Fairfax dressage girth-article in H&H, what do we think?

Ofcourse I think its likely to make your horse more comfortable... we all know (well us ladies anyway) how the shape and placing of your own bra strap can make or break a party frock and leave you will indigestion all night !) so why shouldnt it be the same for a horse ?

That said WHY OH WHY does it have to be so damn pricey ?

Its the same as the Point 2's... if these things are in the interests of health and safety of human or horse, why make you decide between comfort and cost ?

Tschhhh. Rip off.
 
I've seen shaped girths like this before, its nothing new, they've just done some research on their girth (which is very good as I'm a fan of research!)


Prestige do a nice one, Amerigo have one, Tekna have one, aerborn have one.

think its nice, not sure about price as I can't see it. what is their RRP?
 
I dont see the different in that and any other girth shaped the same? (Of which there are a lot)

It looks nice, and v comfortable. Wouldnt mind trying one to see what difference it made, or seeing one in the flesh would be interesting aswell.
 
What is massively different about those compared to others on the market?
There are plenty of makes with a similar shape available.
Obviously the fairfax is prolite lined, but is this any better than wool lined?

I have one in similar shape, I'm not convinced horse is any better in that than a normal one to be honest.
In fact I had a shaped jumping one, which I have swapped for a pro choice one and seen really improvement in girthing comfort on that.
 
£220 for dressage girth, up to £390 for stud girth.

from what i can read, the diff between this and the others is the way the edge aginst the horse is formed, i think it moves (says "floats" on the website) to avoid pressure on muscles?
 
It looks very similar to the Ideal Lynx Pro girth I just bought with my new saddle, which has lovely rolled edges and is very padded.
 
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£220 for dressage girth, up to £390 for stud girth.

from what i can read, the diff between this and the others is the way the edge aginst the horse is formed, i think it moves (says "floats" on the website) to avoid pressure on muscles?
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Wow, it would have to be something seriously special for me to even contemplate that price!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll stick with my wintec girths for the moment!!!!!!!! :D :D
 
Would also be really interested to see if anyone has had any experience of these, looking to get a new girth as my horse is very sensitive round that area. But definitely not going to be spending that kind of money if it does the same job as any other well made, good fitting leather girth!
 
the shaping doesnt seem new, so must be the "floating" bit, but remember valegro had dead sheep under his anyway, am wondering what that does to it??
 
I'll take one later...can't find it anywhere online yet (new model of saddle it was made for) Ideal don't have any pics of the Lynx pro saddle or accessories!
 
I have ridden in this girth.

My horse is freshly diagnosed with ringbone, so I'm not in a position to say if the girth assisted his paces.

The girth is much wider than anything else I have seen. My horse has an Albion humane dressage girth for comparison.

You can feel the prolite in the girth and no doubt this does assist comfort.

As well as being lame, my horse also has what appears to be a grass wart in the area covered by this girth (his albion sits behind), so I didn't give it serious consideration for purchase.

Just re-read this and want to point out horse was intermitently lame at the time. Not obviously lame when I rode in the girth.
 
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Having just looked at one in the flesh at Burghley they are nice. But not for £390! I'm on the hunt for a stud girth, but left that stand very quickly when I found out the price!
 
thanks trouble :) (i actually rode in a clients lynx pro on wed and liked it, albeit found the twist a bit wider than my innova)

charliemouse-is it a moveable layer? if its not, then i think the tekna or prestige would be just as good TBH.
 
The twist is quite a bit narrower than my previous Suzannah, but I tried one with a really narrow twist and it didn't suit me...but you're a lot smaller than me across the hips! Lol!

Went for a little bit of bling on mine!
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client had bronze piping on hers! they are really nice saddles but i just cant do wide twists daily, rubs me up the wrong way in all the wrong places lol! i love the placement of the thigh roll though.

girth looks nice and v.similar to fairfax.

hopefully CM will report back re moving layers, as if there is no magic layer, i honestly think a your one would do the same job!
 
The girth in Trouble's photo is much narrower than the Fairfax.

The fairfax reaches further under the chest, but has curves to give leg room. I've only seen the dressage version.
 
No the layers aren't moveable. It is very curved, far more that the one tr0uble's picture. It is a very nice girth, just £250 more expensive than it should be IMO!
 
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