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Location: USA | Ok, I have a horse I bought that is rougher riding than anything I've ever owned. He's got a lot of potential, put together nice, great disposition - he's just a little rough, especially on the front end when you check him for the first. He's not sore - he's been vetted, chiro, teeth . . . the whole nine yards. It's just how he travels. Every saddle I've tried on him either fits him and not me, or fits me and not him. He's downhill and everything would slide back behind that dip in his shoulders and then it would sit downhill also and I'd be tilted forward. I feel like if I had a saddle that allowed me to ride him to both of our potentials then we'd be great. I was kind of thinking of trying a treeless since he pops me up at the first when checking him. Is it stupid to buy a saddle that would help me ride him better since he's rougher than what I normally ride? Some people I've talked to say it's stupid to buy one for this reason so it's making me second guess my decision. I guess their mentality is if you can't ride them in any saddle then why have them. But my mentality is, every horse is built different and you should get the gear that lets you let the horse reach his potential. Opinions?? | |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | Dreamingofcans - 2015-10-25 4:02 PM Ok, I have a horse I bought that is rougher riding than anything I've ever owned. He's got a lot of potential, put together nice, great disposition - he's just a little rough, especially on the front end when you check him for the first. He's not sore - he's been vetted, chiro, teeth . . . the whole nine yards. It's just how he travels. Every saddle I've tried on him either fits him and not me, or fits me and not him. He's downhill and everything would slide back behind that dip in his shoulders and then it would sit downhill also and I'd be tilted forward. I feel like if I had a saddle that allowed me to ride him to both of our potentials then we'd be great. I was kind of thinking of trying a treeless since he pops me up at the first when checking him. Is it stupid to buy a saddle that would help me ride him better since he's rougher than what I normally ride? Some people I've talked to say it's stupid to buy one for this reason so it's making me second guess my decision. I guess their mentality is if you can't ride them in any saddle then why have them. But my mentality is, every horse is built different and you should get the gear that lets you let the horse reach his potential. Opinions??
Your horse can't perform properly if the saddle doesn't fit them, and you can't perform your best if the saddle doesn't fit you. Everyone has a preference and saddles feel different from one horse to another depending on how the horse is built and their style. It's perfectly fine to want a saddle that fits you both. What that may be, I couldn't tell you. Try as many saddles as you can. Certainly a treeless may work for you. As long as it's the right size they are usually very secure. | |
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Fire Ant Peddler
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| I have one that is pretty rough. The woman that I bought her from did like to get horses injected. My vet injected her hocks. That helped a lot. Vet did say that her back was a little long and she was always going to be a little rough because of that. To me her back doesn't seem too long but the vet sees a lot of horses everyday. I asked and he answered. She does not run down hill though.
The other thing that I did that helped isvto gat a saddle with a seat big enough for me. This mare is really broad. I too her to Josey's and had them fit her. They said get the seat size that my trainer recommended because they know her well, the Josey is saddle was recommended by her and she knows I am not the skinniest person. I am not particularly fat. I got a 16 inch seat. It sure let's me get down in the seat and keeps me from falling forward. OK , to summarize, get hocks injected, get a saddle with a big enough seat. | |
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Location: USA | Honeymoney - 2015-10-25 5:30 PM I have one that is pretty rough. The woman that I bought her from did like to get horses injected. My vet injected her hocks. That helped a lot. Vet did say that her back was a little long and she was always going to be a little rough because of that. To me her back doesn't seem too long but the vet sees a lot of horses everyday. I asked and he answered. She does not run down hill though. The other thing that I did that helped isvto gat a saddle with a seat big enough for me. This mare is really broad. I too her to Josey's and had them fit her. They said get the seat size that my trainer recommended because they know her well, the Josey is saddle was recommended by her and she knows I am not the skinniest person. I am not particularly fat. I got a 16 inch seat. It sure let's me get down in the seat and keeps me from falling forward. OK , to summarize, get hocks injected, get a saddle with a big enough seat.
His hocks are good and I ride him in a seat size that fits - he's just kind of peg legged | |
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| Try a 1/2 inch smaller saddle seat. I know this help me. | |
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