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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | How do you know how big your saddle seat should be? Just sit in it and feel what's right or do you measure your butt? Just wondering lol. |
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | Martha Josey says that from your elbow to your fingers is how big it should be but I don't believe that. I think it's what feels good to you and what you like. Someone people like being squished in the saddle because it makes them feel secure. I personally don't. I feel better with a little room to move. When I sit down I don't want my legs touching the pomal. |
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The Advice Guru
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| Not a dumb question.
Every saddle maker has different seats, and each one fits differently.
I have a Lockhart 13.5 and an old Marlene eddleman circle y 14. The 14 seat actually feels smaller.
A lot of people say Pozzis fit a little bigger
You best bet is to try the seat size, Las Vegas is a great place for this |
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 Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | Personal preference. I prefer to ride a little bit larger seat and my saddle is a 15". I can ride a 14" seat and have but I prefer to be able to move around a little bit. Each saddle will sit and feel differently even if they measure the same. It's just all in how one is set up.
Edited by Herbie 2015-01-26 12:43 PM
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | TessBelle - 2015-01-26 12:39 PM Martha Josey says that from your elbow to your fingers is how big it should be but I don't believe that. I think it's what feels good to you and what you like. Someone people like being squished in the saddle because it makes them feel secure. I personally don't. I feel better with a little room to move. When I sit down I don't want my legs touching the pomal.
Exactly. I Martha's method one time when I was younger and now that I look back, I'm pretty sure that I was running in a saddle that was .05-1" too big. I've always thought that I was a 15", but it varies by the saddle. I can sit in a 14.5" Martin, but I want that extra space so I can sit further back in the saddle and not be as thrown forward so I opt for a 15" ... but I've got more than enough room in a 14.5" Double J.
You best bet is to get to a large dealer with a variety of brands and see what you like.
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Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Herbie - 2015-01-26 12:42 PM
Personal preference. I prefer to ride a little bit larger seat and my saddle is a 15". I can ride a 14" seat and have but I prefer to be able to move around a little bit. Each saddle will sit and feel differently even if they measure the same. It's just all in how one is set up.
Oh, lordy. If you're riding a 15, then I need a 17 lol. Greeaaatttt!
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Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Longneck - 2015-01-26 12:44 PM TessBelle - 2015-01-26 12:39 PM Martha Josey says that from your elbow to your fingers is how big it should be but I don't believe that. I think it's what feels good to you and what you like. Someone people like being squished in the saddle because it makes them feel secure. I personally don't. I feel better with a little room to move. When I sit down I don't want my legs touching the pomal. Exactly. I Martha's method one time when I was younger and now that I look back, I'm pretty sure that I was running in a saddle that was .05-1" too big. I've always thought that I was a 15", but it varies by the saddle. I can sit in a 14.5" Martin, but I want that extra space so I can sit further back in the saddle and not be as thrown forward so I opt for a 15" ... but I've got more than enough room in a 14.5" Double J.
You best bet is to get to a large dealer with a variety of brands and see what you like.
I happen to believe that your Crown C will fit me perfectly :) |
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| I think if it feels good you ha e room in front of your thigh and your butt fits all the way down in the seat you're good. I see so many people wedged in with their butt squished over the back of the saddle and no thigh room! You can not be in the proper position that way at all and it can't be comfortable! On the other hand you see little stick girls with huge saddles but to me that's personal preference if you can be in the right position in a big saddle and you like it go for it. Personally I need help from my saddle so I would not prefer to try and ride in a bigger seated saddle! |
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| LRQHS - 2015-01-26 12:50 PM Longneck - 2015-01-26 12:44 PM TessBelle - 2015-01-26 12:39 PM Martha Josey says that from your elbow to your fingers is how big it should be but I don't believe that. I think it's what feels good to you and what you like. Someone people like being squished in the saddle because it makes them feel secure. I personally don't. I feel better with a little room to move. When I sit down I don't want my legs touching the pomal. Exactly. I Martha's method one time when I was younger and now that I look back, I'm pretty sure that I was running in a saddle that was .05-1" too big. I've always thought that I was a 15", but it varies by the saddle. I can sit in a 14.5" Martin, but I want that extra space so I can sit further back in the saddle and not be as thrown forward so I opt for a 15" ... but I've got more than enough room in a 14.5" Double J.
You best bet is to get to a large dealer with a variety of brands and see what you like.
Hold onto your pennies woman!! I may just jump in there and snag that saddle before you do !
On the original topic - ya gotta sit in 'em. Each maker tends to craft their saddles differently with larger/smaller thigh space, large booty space, higher/lower cantle, higher/lower horns ... all these can change how that saddle feels for you! (and the horse) Some tend to sit you back on your booty more, some up on your hip bones more ... |
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 Hog Tie My Mojo
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Location: Opelousas, LA | I like to have some room to move so I like at least two fingers between my thigh and the swells, a little bigger is better than too small because too small throws me forward.
I am most comfortable in a 15-15.5.
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Location: Texas | Lol. I went and got my ruler. And measured from my elbow to where my pinkie met my Palm. 14 to 14.5. But what if you have a big ole butt. Lol |
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| Yeeeeaaaaaahhhh. I think that might work for some, but I measured mine... 16.5! (I have monkey arms!), uh I have always rode a 14. My rope saddle is even a 14. I would fly out the back! |
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Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Yeah, I think my arm and butt aren't communicating properly lol. |
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | LRQHS - 2015-01-26 3:09 PM Yeah, I think my arm and butt aren't communicating properly lol.
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Does not compute.  |
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Location: White Mountains of AZ | LRQHS - 2015-01-26 10:31 AM
How do you know how big your saddle seat should be? Just sit in it and feel what's right or do you measure your butt? Just wondering lol.
I like to have 2 finger length between my thighs and the pommel.. |
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Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | LRQHS - 2015-01-26 12:50 PM Herbie - 2015-01-26 12:42 PM Personal preference. I prefer to ride a little bit larger seat and my saddle is a 15". I can ride a 14" seat and have but I prefer to be able to move around a little bit. Each saddle will sit and feel differently even if they measure the same. It's just all in how one is set up. Oh, lordy. If you're riding a 15, then I need a 17 lol. Greeaaatttt!
Well I happen to know where there is a used Ricky Green cutting saddle that someone is going to sell that is a 15.5. It's pretty used, but still rides and fits a horse great!  |
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Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Herbie - 2015-01-26 4:04 PM LRQHS - 2015-01-26 12:50 PM Herbie - 2015-01-26 12:42 PM Personal preference. I prefer to ride a little bit larger seat and my saddle is a 15". I can ride a 14" seat and have but I prefer to be able to move around a little bit. Each saddle will sit and feel differently even if they measure the same. It's just all in how one is set up. Oh, lordy. If you're riding a 15, then I need a 17 lol. Greeaaatttt!
Wut??? Tell me more. I mean tell Bryan more lol. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I saw a 16" Jeff Smith barrel saddle on a cutting tree this morning. |
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 A Lady with Fight
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Location: NC | I have a 16 inch pro rider with a 4 inch cantle. I kept sliding back and getting behind in it. So I picked up a heck of a deal on a Circle Y NBHA saddle that's also a 16. It feels more secure without feeling tiny. I still have room to move without sliding all over the place. It keeps me up and forward instead of letting me get behind.
I think every saddle is a little different. The high cantles make a difference for sure. And how square/round the swell is. |
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