sidesaddlegirl
Well-Known Member
My OH has expressed an interest in having a plod on my mare when he gets down to 14 stone (which won't be long). Now, my mare is def up to carrying that weight as she carries 13 stone me with my heavy side saddle tack and my OH won't be doing anything other than walking as he is scared of horses! If he wants to do more, then he will have to get his own as I'm not sharing
My Barnsby saddle fits me but will be too short for my OH (he'll need 18" as he's taller than me and my saddle is 17 1/2") and wanted to get a cheapy synthetic saddle for him to knock about in it. Wintecs and Thorowgoods do not fit my TB at all (even the Thorowgood TB model) and it's taken me AGES to find a leather saddle that will work for Hattie. The Barnsby one we have, you can't find 2nd hand especially in the budget I'm looking at.
I found this one on ebay and it seems like it would fit my weird shaped TB as it seems to have the flattish panels that she needs yet has a high cutback pommel to clear her high withers. It kind of seems a cross between a cob and a TB saddle which I need! I find most "TB" model saddles are too curved and banana shaped on Hattie and rock but this doesn't seem so curved.
Are they rubbish and unsafe (don't want my OH falling off due to something breaking off) or are they fine for light hacking?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Flexi-tre...ipment&var=&hash=item7914610af1#ht_3295wt_952
My Barnsby saddle fits me but will be too short for my OH (he'll need 18" as he's taller than me and my saddle is 17 1/2") and wanted to get a cheapy synthetic saddle for him to knock about in it. Wintecs and Thorowgoods do not fit my TB at all (even the Thorowgood TB model) and it's taken me AGES to find a leather saddle that will work for Hattie. The Barnsby one we have, you can't find 2nd hand especially in the budget I'm looking at.
I found this one on ebay and it seems like it would fit my weird shaped TB as it seems to have the flattish panels that she needs yet has a high cutback pommel to clear her high withers. It kind of seems a cross between a cob and a TB saddle which I need! I find most "TB" model saddles are too curved and banana shaped on Hattie and rock but this doesn't seem so curved.
Are they rubbish and unsafe (don't want my OH falling off due to something breaking off) or are they fine for light hacking?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Flexi-tre...ipment&var=&hash=item7914610af1#ht_3295wt_952