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I have a LM VSD. I bought it 18 months ago. I love it, my trad cob goes very well in it and I will never use a saddle with a bell shaped tree again. If you take a look at the LM website you will see photos from case studies where muscle wasteage has been caused by saddles which are too...

The last winter here in Yorkshire was very mild. My heavy trad cob mare had a high bib clip, wore no rug and lost no weight (:-( Your lad will be absolutely fine living out with a clip.

I have a Lavinia Mitchell saddle for my cob. I can highly recommend these.

He is a credit to you. Lovely.

I have a Lavinia Mitchell vsd with a Nuumed numnah that I put shims in when she changes shape. She is a very wide, short coupled traditional cob.

Lovely pics, thanks for sharing. I'm green with envy ;)

What a beauty!

I saw a discussion about this bit on Facebook - As Seen Between the Horses Ears. I thought what would happen if you had to get off and lead? How would you stop it from sliding over the jaw, or worse, getting stuck on the teeth and causing a panic? Weird.

I empathise with your position. However, Elvis' behaviour with YOU in the saddle will not change if you don't change. Personally, I would not want to ride a horse that I had to fight with EVERY time I rode. Sell him to a home you have vetted then find a horse who will be your friend on the...

My partner has one. He says it's good to drive and tow with. 24/25 mpg (we live in hilly west yorkshire).

I buy plain pig oil in 5 litre container from local agri shop. Costs 20 pounds plus bat. I fill old fairy bottle, start from knee/hocks down getting as close to skin as I can. I also massage in to skin on legs. I absolutely saturated around heels/fetlocks as this is where any mites may lurk...

When sherrie's trimmer comes (every 9 weeks) and takes the bars down, sometimes there are tiny areas of bruising evident in the horn. Sherrie is never lame or sore. She's never had lami or absesses. My trimmer said it's simply that she grows super strong horn and if I worked on sand/gravel...

Thanks for the link Ownedbyjoe. I think the bars are too hard to fold over, it would be more comfortable for my cob if they did, I think; it would stop the slight bruising I suspect.

As an aside, my barefoot for life mare grows bars too strong to ware down with road/track work alone. My trimmer has asked me to rasp down between her visits as they are causing bruising. How does this fit in with Bowker's explanation?

Doh! Dressage not message haha