|
|
Elite Veteran
Posts: 747
  
| I recentry bought a new saddle for my mare because my other one was too narrow. I can put it up on her with no pad and it fits like a glove. Put a pad under it and still looks good. But when I ride her in it, it'll slide back every time. I've tried a 7/8" 5 Star and a CSI, shimmed it different ways, and have rigged my saddle in 3 different ways and it still slides back. There's never been any ruffled hair. And it slides back more with the 5 Star than the CSI. Never rolled or anything though. What should I do? |
|
| |
|
 A Somebody to Everybody
Posts: 41354
 
Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Go to a thiner pad and see what happens, like a 3/4 or a 1/2 inch. Sounds like your saddle fits pretty good, so your pads made be to thick..What brand is your saddle? And why are you shimming your saddle if its a good fit?
Edited by Southtxponygirl 2016-12-15 8:58 PM
|
|
| |
|
Elite Veteran
Posts: 747
| It's a wide fit Pozzi. And I was experimenting with shimming it because someone told me maybe it needed to be shimmer if it was sliding. But I think shimming made it slide more. |
|
| |
|
A Somebody to Everybody
Posts: 41354
Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Burn n' Turn - 2016-12-15 9:00 PM It's a wide fit Pozzi. And I was experimenting with shimming it because someone told me maybe it needed to be shimmer if it was sliding. But I think shimming made it slide more.
Was it sliding back befor you tryed the shims? And I would go with a 3/4 pad but dont shim, I have a wide Pozzi too and it fits my two big boys just right, I use a 3/4 on one horse and a 1/2 inch on my other gelding..All my pads are 5 Stars. The wide tree could be to wide too. |
|
| |
|
Elite Veteran
Posts: 747
| Southtxponygirl - 2016-12-15 7:06 PM
Burn n' Turn - 2016-12-15 9:00 PM It's a wide fit Pozzi. And I was experimenting with shimming it because someone told me maybe it needed to be shimmer if it was sliding. But I think shimming made it slide more.
Was it sliding back befor you tryed the shims? And I would go with a 3/4 pad but dont shim, I have a wide Pozzi too and it fits my two big boys just right, I use a 3/4 on one horse and a 1/2 inch on my other gelding..All my pads are 5 Stars. The wide tree could be to wide too.
It was sliding a little without shims, but probably twice as much with the shims. I had a standard tree pozzi and it sat up on her like a tent and pinched her and you could tell it was uncomfortable for her because she doesn't hide her attitude. Her attitude has gone away almost completely since I got the wide |
|
| |
|
A Somebody to Everybody
Posts: 41354
Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Burn n' Turn - 2016-12-15 9:20 PM Southtxponygirl - 2016-12-15 7:06 PM Burn n' Turn - 2016-12-15 9:00 PM It's a wide fit Pozzi. And I was experimenting with shimming it because someone told me maybe it needed to be shimmer if it was sliding. But I think shimming made it slide more. Was it sliding back befor you tryed the shims? And I would go with a 3/4 pad but dont shim, I have a wide Pozzi too and it fits my two big boys just right, I use a 3/4 on one horse and a 1/2 inch on my other gelding..All my pads are 5 Stars. The wide tree could be to wide too. It was sliding a little without shims, but probably twice as much with the shims. I had a standard tree pozzi and it sat up on her like a tent and pinched her and you could tell it was uncomfortable for her because she doesn't hide her attitude. Her attitude has gone away almost completely since I got the wide
Yep, try your saddle with a thiner pad and see what happens and no shims.. Its good that that you know that the standaed tree was not working for your horse and she has a better attitude with this new one, let us know how your saddle does after you try a thinner pad.. Alrighty  |
|
| |
|
 I hate cooking and cleaning
Posts: 3314
Location: Jersey Girl | I would try a different pad. I bought a 5 Star and quit using it because it made my saddle slip back. The saddle was fine with other pads. |
|
| |
|
The Advice Guru
Posts: 6419
| Burn n' Turn - 2016-12-15 9:20 PM
Southtxponygirl - 2016-12-15 7:06 PM
Burn n' Turn - 2016-12-15 9:00 PM It's a wide fit Pozzi. And I was experimenting with shimming it because someone told me maybe it needed to be shimmer if it was sliding. But I think shimming made it slide more.
Was it sliding back befor you tryed the shims? And I would go with a 3/4 pad but dont shim, I have a wide Pozzi too and it fits my two big boys just right, I use a 3/4 on one horse and a 1/2 inch on my other gelding..All my pads are 5 Stars. The wide tree could be to wide too.
It was sliding a little without shims, but probably twice as much with the shims. I had a standard tree pozzi and it sat up on her like a tent and pinched her and you could tell it was uncomfortable for her because she doesn't hide her attitude. Her attitude has gone away almost completely since I got the wide
Sounds like the saddle may be getting pushed back by the shoulders. I had one horse that was like this before crown c, I bought the biggest gullet west flare at the time, and his shoulders still moved the saddle back 3" after running. |
|
| |
Folks on-line