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Best saddle for powerful turning horse?

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Canchsr5
Reg. Mar 2013
Posted 2019-08-06 8:33 AM
Subject: Best saddle for powerful turning horse?



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What’s the best saddle for a horse that turns a barrel really powerful? I have a Double J Pozzi . I’ve heard the treeless saddles sit you deeper. Just wondering what would be best? What is the best treeless for a deep seat,  JBN or Tammy Fisher? Is there any other saddles besides those 2 that people feel really holds you in on fast powerful turns?

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oija
Reg. Feb 2012
Posted 2019-08-06 8:47 AM
Subject: RE: Best saddle for powerful turning horse?



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Ride the saddle that fits you and the horse. Ride bareback a bit more and build up your muscle strength to help you sit the turns better. I didn't have the best saddle in high school for barrel racing. It was more of a roping saddle. It did fit me and the horse well though. So I learned to stay with my quick catty little horse by learning to ride him bareback at all speeds. Then the saddle didnt matter because I had a good enough muscle control it didn't matter where he went I could stick with him. I am sure others might have more specific saddle suggestions but that is mine.

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Canchsr5
Reg. Mar 2013
Posted 2019-08-06 9:34 AM
Subject: RE: Best saddle for powerful turning horse?



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Thanks! That’s a great suggestion. I used to ride bareback all the time and a kid. I definitely need to do it more now as an adult. 

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slipperyslope
Reg. Nov 2008
Posted 2019-08-06 5:07 PM
Subject: RE: Best saddle for powerful turning horse?





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My gelding was very wide/broad and really "slung" me around the barrels, and I loved my wider Martin Crown C.  Sat me in good & didn't feel like that poor monkey on the Border Collie anymore.  LOL

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Dreamingofcans
Reg. Jan 2011
Posted 2019-08-07 12:47 PM
Subject: RE: Best saddle for powerful turning horse?



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Take this with a grain of salt as I’m not a professional saddle fitter or maker, but I honestly think what saddle works for you depends on your body type. For example, if you’re tall, short, long torso, short torso, big boobs, thicker thighs, big booty and so on. It also depends on your skeletal structure and how your pelvis is anatomically positioned which affects your femur placement and so on. 

What saddle do you ride in now? Does it have a high rise in the seat, tall cantle? I personally don’t like tall cantles as I feel like they throw me forward. The high rise saddles don’t allow me to tilt my hips and sit deep on a horse, but I also have a lot of junk in the trunk and prefer a flatter cutting style seat which allows my pelvis to move more freely. 

You have to figure out what you’re needing to do when you ride and if your saddle is inhibiting you or not. 

Hope this helps!!

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