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Location: Somewhere around here | What is your favorite on the underside of a saddle pad; fleece or felt? |
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Meanest Teacher!!!
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Location: sunny california | i have an expensive merlino wool fleece pad and i hate it. the horse sweats just a little and it is slick as snot |
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Location: texas | I like fleece and i rotate my pads so that they can be washed and cleaned on a regular basis.... |
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I just read the headlines
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| Fleece. When we have the rare low humidity day and static electricity is in the air, my horse tells me it is a fleece day. It seems to be more comfortable and I 'think' he sweats less with a fleece. |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | I have switched over to the felt. But either works. Personal preference. |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | After researching the facts regarding heat and pressure dispersion, absorbancy, etc. felt is something I would never use again for a saddle pad. Real sheepskin is the way to go. |
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| for running barrels- felt
for everything else- wool fleece |
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The Advice Guru
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| cavyrunsbarrels - 2016-04-22 1:23 PM
After researching the facts regarding heat and pressure dispersion, absorbancy, etc. felt is something I would never use again for a saddle pad. Real sheepskin is the way to go.
Can you message me your sources, I am interested in reading about it. |
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Location: Somewhere around here | cheryl makofka - 2016-04-23 8:14 AM
cavyrunsbarrels - 2016-04-22 1:23 PM
After researching the facts regarding heat and pressure dispersion, absorbancy, etc. felt is something I would never use again for a saddle pad. Real sheepskin is the way to go.
Can you message me your sources, I am interested in reading about it.
Could you msg it to me as well? |
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Location: TEXAS | Fleece |
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| Felt is horrible. I like either fleece or wool. Felt is rough and soaks up sweat, making it weigh a ton. Iv never had a problem with my wool pad doing that unless you wash it and the fleece will not soak it up and its soft as long as you clean it when it gets dirty. |
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