Gel pads - last post I promise!

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So, I need to get a gel pad as my saddle is moving a bit. I have saddler booked, but he can't come until end June, so I want to get something until then, and it might ask him to re flock the saddle to for the gel pad, as I like her to have some shock absorption underneath, she seems much happier with it.
I don't know whether to get the shaped gel pad, which goes between the numnah and saddle, and will stop the saddle moving off the pad, but maybe the numnah will still move, or whether to get the twin sided gel pad, which is an all in one numnah, (so would have to get the white one for the dressage part of eventing I guess).
Any thoughts. I know a few people put me off using the gel pads on the back as the holes can pull hairs through, but the twin sided gel pad does not have the holes, so shouldn't cause a problem.
 
You need some breathability hence the holes. Gel pads aren't my favourite thing full stop as they generate heat and can actually burn. I would consider something like a Limpet. Ask you saddle fitter to recommend what to do next time if the fit changes in the same way, if you want to stop a saddle moving the best thing is to correct the aspect of the fit that is "off" and this can be done with riser pads, or using different girth straps etc as a temporary measure too.
 
A gel pad will not stop your saddle moving tbh - as sbloom has said I expect you need a front/back riser pad. Or possibly a half pad as a temporary measure.
 
I used a sheepskin half pad yesterday, but the saddle still moved. I do have the saddler booked, but he can't come for a month, and I really don't want her having a month off :(, but equally I don't want to hurt her.
 
How about trying a half sheepskin that you can insert pads into? That is what I use on mine and it has done the trick.
 
I like the idea, but I would like to get her working equally, and get her level. Ohh, I don't know, I don't know enough abt saddles etc to know what to do....
 
There are so many reasons a saddle slips sideways and so many different ways to correct it, unless you know what you're looking for (and I use shimmed sheepskin pads too, they're great, from Mattes, but only if you can balance a saddle etc) then you could do more harm than good.
 
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