How do I tell how wide a synthetic saddle is?

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I have a Synthetic Thorowgood Griffin Saddle to sell. It has hardly been used and has been sitting on a saddle horse in my spare room for so long that I have forgotten what size it is!

I think I am correct in saying that if I measure from one of the front studs to the middle point of the cantle that will give me the size (17.5 inches) but how do I tell the width?

Thanks in advance! :)
 
If you aren't sure I would measure from D ring to D ring across the front of the saddle and then list that as the width. Better than making an educated guess and then people can decide for themselves what width that is.
 
Ok, I have seen ebay listings with D to D measurements but I'm never sure how that relates to the horse. This one seems to measure 10 inches so I guess it is wide/x-wide?
 
Measuring dee ring (fall down staples) to dee ring really has no bearing on the width and I don't know why people do it. The shape of the head and the gullet plate as well as the style, depth and amount of flocking in the panel can be so different from saddle to saddle and what might measure at 10 inches in one make and be classed as wide might be totally different in another make. It is more a matter of experience and judgement of eye to determine the width IF it isn't marked on the saddle anywhere.
Another way is to use another saddle of a known width of the same make and look at it from the front one on top of the other and use your judgement to see if it is the same width, make sure you look at the point pockets to see where the tree is, that is the angle you need to look at., NOT dee rings or fall down staples!.
Oz :)
 
This is what I thought, so I guess the next question is does anyone have a Thorowgood Griffin Jump saddle in a wide fitting who would mind measuring the width between the Ds? Pretty please. Or does anyone have any other ideas?!
 
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