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mam0329 Reg. Jul 2009	Posted 2015-05-24 7:28 PM Subject: What is you favorite buildup pad? Pic's added
Love Me Some Robert Redford Posts: 2335 Location: WV	I have a mare, hard to fit... Need a pad that has some build up in the shoulder area. What is your favorite and why? I have looked an impact gel contoured build up pad. Anyone used these? Edited by mam0329 2015-05-25 8:19 PM (penny1.JPG) (penny2.jpg) (penny3.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image7.jpeg (31KB - 227 downloads) image1.jpeg (31KB - 179 downloads) penny1.JPG (35KB - 165 downloads) penny2.jpg (48KB - 178 downloads) penny3.jpg (27KB - 170 downloads)
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OhMax Reg. Feb 2013	Posted 2015-05-25 8:08 AM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad?
Married to a Louie Lover Posts: 3303	I ride with a gal who likes the diamond d with the shims. I know Ed weight makes one that is nice. Personally I like using my 5 star with classic equine shim (like what they use with the crown c's) over it. Keeps it versatile and easily removed when the muscle is built up.
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Longneck Reg. Mar 2004	Posted 2015-05-25 9:28 AM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad?
Rad Dork Posts: 5218 Location: Oklahoma	Right now I'm using a Professional's Choice air ride orthopedic pad to help my gelding out in his Double J. It's really helping, but I can't wait to get back into my 5 Stars.
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mam0329 Reg. Jul 2009	Posted 2015-05-25 9:30 AM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad?
Love Me Some Robert Redford Posts: 2335 Location: WV	OhMax - 2015-05-25 9:08 AM I ride with a gal who likes the diamond d with the shims. I know Ed weight makes one that is nice. Personally I like using my 5 star with classic equine shim (like what they use with the crown c's) over it. Keeps it versatile and easily removed when the muscle is built up. I have never shimmed. My mare is harder to fit. She is narrow and gets wider. Saddle dips a little in the front, does not hit wither or anything but drives me crazy. Without a pad saddle lays nice add a pad and I'm mind blown. Ugh!! So I though about trying the buildup pad by impact gel. I did rider her in a cutter collection pad when I tried the saddle and it was good but my 1/2 " 5 star not enough and 1" impact gel too much, a site ride PC is ok but need a little more in the front. I'm exhausted with trying pads.. Edited by mam0329 2015-05-25 9:34 AM
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mam0329 Reg. Jul 2009	Posted 2015-05-25 9:32 AM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad?
Love Me Some Robert Redford Posts: 2335 Location: WV	Longneck - 2015-05-25 10:28 AM Right now I'm using a Professional's Choice air ride orthopedic pad to help my gelding out in his Double J. It's really helping, but I can't wait to get back into my 5 Stars. My saddle is a little wide in the front for my mare. I have pics if anyone is interested in taking a look. I could send them to u. I can't post them from my phone.
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OhMax Reg. Feb 2013	Posted 2015-05-25 9:59 AM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad?
Married to a Louie Lover Posts: 3303	Sounds like shimming could be a good option then. If the 1/2" 5 star is fitting her at the widest part the shims would fill in the narrower part. Similar effect to a built up pad but more versatile in my opinion.
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heidiinaz Reg. Dec 2007	Posted 2015-05-25 10:24 AM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad?
Expert Posts: 1226	I love love my CSI. I have two horses with high withers and a super wide horse. It fits great on all of them and different saddles. Would highly recommend one
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cowgirl_3207 Reg. Sep 2009	Posted 2015-05-25 12:14 PM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad?
A Gopher's Worst Nightmare Posts: 5094 Location: Southern Oregon	The corrector pads a great
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Longneck Reg. Mar 2004	Posted 2015-05-25 1:55 PM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad?
Rad Dork Posts: 5218 Location: Oklahoma	mam0329 - 2015-05-25 9:32 AM Longneck - 2015-05-25 10:28 AM Right now I'm using a Professional's Choice air ride orthopedic pad to help my gelding out in his Double J. It's really helping, but I can't wait to get back into my 5 Stars. My saddle is a little wide in the front for my mare. I have pics if anyone is interested in taking a look. I could send them to u. I can't post them from my phone. Sounds like what was happening to me! I had him fitted in September (two weeks after he was laid off for injury) and I ordered my saddle in February. When I put it on him with a 5 star the back was popping up some. My chiro said it was too wide for him right now (muscle atrophy from time off) and when I spoke to Phillip (with Double J) he suggested the ortho pad with the extra build up. I asked about shimming and he wasn't to keen on it (maybe that's because Martin is a competitor). I got a good deal on the pad so I went with it. I'll try to find before and after pics with the different pads. I would love to help you post yours, but I have to be on wifi to get them to load to Photobucket and I'm not near wifi today! Hopefully someone else can help out!
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barrelbasher Reg. Apr 2007	Posted 2015-05-25 2:16 PM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad?
Expert Posts: 1440 Location: Texas	I used to have a ricotti built up pad and really liked it
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mam0329 Reg. Jul 2009	Posted 2015-05-25 4:17 PM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad?
Love Me Some Robert Redford Posts: 2335 Location: WV	Thank you so much??
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avmalibu Reg. Nov 2012	Posted 2015-05-25 4:39 PM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 518	I love my Biofit pad, it was the perfect fit and I liked the material it's made of
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daisycake123 Reg. Dec 2006	Posted 2015-05-25 7:22 PM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad?
Sock Snob Posts: 3021	I like my biofit pad. Really did help the horse imwas using it on. I have seen the ed wright build up. It was a nice pad also.
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mam0329 Reg. Jul 2009	Posted 2015-05-25 7:41 PM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad?
Love Me Some Robert Redford Posts: 2335 Location: WV	daisycake123 - 2015-05-25 8:22 PM I like my biofit pad. Really did help the horse imwas using it on. I have seen the ed wright build up. It was a nice pad also. maybe i'm looking in the wrong place but i haven't been able to find the Ed Wright pad.
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Longneck Reg. Mar 2004	Posted 2015-05-25 9:43 PM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad? Pic's added
Rad Dork Posts: 5218 Location: Oklahoma	Your saddle fit looks pretty similar to how mine fits.... And your horse's back looks really similar to my gelding's with the lack of muscle behind the withers. Hopefully you can find something to help even things out!
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Herbie Reg. Oct 2003	Posted 2015-05-26 9:20 AM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad? Pic's added
Whack and Roll Posts: 6342 Location: NE Texas	The Classic Equine Bio Fit Shim pad works well for me. You can adjust the amount of shim you get by moving your saddle forward and backward on your horse.
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BARRELHORSE USA Reg. Sep 2011	Posted 2015-05-26 10:23 AM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad? Pic's added
	Stop buying saddles and pads and listen to a pro that already has everything figured out ... you guys are caught up in a marketing frenzie by pad and saddlemakers ... The trainers you send your horses to don't have a different saddle and pad for every horse they are training on .... they are using their 20 year old saddles on everything.. https://youtu.be/l4iVhzeegyk
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mam0329 Reg. Jul 2009	Posted 2015-05-26 12:33 PM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad? Pic's added
Love Me Some Robert Redford Posts: 2335 Location: WV	BARRELHORSE USA - 2015-05-26 11:23 AM Stop buying saddles and pads and listen to a pro that already has everything figured out ... you guys are caught up in a marketing frenzie by pad and saddlemakers ... The trainers you send your horses to don't have a different saddle and pad for every horse they are training on .... they are using their 20 year old saddles on everything.. https://youtu.be/l4iVhzeegyk I definitely am not going with marketing frenzy on Saddles. I have been using my husbands for some time. I am not opposed to shim just don't know how. Lol I have a 1/2 pad that is to thin, if I use a 1" it's to thick for the rest of the saddle. So what would you suggest? 3/4 and shim? Just thought a buildup pad might work. When I tried the impact gel pad it moved a little. Thanks for any suggestions. I appreciate any and all. I plead the fifth on feeding into the saddle pad market.
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threecanman Reg. Jul 2011	Posted 2015-05-26 1:06 PM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad? Pic's added
Elite Veteran Posts: 825	I also love the Classic Equine Biofit pad with the shims built in.
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run n rate Reg. Feb 2007	Posted 2015-05-26 1:40 PM Subject: RE: What is you favorite buildup pad? Pic's added
Balance Beam and more... Posts: 11511 Location: 31 lengths farms	Ed Wright Ortho pad.
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