Breastplate or breast girth?

[Jinx94]

Young lady has massive withers and no real girth groove. Saddle fits and I'm not on yet so there's no guarantee that it WILL slip, but she's quite sensitive and can overreact so it's something that I'm keen to avoid. As much as anything, it's for my peace of mind.

I'm not bothered about something that will facilitate a martingale attachment as knowing her, a martingale would elicit a very strong 'no'. In time we'll work through that, but not right now.

What style would be your go to for avoiding slip?

Photo of the princess () for tax, please excuse the poor bridling! Clearly paid no attention when putting it on

 

[BMA2]

With a young horse a breast plate may offer you a better handle to grab

 

[millitiger]

Breastplate is better for holding the saddle imo.

 

[Squeak]

I don't like breastplates that attach only to the d rings as I think it creates a pivot point if it does have to kick in and puts the pressure on the withers and is a lot of strain for the d rings. So as long as the breastplate has an attachment to the girth I don't think there would be much difference between the two although I agree that a breastplate does work well as something to grab hold of!

 

[sbloom]

It's not something I'm super knowledgeable about but I'd probably only consider the Fairfax one, these things really do compromise their way of going, especially over fences but they have to have a slight effect on the flat too. A tiny chance can mean compensation elsewhere (and yes, it does mean many many horses have some degree of compensation, for all sorts of reasons).