Awful reaction to Limpet pad

[Daphnelia]

I bought a limpet pad for the welsh cob at Badminton yesterday to help with her treeless saddle slipping. Rode her in it today and, after clearing a log, she bolted, then stopped, bronked and reared - I managed to stay on but only with great difficulty, and then took off again. This is totally out of character for her, and I can only attribute it to the new pad. But could it really cause such a reaction? Thoughts please..

xxx

 

[Louby]

Probably totally useless answer but is your saddle slipping a lot? Just thinking that if it is then maybe she got a friction burn as the saddles trying to slip but now cant as much so the pad is rubbing her as it moves slightly

 

[Minnies_Mum]

I've never had any experience of this, but I would imagine that maybe it's pulling her hair? After all, it's meant to be grippy, maybe she finds it uncomfortable.

 

[Daphnelia]

Hi Louby, no not a lot, just can occasionally slip if she jumps to the side for example, so I don't think it could be friction burns. Thanks though

xxx

 

[Daphnelia]

Hmm I wondered that too, she is pretty sensitive.. thankyou

xxx

 

[Diggerdog]

Perhaps try it again, but on the lunge, before you write it off completely?

 

[Janette]

I used to use a stephens gel non slip pad, when star suddenly decided that she couldn't move properly, her stride was short and choppy, she was hollow...... I took her to the saddlers to get the saddle fit assessed. the saddler wanted to see her without the non slip pad and hey ho - a lovely long, relaxed stride, she lifted her back, took the contact down and generally felt about 17hh (She's only 14.2

)

We are doing much better with a Prolite nonslip - much less sticky, but equally as non-slip

 

[AnnaandStella]

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I bought a limpet pad for the welsh cob at Badminton yesterday to help with her treeless saddle slipping. Rode her in it today and, after clearing a log, she bolted, then stopped, bronked and reared - I managed to stay on but only with great difficulty, and then took off again. This is totally out of character for her, and I can only attribute it to the new pad. But could it really cause such a reaction? Thoughts please..

xxx

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Have you used it to replace a pad designed to prevent spine pressure under a treeless?

If this is the case, it might be dispersing your weight onto areas it shouldn't be...

xa

 

[Madasmaz]

Isn't there that mesh stuff now available that is no-slip but mega thin?

 

[Vicki1986]

my saddler said something about this stuff (if we are talking about the same) we are going to try some this week i think to see if it will help my round ponys saddle stay put. you can get it from homebase for about 4 quid i think, meant for boats, totally breathable.