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Location: north dakota | Depends on the horse. If the horse has a round back the cinch is tighter. |
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The Advice Guru
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| I have mine tight enough so it doesn't move when I get on.
My philosophy is if it is too tight, the horse can't breathe properly therefore will not excert their maximum energy into running, as some of their energy goes into gasping for breath. |
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Location: Texas | Tight |
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Married to a Louie Lover
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| Depends on the horse and the saddle pad.
I've noticed my saddles do not roll at all on either horse with a 5 star pad. I've gotten off after a ride at home and been able to see daylight between my cinch (not intentional!) but did not notice it moving on my higher withered gelding. So I snug my cinch up but I don't cut them in half. Snug rear cinch as well.
If I'm running in my CSI I tighten it a little more - most any issue I've had with a saddle moving has been in my CSI pad. I keep it around for riding new horses and ones my saddles aren't quite right on, but I try to get them sorted out and into a 5 star quickly.
When we rope we cinch up tight tight. |
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Sock Snob
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| tight enough so the saddledoesnot move. |
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Location: Missouri | Probably a smidge too tight :/ I really need to get another saddle for the horse I'll be running after I have my baby in Sept. |
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| For me it depends on the horse and the pad. I have a gelding with higher withers that my saddle fits well and I cinch him up at home loosely. I go up until the cinch touches, then one more hole and it's loose but not hanging down. When I run him I go a little tighter. But I think I could set my saddle up on him and get on without it being cinched up and not have it roll at all.
The other horse we currently have totally depends on the pad you're using. She rolls a little more with a CSI but the SaddleRight sits the saddle good with no rolling. I got off her one time and had forgotten to tighten my cinch before riding, it was hanging a good half inch off her belly but my saddle never moved or felt rolly.
We only ride in 5 star mohair cinches and love them because they offer the stretch and comfort that our nylon latigo's and off billets don't have. And of course we always cinch up a little tighter before a run than we do at home just because they're running and stretching out more, so a tighter cinch is needed. |
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| Remember my problem here, well I came across a Cactus Marlene McCrae barrel saddle. Tried it out. Problem solved, I can run with a loose cince now. The saddle sits and stays on without cinching so tight. My horse seems is happier.
My sad part is the Meleta Brown seems so much better made :(. |
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  Keeper of the King Snake
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Location: Dubach, LA | Not tight. I ride a dropped rigging Coats. |
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | LMS - 2016-04-28 8:23 AM
Mine are tight, no need to have something move/slip during a run OR slap the horse around-but I also heel and a loose cinch will sore up a horse in no time.
What LMS said. It's better to have it tight so your saddle doesn't move or flop on the horses back and make them sore. I have a pretty wide saddle that I ride with shims so I use a back girth as well.
I love the mohair girths but mine didn't hold well enough |
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 Good Grief!
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | Front cinch is snug as well as the back cinch...m |
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