Anyone ride their TB western style?

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I am thinking of perhaps, possibly going down the western route for my TB.

She's calm now most of the time, and its something I've always wanted to do.

Is the transition a hard one? Is it easy finding a saddle to fit? Is it difficult for the horse to adapt to?

I have no idea as you can see, and have no-one at my yard with any experience either so would that be enough to say STOP don't do it?

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Having a western saddle i would say it would be difficult to find one that would accomodate for a high withered horse, going on the basis that most horses used have quite unprominant withers but i havent tried it on a tb, so i wouldn't know (:
 
Well my QH has withers like a shark fin but his western saddle (a Crates wide QH bars Reiner) fits perfectly. I've seen lots of TBs, warmbloods, and other hard-to-fit breeds with well fitted western saddles. You just have to buy quality not some piece of Indian rubbish from Ebay. Maria is very helpful http://www.western-saddler.co.uk/ and also have a look at http://wes-uk.com/ The Western Equestrian Society is for all breeds, not just western breeds. Nice friendly people & lots of experience & advice.
 
I ride my high withered warmblood in a western, he loves it. I have a circle Y Half QH width saddle that seems to suit very well. In America loads of TBs are ridden western style so I'm sure you should be able to do it.
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My american paint horse looks like a TB there is alot of tb in paints and thier finer built than thier quarter horse friends and most paints are ridden western so can't see why your tb can't be. there are also lots of hybrid saddles out thier not all of horns and some are cut different to suit high withers it will jsut be the case of finding the right style saddle for your horse but its so comfey and fun so worth ago
 
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