Help!... Saddle sliding back is driving me crazy

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RunninOnARooster Reg. Nov 2006	Posted 2014-03-07 9:29 PM Subject: Help!... Saddle sliding back is driving me crazy
Expert Posts: 1410 Location: Peach State	I ride in a jackie jatzlau treeless (circle y). I can not seem to keep it in place on my appendix barrel horse. (He has very high withers) I don't seem to have this problem with any of my other horses and don't know if a thinner pa like professionals choice would work instead of thick pads like wool felt Todd Sloan pad I have or classic equine esp. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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express52 Reg. Jun 2006	Posted 2014-03-07 10:07 PM Subject: RE: Help!... Saddle sliding back is driving me crazy
Elite Veteran Posts: 899	I use a saddleright pad with mine and keep the cinch pretty snug right before I run. That works for my mare. I loosen the cinch right after our run.
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Aqhaczy Reg. Jan 2004	Posted 2014-03-08 9:27 AM Subject: RE: Help!... Saddle sliding back is driving me crazy
Texas Lone Star Posts: 5318 Location: where ever my L/Q trl is parked	i had the same problem- I used a tugging collar instead of breast collar (bc would sore her in the sterum) and also went from a ESP pad to a Zone 3/4" pad. That seemed to take care of the problem. My horse holds her breath when cinching so I have to always check it before my run.
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cheryl makofka Reg. Jan 2011	Posted 2014-03-08 11:35 AM Subject: RE: Help!... Saddle sliding back is driving me crazy
The Advice Guru Posts: 6419	Could be the shoulders are pushing the saddle back, you might need to go to a wider gullet as the pommels are still wood and have no give. I know the Jackie saddles come in a wide or regular
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Aqhaczy Reg. Jan 2004	Posted 2014-03-08 12:18 PM Subject: RE: Help!... Saddle sliding back is driving me crazy
Texas Lone Star Posts: 5318 Location: where ever my L/Q trl is parked	cheryl makofka - 2014-03-08 11:35 AM Could be the shoulders are pushing the saddle back, you might need to go to a wider gullet as the pommels are still wood and have no give. I know the Jackie saddles come in a wide or regular since the horse has high withers wouldn't a wider gullet make it sit down on them?
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daisycake123 Reg. Dec 2006	Posted 2014-03-08 1:35 PM Subject: RE: Help!... Saddle sliding back is driving me crazy
Sock Snob Posts: 3021	Try just a navijo pad when u run and u can find a thin pads to work every day. My daisy mare i rode in the early csi pad and would have to pull saddle so tight so i,would not be underneathe her after i run. But i learned that a thin pads on mt tb type mare stop the rolling. Its worth a try. I also used the expensive fleese girths. Might go to some type of mohair type girth.
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cheryl makofka Reg. Jan 2011	Posted 2014-03-08 1:56 PM Subject: RE: Help!... Saddle sliding back is driving me crazy
The Advice Guru Posts: 6419	Aqhaczy - 2014-03-08 12:18 PM cheryl makofka - 2014-03-08 11:35 AM Could be the shoulders are pushing the saddle back, you might need to go to a wider gullet as the pommels are still wood and have no give. I know the Jackie saddles come in a wide or regular since the horse has high withers wouldn't a wider gullet make it sit down on them? The saddle doesn't sit on the withers, it sits on the shoulders. Without seeing the horse, and by what she said, there is a saddle fit problem, my guess the horses shoulders are pushing the saddle back as where the saddle is placed it is impeding shoulder movement.
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skye Reg. Jul 2004	Posted 2014-03-08 7:59 PM Subject: RE: Help!... Saddle sliding back is driving me crazy
Expert Posts: 2121 Location: The Great Northwest	A saddle shouldn't ride the shoulders. It should fit in the wither area that's not on top of the wither. I would try a neoprene cinch and look at the Won pad.
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