LeMieux CC wool square, why so thin???

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Oh wise people of the ponynet - I have a merino+ dressage square. It’s great. It gets the wool actually next to the fur, wicks sweat, easy to wash. Love it.
Saved up for on for the ‘eventing’ saddle, excitedly awaited delivery, but omg the wool depth is so thin! Plus there’s no true rolled front, more like a strip on top, so doesn’t help the darn thing stay in place at all!
NOT happy!
Is this a fluke or has anyone else found the same?

Where do you do for your deeper wool pads with d-ring attachments? (Horse health ones I have found moult like mad, plus are lumpy in places, on the two I had (you know because being stung once wasn’t enough lol)
 
The less there is beneath a properly fitted saddle, the better. It is fallacy that you need bulk and padding under a saddle. The saddle will be tight and restrictive if you wedge thick pads under it.
 
The clue is in the name - CC. Close Contact. That means designed for fitting beneath a close contact saddle. Why would you put a load of bulk under a saddle specifically designed to being you closer to the horse's back?

If you want to use a bulky wool numnah under a saddle (and I do for one horse) then you must fit the saddle specifically for that numnah - otherwise it will come up too tight. If you want the bulky ones opt for the Euro Jump or the GP.
 
Should probably have clarified the saddle is fitted specifically to work with about 1.5cm depth of wool because this is how she prefers things.
Yes of course in a textbook world we’d all ride with a baby pad alone, but in reality horses often need different things because they’re all individuals with different personalities, physical & mental requirements, and I’m sure we’re all just trying to make our ponios as happy and comfortable as possible :D
Of the eight different saddles she’s had (because she has changed shape significantly since she was a four year old), adding wool significantly improved how happy she is. She has very sensitive skin so wasn’t a particular surprise. It’s the same with girth’s - tried her in an equi-soft 18months ago and now she bucks and plants in anything else,irrespective of the saddle used (all fitted professionally obvs).

I need d-ring attachments for the saddle so limited options (GP is underflap I believe)

Would be really helpful if there’s a difference in depth between the different cuts if this was stated in the product descriptions somewhere...
 
GP is underflap. I'm not sure of the Eurojump. Its difficult to fit a thicker wool lined pad to a D ring only - it pulls the saddle down onto the shoulders. I too have a horse who is also most comfortable with a thick wool pad. Because of that we opt for half lined rather than full lined to take some of the bulk from under the leg. But he would never be happy in a close contact saddle - he does go best with that decent pad of pure wool. We simply just choose our saddles and fit accordingly.

I'm afraid I've never found a D ring close contact type with a decent depth of wool. To be honest it rather contradicts the purpose of that saddle type. Happy to be corrected - but I have always seen it as one or the other. Have you spoken to your saddler about the need to get a depth of wool under the saddle?
 
Hm, interesting. Totally get what you mean about close contact saddles and thickness - don’t really understand people using half pads under them which seems to be popular atm.
My saddle isn’t actually close contact - it’s a dual flap GP, but it does have a v girthing system though so can’t attach anything there hence using the cc pads with d-ring Velcro’s :)

I was really just trying to find out if the wool depth was normal, or it it was a manufacturing fault!
Everything seems to have got rather off track though :(
 
I suspect the only way to find out will be to take the excuse and go to a really big show and have a feel of the various options! What one person thinks is thick enough another will find too thin. In general terms I would expect thinner more compressible wool in anything marketed close contact - for all the reasons above. I have several LM close contact ones but I can't honestly tell you if 1.5mm of wool is standard or a fault.

You could call their info line and ask - but the excuse to go to a really big show might be too much to turn down!
 
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