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| I'm looking for a new saddle. I'm a plus size rider and need something that will hold me in good |
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Married to a Louie Lover
Posts: 3303
 
| I think a lot of it is personal preference. I love my Pozzi and feel super secure but still able to get up and ride forward which is my style. |
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The Advice Guru
Posts: 6419
| I would say the best to hold someone in is a treeless saddle, since you say you are a plus sized rider you would have to decide whether or not it will work for you.
The Martha Josey saddles I have noticed help people who don't have the core strength to maintain upper body position. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | To me it would depend on how good of a rider you are, A treeless also to me would not be a good ideal for someone that is a heaver rider. Theres not enought support if you need to pull yourself up in a treeless.
Just wanted to add here I agree on the Martha Joseys they are a nice saddle for just about anybody 
Edited by Southtxponygirl 2015-04-12 1:25 PM
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  A Lady with Fight
Posts: 2701
Location: NC | I ride in a newer Pro Rider.
Tried a Lisa Lockhart. Tried a Circle Y NBHA edition. Still went back to Pro Rider. Just fits me I guess. I love my newer one with a 16 seat with a 5 inch cantle. Works for me & fits the horse as good as anything. |
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 Hog Tie My Mojo
Posts: 4847
Location: Opelousas, LA | I have a Jordan Peterson Contender that feels really secure, I think it is the way the cantle is shaped and the undercut swells, feels like you really sit down close to your horse. |
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 Shelter Dog Lover
Posts: 10277
| Caldwell, they sit you deep, you can have as much rise put in the seat as you want. I use to ride in a Pozzi, now I feel like they throw me forward. |
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 Elite Veteran
Posts: 927
Location: Iowa | Caldwell or PSC . Lower rise seems to work better for me. |
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 Making the post season
Posts: 7288
Location: your guess is as good as mine | Deb Sibley |
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 I hate cooking and cleaning
Posts: 3314
Location: Jersey Girl | Bob Marshall sports saddle. |
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Doggy Diaper Designer
Posts: 2322
Location: WI | Sport saddle would be good.
I don't advise a Josey. I don't think they offer the security you're looking for |
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Married to a Louie Lover
Posts: 3303
| A couple folks have brought up the BM Sports Saddle - the issue here as was stated before is the BM is a treeless and treeless saddles are generally not recommended for riders over 150lbs since there is no tree to distribute the weight of the rider across the horses back all the weight is carried in a relatively small area.
I've got a friend who just replaced her BM with a Deb Sibley because after a season of hard running her horse was sored up due to the saddle putting all her weight on one spot. I doubt she tips the scale at 130lbs.
You're honestly going to have to do your own independent research and see what you like. I found my Triple Creek with a 5" cantle to be very secure, almost too secure for my style, but as some folks have stated they find lower cantles to be more secure to them. |
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 A very grounded girl
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Location: Moving soon..... | For me personally, Tammy Fischer. My gelding is really quick and leaves a barrel hard. I sit in the middle and do not pop off the back. |
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Duct Tape Bikini Girl
Posts: 2554
| I've noticed through observation that a lot of people are simply riding saddles that are too small for them. Seats too small tend to throw the trunk forward which makes your legs go back. FIT is the key. |
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Posts: 1273
Location: South Dakota | luckyjo - 2015-04-13 7:52 AM I've noticed through observation that a lot of people are simply riding saddles that are too small for them. Seats too small tend to throw the trunk forward which makes your legs go back. FIT is the key.
Very true. And just because you can ride in a certain size seat in one brand of saddle doesn't mean that size will fit you in another brand.
For a good saddle to hold you in I really like the Pozzi. I hear good things about the Caldwells but have never tried one.
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 Firecracker Dog Lover
Posts: 3175
| I rode a Pro Rider for years. Liked how it fit me (turns out it didn't fit my horse) so I bought a new one. They changed trees and I don't like how I sit in it, I feel like I am on it and not in it. Have also tried a Cactus - same thing - felt like I was riding on it, and a Crates. Got a used Double J and I LOVE it. Fits my horse great and I really like how I feel in it. Good luck with your search. Try all of your friends' saddles when you can. |
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