montanna
Well-Known Member
I am having an absolute nightmare trying to get a saddle to stay put on my rising 5 year old.
She has the most forward girth groove any saddler has ever seen. When you fasten the girth with the saddle in the correct place, the girth literally sits in the middle of her belly. As soon as she takes a step, the girth moves forwards into the girth groove, dragging the saddle with it straight onto her shoulder and up her neck!
I have had what feels like every saddler in the county look at her, try all sorts of saddles but what is very clear is that this is a girthing issue. We have tried saddles with point straps, different girths including Stubben string, grippy Pro choice ones, the Fairfax. You name it, weve tried it.
She has been ridden in a 17 M Albion K2 Jump for the last little while, with a gel eze non slip pad and a Harry Dabbs girth. This combo has worked the best out of everything we have tried & we had semi-good results with this for a while, but recently it has stopped working so well. She has been crabby about going into canter (nothing nasty, just ears back and a swish of the tail), is very on her forehand and struggles to get her front end up when jumping. On taking the saddle off, you can see where the hair has been rubbed underneath where its constantly trying to go forward. (I clipped her last week and she has two white patches where the saddle rubs her!). Clearly, I am absolutely mortified at this, and have vowed not to put a saddle back on her until I can get the girthing sorted.
So the question is what the hell do I do??
There are sooooooooo many girths on the market for this, however most of them are just straight girths with a wiggle in the middle which dont work a jot.
Could anyone recommend someone that I could take her to that would have any bright ideas regarding girthing? I have had four different saddle fitters now (two where I have taken her to the workshops!) but none of them could get anything to stay put. The last place I went, we were there until it was dark and the mare was getting seriously peeved as you would expect.
She must have the worst confirmation to be causing me so much trouble, but she is the sweetest little horse, talented, brave and has put up with a lot so far, I just dont want her getting to the stage where she runs to the back of the stable when she sees a saddle.
I dont care how much it costs, I just need to get this sorted!!
Can anyone help?
She has the most forward girth groove any saddler has ever seen. When you fasten the girth with the saddle in the correct place, the girth literally sits in the middle of her belly. As soon as she takes a step, the girth moves forwards into the girth groove, dragging the saddle with it straight onto her shoulder and up her neck!
I have had what feels like every saddler in the county look at her, try all sorts of saddles but what is very clear is that this is a girthing issue. We have tried saddles with point straps, different girths including Stubben string, grippy Pro choice ones, the Fairfax. You name it, weve tried it.
She has been ridden in a 17 M Albion K2 Jump for the last little while, with a gel eze non slip pad and a Harry Dabbs girth. This combo has worked the best out of everything we have tried & we had semi-good results with this for a while, but recently it has stopped working so well. She has been crabby about going into canter (nothing nasty, just ears back and a swish of the tail), is very on her forehand and struggles to get her front end up when jumping. On taking the saddle off, you can see where the hair has been rubbed underneath where its constantly trying to go forward. (I clipped her last week and she has two white patches where the saddle rubs her!). Clearly, I am absolutely mortified at this, and have vowed not to put a saddle back on her until I can get the girthing sorted.
So the question is what the hell do I do??
There are sooooooooo many girths on the market for this, however most of them are just straight girths with a wiggle in the middle which dont work a jot.
Could anyone recommend someone that I could take her to that would have any bright ideas regarding girthing? I have had four different saddle fitters now (two where I have taken her to the workshops!) but none of them could get anything to stay put. The last place I went, we were there until it was dark and the mare was getting seriously peeved as you would expect.
She must have the worst confirmation to be causing me so much trouble, but she is the sweetest little horse, talented, brave and has put up with a lot so far, I just dont want her getting to the stage where she runs to the back of the stable when she sees a saddle.
I dont care how much it costs, I just need to get this sorted!!
Can anyone help?
need a long one unless I can find a suitable monoflap saddle which is definitely worth a look at.
