Best type of saddle rack for storing saddle...

[naza]

So horse is going to be out of work for the next 6-12 months
Basically wondering how to store his saddles...
Are any saddle racks okay if you have a thick numnah underneath / put foam around certain parts of it. I'm thinking either the one that is just 1 bar under the gullet or the other ones which kind of cover the whole of the underneath of the saddle with 3 bars.?

 

[9tails]

One bar is better IMO. The shaped ones do leave indents on the flocking.

 

[adsthelad]

What we have at the yard I'm at is the shaped ones with foam tubes taped around them, and that seems to work well.

 

[Jnhuk]

The single pole in the gullet doesn't affect the flocking but the shaped ones do. If you use those ones put something like pipe insulating foam tubes on the bars to stop the metal bars marking

 

[scats]

Pipe insulation around the bars of the saddle rack.

 

[catkin]

i've used pipe insulation round the bars and some old front travel boots as soft padding.

Strip the saddles of stirrups, girths etc and if possible only have one saddle per rack and don't store anything heavy on top.

 

[Dubsie]

Ours is stored on top of the numnahs on the saddle rack to protect from the bars

 

[pansymouse]

Saddlers recommend the single poles.

 

[splashgirl45]

i have a piece of thick carpet laid over a saddle horse and then all of my numnahs,including a polypad, so there is no chance of the bars marking my saddle. one of my friends uses a large blanket folded a few times with the same result..my old dressage saddle is stoed on a single arm rack but i have an old blanket on it to stabilise the saddle..

 

[sbloom]

The piping insulation can still dent some softer flocked panels. I now recommend single pole racks, if anything else then an old pillow duck taped around it is usually enough padding. A proper woollen thick blanket folded up would probably be good too, it needs to be 1-2" thick and squishy, a pile of towels wont' work for example, too firm and dense.