I'm glad this topic came up. I ride in a Torsion and just recently have seen that my gelding has some small but clear complaints about pressure on his withers....
Hi Everybody, I am new here and have a lot of questions. First a little about me and my horse. After 10 years away from horses I bought a 10 year old Percheron...
Hi Sandy, Thanks for answering my questions about the Freeform. It does sound intriguing & I see that there's a distributor not too far from where I live in N....
Hi Kara, Lasell, & all, I ride my high withered horse in a Bob Marshall endurance, peaked front with a Saddle Right pad. The Saddle Right is stiffer than a ...
Laura, could you explain what you mean by this. How would a pommel be too big and what problems would occur for the horse? Sorry for my dense brain right...
Interesting comment ref: increased fatigue riding in a treeless saddle. I and my students have found the opposite. Properly balanced, there is so much less...
... saddle. I and my students have found the opposite. Properly balanced, there is so much less work to riding treeless because the rider does not have to...
Hi Lasell, The pommel is too wide, it doesn't make contact with Roper's body. Without a pad the saddle does sit on the withers. On a treed saddle some say a...
is this saddle still for sale thanks marie Kerry Morgan <kerrymorgan@...> wrote: I am looking for a treeless saddle for a hard-to-fit QH, where are you...
Hi, folks: I've put my Jr. Petite Chic up for sale on eBay, if anyone is interested, it is item number 7125460768, the auction ends on Sunday, Jan 9th. It's in...
Laura McLaughlan
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Jan 4, 2005 7:11 am
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Well, Zini and I managed to complete 55 miles over two days at Death Valley, some of it in the pouring rain, in our new Barefoot saddle. I can report that...
Congrats on your ride at DVE! I wish I had known you were there, I would have liked to have compared saddles. I completed the 25's on day 1 and 2, but was...
Hi everyone! I've just joined your group and wanted to introduce myself. I've been riding in a Bob Marshall Endurance saddle and really love it. My horse,...
I think you are right, Karen. It may also be that if the back of the horse is relatively motionless, the kinetic energy of the footstrike is transmitted ...
... We should have some sort of sticker on the back of the trailer, or something. "Warning: treeless saddle user" ... good job! ... Hope it's nothing ... yes,...
Maybe we should! I was pretty much in the oldest, ugliest rig there. mid 80's tan/brown 4-door Ford crew cab (my cowboy cadillac :-) with an old Beaver...
I went and took a lesson from an instructor I had not seen in 10 years. She teased me, "Your bitless and treeless, your not bra-less too?". If anyone is...
Congrats on surviving the rain, Lucy! I have been wanting to do DVE for several years, and now I'm way too far away. :( Was the Torsion rider Susie Niebergall...
I took photos: http://www.quacky.co.uk/~elsie/DVE-2004 and a ride story: http://www.quacky.co.uk/~elsie/DVE-2004/story/DVE-2004.htm ... You just keep driving...
Wow Lucy, sounds like quite an adventure and Zini did terrific considering her age and all! Regarding the story with the lady with the Torsion......just sounds...
Hi Nicole and everyone, Funny you should ask. I just placed a large order with Nikwax for their Nubuck & Suede waterproofing product as well as their Rug ...
Added to links page: www.silverlinetack.com There are several types treeless; they are made in India. You folks are welcome to look and offer comments. As...
... Lucy, What kind of High Tie do you have and how do you like it? I've been looking into them and getting confused. I will need to use it with a 13hh ...
These saddles look very much like TB racing jockey saddles. Rose Raymond central Florida...
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Jan 5, 2005 9:14 pm
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... Hi Rose, Have to say that I think that these saddles look very conventional!! The pony pads look more like racing saddles, but then so have the Pilch pads...
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