I'm looking for a nice quality surcingle that WILL NOT PINCH. Does such a thing exist? I like putting a surcingle on the yearlings this time of year and every single one we've had catches them and pinches when your putting it on and I don't like it. We haven't tried a fleece one yet....maybe that would help? I want a nice quality surcingle. Please give me some options.
Posted 2018-07-18 11:40 AM Subject: RE: Surcingles
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Posts: 5981 Location: North Dakota
I was told that any of them that have the suffed panels with a gullet in the middle will pinch, and that flat surcingles are best. I got this one from Dover and it's worked great. https://www.doversaddlery.com/fleece-lined-surcingle/p/X1-30139/
Posted 2018-07-18 11:46 AM Subject: RE: Surcingles
Witty Enough
Posts: 2954 Location: CTX
cavyrunsbarrels - 2018-07-18 11:40 AM I was told that any of them that have the suffed panels with a gullet in the middle will pinch, and that flat surcingles are best. I got this one from Dover and it's worked great. https://www.doversaddlery.com/fleece-lined-surcingle/p/X1-30139/
This is the one I got to, and so far I have not had any problems with it.
Posted 2018-07-18 11:57 AM Subject: RE: Surcingles
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I was leaning towards one of the higher priced leather ones. The leather ones don't have a tightening buckle on the offside. It seems that the offside buckle is what pinches?
I stumbled across one that Bob Marshall made. It has the pommel like his saddles and tightens up just like a regular saddle. I ride with it all the time and there is NO slip to it at all. There are lots of rings on it too for driving or bitting up. I took it back to the headquarters and they took measurements and pictures. I am having another one made for a friend that has a special needs riding program. They said it would run around $200.
I stumbled across one that Bob Marshall made. It has the pommel like his saddles and tightens up just like a regular saddle. I ride with it all the time and there is NO slip to it at all. There are lots of rings on it too for driving or bitting up. I took it back to the headquarters and they took measurements and pictures. I am having another one made for a friend that has a special needs riding program. They said it would run around $200.
Most of the yearlings I work are racetrack yearlings that will be started in the fall. They need to learn to wear the surcingle comfortably. I let them wear it while I’m doing ground work.
If it’s one of my own I’m not worried about it, I’ll just saddle him when he’s ready .
What do you do with your yearlings and a surcingle? Super curious
Same as Miss Liana ours are race yearlings. We start them in an old exercise saddle with no stirrups first few times then do some ground driving with a surcingle once they are used to the old saddle.
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