding plus the blanket was easy to wash. Josey has a lot of good suggestions to make your horse comfortable.
there must be a reason so many working cowboys have been riding that way with the navajo underneath the pad.... I do have two of those double weave or whatever they are called lol the double layer navajo saddle blankets. so maybe i'll do that and see how it works! i think mine are acrylic or blend though i know they aren't wool navajos.
good point. i ordered a 5 star liner so maybe that can be used instead. i have seen contoured wool navajo blankets before so that might be an option for those with higher withers |
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Location: Where it isn’t cold! | Teamequine.com They have many styles to choose from and will custom make for your horse. |
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Location: Texas | ND3canAddict - 2017-11-21 8:46 AM We are big Saddleright fans- they are my favorite! My son needed a thicker pad for his calf horse and got a 5 Star. My daughter won a Reinsman Charmayne 11 that she seems to like on her barrel horse/Coates saddle.
Good News! We make a roping model for calf ropers, trippers and team ropers! It is the Legacy model. Check it out on our website !
http://www.saddleright.com/ |
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Unable to Live Without Chocolate or Coffee
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| for those that were following this. the saddleright didn't work out. horse got goosey and a hand sized ruffled hair spot. soooo back to finding another pad. The 5 star was ok but not super impressive imo. so i've got new sr for sale lol |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | camocowgirl - 2018-01-17 11:41 AM for those that were following this. the saddleright didn't work out. horse got goosey and a hand sized ruffled hair spot. soooo back to finding another pad. The 5 star was ok but not super impressive imo. so i've got new sr for sale lol
Remove the pad liner from the 5 star and let the pad do what it's designed to do. I think once you get it broken in you will see why we love the 5 star pads. Clean it with the sponge after each use and it will literally last for ever. |
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Location: North Dakota | Been there, done that, go look at a CSI! I still recommend them. |
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 Not Afraid to Work
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| I have a 5 star and a CSI. My 5 star I like but I tend to use my CSI more often. |
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| I love the CSI pads. I have two. A 3/4 thick for my horse that has higher withers and a 1/2 for my other horse. I feel like they wear really well and fit a variety of saddles |
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I need two new saddle pads ugh! whats your favorites?