Recent content by Horsemanship

Buy a Monkey Grab or Grip Strap if it is just a grab handle that you are wanting. They fasten onto the front D rings and are just that - a grab handle, but only about £10.

Any chance of a photo of her with the saddle on please? It could be a number of things, but she is certainly trying to tell you something is wrong if she has just started biting at girthing-up. x

I have a Tekna girth, the same as yours. It is an anatomic girth and they are great - but you have it on the wrong way round. The curve must face the front, not the back. Turn it around and try it again. x

One horse here was dreadful. He had his tongue over the bit (a French Link) more than he had it under it. He would flick it over and under 5 or 6 times a minute. His owner changed him to an HP Relief barrel bit and he stopped doing it on the first ride. He has a really quiet mouth now. She had...

I have broken hundreds of horses in and have never had one buck on a first backing yet. If you get the ground work - including them being happy standing away from you, out of your space whilst working them (VERY important!) right, and put a top 'lateral (sideways) mouth' on them before you back...

One company is bringing out an Aussie Stock Saddle with Breakaway Fenders. This will be a great improvement.

Yes, stock saddles give you the security that English style saddles never can. No wonder that the Aussies call our English saddles "Self-Emptying Saddles", LOL. If all riders used them for hacking, there wouldn't be a quarter of the riding accidents that end up at A & E. They are great for...

Where did she train? Having been a saddle fitter for many years, it makes me very angry at the incompetence of SOME so-called 'Saddle Fitters' today. I was taught that there are 11 points to check for a correctly fitting saddle - 7 for the horse and 3 for the rider, so it is impossible to fit a...

I have ridden in Aussie saddles for years and the problem with most of them, although they are REALLY comfy, is that they put you in a 'Chair Seat' due to the forward position of the stirrups. This, although comfortable to sit on, puts all the pressure on your seat bones, as you are not sat...

You can. x

You probably need some lessons in old fashioned Horsemanship? I get a lot of horses given, free, because of dangerous behavior and they ALL turn into very loving, happy people within a couple of weeks. You have to find the reason for the behavior and act on it. It may be pain, fear of pain...

As a saddle fitter, I would say that both saddles are loo long for him. If you want a saddle for endurance, then look at a Swinging Fender Australian Stock Saddle. They have panels similar to a Western and length is not so much of a problem. They don't block the shoulder either, as the shoulder...

Why don't you borrow the HP trial saddle, if you are local and see if you like it or not? Someone else s opinion is never as good as your own.