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Dreamingofcans Reg. Jan 2011	Posted 2016-02-14 9:49 AM Subject: Downhill horses...
Elite Veteran Posts: 974 Location: USA	What saddle do y'all use on your horses built like this? He's 7.
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Runninbay Reg. Sep 2004	Posted 2016-02-14 10:13 AM Subject: RE: Downhill horses...
Georgia Peach Posts: 8338 Location: Georgia	I have a mare that is slightly downhill. I use a Double J Lynn McKenzie with a thicker 5 Star Pad on her and she never has any soreness issues. Just be sure you choose a saddle that doesnt throw you forward. I have also seen people use corrector pads on some of the more severe down hill horses.
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KatieMac88 Reg. Apr 2012	Posted 2016-02-14 1:08 PM Subject: RE: Downhill horses...
Elite Veteran Posts: 1035 Location: TN	My boy is downhill and I have a Martin FX3 with flat bars and the stirrups hung more forward (like on the new BTR by Martin). Plus, for now I use one shim in front on top of my 1/2" 5 star pad. That seems to be working best for us.
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daisycake123 Reg. Dec 2006	Posted 2016-02-15 5:52 AM Subject: RE: Downhill horses...
Sock Snob Posts: 3021	sometimes if your horse is downhill might need to shim to ge the front of the saddle up.
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Herbie Reg. Oct 2003	Posted 2016-02-15 8:33 AM Subject: RE: Downhill horses...
Whack and Roll Posts: 6342 Location: NE Texas	Boy is this struggle real for me too! My horse is 6 and hip high as well. Not as bad as he used to be, but I too have struggled with for both him and me. I would get thrown forward in a run because when he turns, it exacerbated the down hill experience. HAHA I had a cutting saddle built with alot of front end in it, and that helped me. For other saddles, I shimmed the front, and I think that is important, especially if you have room in the bars of your saddle. On a whim I bought a Jackie Jatzlau treeless saddle and so far i'm really liking it on him. Haven't made a run yet, but looking forward to. It's the only saddle I have ever had that actually doens't roll on him and that I don't have to cut him in two when I girth him up. Strangely, most of my saddles also run back toward his hip, uphill if you will, which creates an entirely different set of issues.
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