Recent content by Rodolfo E.

And by the way, after all those months and long nights watching videos on YouTube and reading articles researching for proper saddle fit and basic horse training, grooming and diet, and after drawing the required tracings and driving all the way up to where the tack shop is thinking to my self...

Lol! No apologies needed at all. It sounds like a great place to ride in, unfortunately for me, it's half a world away. Literally. Who would have thought? I've been watching these videos like crazy for the past 4 months trying to get my tracings right. The world is indeed a smaller place...

Tnavas, Thank you very much for the list. There are many western and charro (mexican style) saddle fitters but not English saddles that I know of. In fact, I don't think many people here are aware of the importance of saddle fit and the illness they may cause their horses if the saddle does not...

SBloom! This is one of Josephine Dancy's videos if someone is interested. This are some of the guidelines I followed to draw my mare's back tracings. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv6HsDRqZNk The Caprilli seemed to fit pretty well but I checked it today and it does seem to rock back and forth...

Kitt Hazelton from Panther Run Saddlery. Note taken!!! :) Thanks for the help and advice Sbloom!!! I did take some measurements and did some drawings following the advice and instructions of charming woman by the name Josephine Giles Dancy. Master Saddler of GB Qualifed Saddle Fitter as stated...

Something like a Caterpillar or a Hoover vacuum? :D :D :D

Well, the lady at the saddle shop where I bought mine said the exact same thing. And you know what! I hope you both are right because I may very well end up getting another one exactly as the one I have given that I don't really know what else to try. And to be honest, living 7 hours from a...

Perhaps that is why I have such high expectations. I hopped on my first horse 30 years ago, it was a western saddle and rode on some english saddles as well. Back then those saddles were already old and they still stand today. They used to be so sturdy that you could even miss treat them. Dust...

Used of course. :D

Or buy two more affordable saddles, one for me and one for my fiancé and have fun together as she loves trail riding. If so, which saddles do you guys thinks are good in terms of leather quality and overall durability.

If there is truly a big difference in quality I guess I could ask for a refund, save longer and buy an entry level Stubben or Amerigo. The easy change gullet system is a nice feature though.

Well, I finally sent Dover Saddlery (the tack shop where I bought the saddle) an e-mail with pictures attached and followed that up with a phone call. They seemed pretty calmed and willing to help they asked me what saddle had I bought and told them it was a Bates Caprilli. The lady on the phone...

Thank you Tnavas! Mine did not come with the wax stuff, I used the word peel because it's what comes to my mind when trying to describe it. There is probably a better word for it. Perhaps chipped of some pieces or punctured. English is my second language and some times I have trouble with...

I don't really know how to post them on the thread, what I did is I uploaded them to my profile for public viewing. Some are better than others, i just took some of the markings that worry me most but there are more. I can take some more later under sunlight. Please tell me if you are able to...

I don't really know how to post them on the thread, what I did is I uploaded them to my profile for public viewing. Some are better than others, i just took some of the markings that worry me most but there are more. I can take some more later under sunlight. Please tell me if you are able to...