How to stop saddle slipping on round cob?

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Chad is very round and his saddle tends to slip. If I tightened his girth up any more his eyes will pop out, but need to stop the saddle slipping.

I think I have heard of something that sits under the saddle and can help with slipping?
 
I won a Barnsby Grip Pad and it is fantastic, otherwise any other make of saddle cloth or numnah with the rubber grippy back. I know Thorowgod make them and am sure other people do too.
 
I can't remember what they are called but my saddle (GFS) has loops to add extra girth straps, one at the front and one behind the 3 normal girth straps.

Of the 5 saddles I had to try, my saddler discounted 2 because they didn't have these loops and he said my mare could have a slipping problem due to her shape.

So, if saddle slips forward, do up girth on front strap and the middle or back of the 3 original girth straps.
If the sadlle moves about behind, girth up using strap furthest back and front original girth strap.

If you have the loops but no leather attached, my saddler said he'd add them for £15. If you don't have the loops to add the leather to, I think it's tough luck.

I know that wasn't explained with great clarity but I hope you understand what I mean.
 
I had this problem with my Welsh Cob, the saddle slipped side to side as he is barrel shaped. The saddle I had was dreadful for it, I tried everything (limpet pad, wide string girth, sticky gel pad, neoprene type pad, no pad at all, breastplate etc.) to no avail. I changed the saddle end of last year and its much better although still slips a little if I dont stay balanced.
 
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I can't remember what they are called but my saddle (GFS) has loops to add extra girth straps, one at the front and one behind the 3 normal girth straps.

Of the 5 saddles I had to try, my saddler discounted 2 because they didn't have these loops and he said my mare could have a slipping problem due to her shape.

So, if saddle slips forward, do up girth on front strap and the middle or back of the 3 original girth straps.
If the sadlle moves about behind, girth up using strap furthest back and front original girth strap.

If you have the loops but no leather attached, my saddler said he'd add them for £15. If you don't have the loops to add the leather to, I think it's tough luck.

I know that wasn't explained with great clarity but I hope you understand what I mean.

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Point and balance strap - essential for a barrel body. Non-slip pads just put so much pressure on either side of the wither, as the saddle still wants to slip, it is just being prevented from dping so by being stuck onto the horse's back.
 
Has the saddler had a look to see if anything can be done to adjust the saddle itself?

I used to ride a Clydesdale that had a polypad to stop slippage but I tried that on the obese cob I shared for a short time and it failed completely... it does make a good second layer for a dog bed though...
 
Chad has a Thorowgood cob saddle which is fantastic and really comfy (can't recommend it enough!) and has extra girth straps to enable the girth to be fitted better. The saddle is new and was only fitted last week
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The saddle slips from side to side and I am currently using a humane girth. Would trying a different girth help too?
 
If you have a Thorowgood saddle and use of the point/balance straps doesn't solve the problem, try a Thorowgood numnah, as it should solve the problem.

The non-slip pads I have mentioned do not cause pressure .
 
Iv got a thorowgood cob saddle too and i had exactly the same problems with other saddles, not as bad with this one but im now using a barnsby grip pad which is excellent (thorowgood non slip ones are good too, iv got one) and the main thing which is fantastic is a stubben travia cord girth. I swapped girths with my friend when we were on a pleasure ride and i used her humane girth, the first hill we did i had to get off and re adjust my saddle, swapped back to my stubben girth and no more trouble.
 
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