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Doggy Diaper Designer
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Location: WI | I'm really up in the air on this. My horse is really short backed. If I let saddle slide and sit where it wants, it goes so far back, the back of saddle practically hit his rump. So do I leave it, or force it forward with breast collar? |
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 Buttered Noodles Snacker
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Location: NC | pic? |
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
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| There shouldn't be a reason that your saddle slides back unless it doesn't fit. Too wide comes to mind.
Pics would be helpful. |
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  More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | I have a really short backed mare. If you measure from the front concho to the back concho that will give you a pretty good guesstimate on how long the tree is. Start saddle shopping for something with a short tree. We're getting by with what we have for our mare because she's rode very little. I do know that the Connie Combs saddles have a short tree. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | stef73433 - 2015-05-14 6:54 AM I'm really up in the air on this. My horse is really short backed. If I let saddle slide and sit where it wants, it goes so far back, the back of saddle practically hit his rump. So do I leave it, or force it forward with breast collar?
What brand of saddle is this? Sounds like its a bad fit if it goes that far back...
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The Advice Guru
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| Nateracer - 2015-05-14 7:27 AM
There shouldn't be a reason that your saddle slides back unless it doesn't fit. Too wide comes to mind.
Pics would be helpful.
The gullet can also be too narrow too as the shoulders may be pushing the saddle back |
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| I have a horse that has really high withers, kissing spines, so he is a little sway back. My saddle fits fine but would slide back. He leaves the barrels hard. My trainer told me to get a Western Legends saddle pad. I did and it resolved the situation. |
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Doggy Diaper Designer
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Location: WI | I'll get pics tomorrow. He is narrow, but has that buldge in his shoulders. Every saddle I use doors this. Custom one, circle y and a Bob Marshall |
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Buttered Noodles Snacker
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Location: NC | HAve you tried shimming or using a biofit to fill in behind the shoulders?> |
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