how far back to place a saddle?

[fizz-tally]

i know lots of people tend to put the saddle to far forward so was wondering if anyone has a good pic of just where to place the saddle,mostly on high withered horses

 

[Gentle_Warrior]

easyest way it to place sadde half way up neck and then slide down, should come to a natural stop

 

[Boysy]

No picture to post as mine have no withers - LOL !

Good guide is to slide back as GW says into a good comfy position, you then want a nice hands breadth behind the shoulder to allow free movement and draw an imaginary line up from the last rib, saddle (cantle) should not extend past the last rib.

 

[Sarah1]

Well, I've just had a new saddle fitted to my boy who has HUGE shoulders! The saddle fitter said I was to place the saddle so that the point straps are level with the muscle behind his shoulder.
Hope that makes sense and helps!!!!!!!

 

[air78]

Something like this;

Not the best pics as in the first one the saddle is quite forward cut, in the second his wither is a bit obscured by big fluffy numnahs! Hope they help though

, you just need to make sure the sholder isn't being blocked.

http://www.saddlery.biz/sitepage/main.asp?sitepages=SaddleFittingP6
http://www.horse-sense.org/archives/saddpads.phtml

These are links to some artiles about saddle fitting.

 

[fizz-tally]

thank you everyone