Anatomical dressage girths?

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I have tried a couple of anatomical dressage girths with my IDx recently to help give him room for his shoulders and elbows - really just to allow him to go forward a bit more. Unfortunately I'm still seeing white hairs/grease on the girth where his elbows have come into contact. And this is despite having the saddle correctly placed and the girth correctly placed. I'm no expert but I feel the girths are just a tad too wide on him. Has anyone got any recommendations for a decent 'slim line' anatomical dressage girth preferably with elastic both ends as the horse hates non elastic girths (he's a big sensitive soul this one!). The girths I've tried have been a Prolite and a Total Saddle Fit shoulder relief girth.
 
Is it just a shaped girth, as in cut away at the elbows or a proper anatomical girth, which when fit curves away from where it sits on the belly? They all seem to be called Anatomical :) Ive got both and had no issues with the curved one. Mine look more like the Fairfax girths, ones a Black Country and the other I cant remember sorry.
 
The prolite is made under license from fairfax and is the same shape. Is there any chance you could have it on backwards- I always have to check with mine as I still don't find it intuitive after nearly a year!
 
Thanks everybody... I'm definitely not putting them on backwards although that was my first thought!! Best girth I found for him on his GP saddle was an acavallo but the short girths just don't look as good.
 
The trouble is with these fancy girths is they are too thick. I was in your situation about a couple of years ago. Sold them all, bought a Stubben string girth, never looked back. I used to have one for my pony back in the 80’s and I’d dismissed them as old fashioned forgetting how truly useful they are!
 
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