Limpet pad or acavallo gel pad for saddle slipping?

[iwantaunicorn]

I have a very wide flat backed cob and my saddle slips all the time. I've had the saddler out and all is good with the fit, but it still slips. Doesn't always slip the same way will go both ways side to side. Never slips forwards or back. Do I try limpet pad or acavallo gel pad? Or any others you can recommend.
I have a Kent and masters cob saddle and I'm using a shires anti slip numnah which does nothing.

 

[Shooting Star]

You don't say what girth you're using but if it's got elasticated ends I'd try a girth with no elastic inserts if it's slipping to the side.

 

[iwantaunicorn]

The girth I'm using is a anti chafe contour girth and it's elasticated on both sides.

 

[Shooting Star]

If you can borrow a non elasticated one it would likely be worth a try as the elastic does create instability, worse if it's one end elastic only but I'd be tempted to give it a go in your situation - might be a cheap fix!

 

[AdorableAlice]

http://www.saddlery.biz/zilco-feath...59&aid=51730&gclid=CLqTrLD1ktECFYWfGwodmSgD2g

This was a godsend when I started a young and rather flat backed youngster. Used under racing tack and easily bought from saddlers specialising in race tack.

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Eleasticated girths are the work of the devil! For many many reasons!

 

[iwantaunicorn]

At the start of summer I had to buy a new girth his old girth was getting a quite snug. So I just. Went to check on my tack shed and my old girth doesn't have elasticated inserts and I don't remember my saddle slipping as much then as it does now. So maybe that's the answer. Thanks

 

[iwantaunicorn]

Eleasticated girths are the work of the devil! For many many reasons!

I thought I was being nice to him having elasticated inserts, but looks like I was wrong

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

I thought I was being nice to him having elasticated inserts, but looks like I was wrong

They seem like the nice option but in reality it is far too easy to do your girth up too much and as you have discovered, they aren't the most stable things when keeping your saddle where it is supposed to be!

 

[AdorableAlice]

At the start of summer I had to buy a new girth his old girth was getting a quite snug. So I just. Went to check on my tack shed and my old girth doesn't have elasticated inserts and I don't remember my saddle slipping as much then as it does now. So maybe that's the answer. Thanks

It is worth remembering to assess how straight your horse is moving and how straight you sit. Many young horses are so weak they move in a crooked way and push the saddle over. You can easily over girth and the saddle will still move. My filly had huge problems with saddle slippage until she had strengthened and learnt how to walk in a straight line.