Rear riser!

C

CracklinRosie

Well-Known Member
Joined
3 April 2008
Messages
2,560
Location
Dundee, Angus
Visit site
Anyone any suggestions to what I can use instead of buying a rear riser pad?
Horse is putting on weight but saddle sits too low at the back and needs lifting a little. Don't want to go to the expense of buying one or having saddle fitted until all the weight is back on unless it's absolutely neccessary!

Any help greatfully received.
 
If the saddle is now too low at the back, because the horse is fatter (wider) the saddle is too narrow (causing the front too sit too high) Tipping it up will just make the points dig into the back all the more, making the fit 100times worse. All you'll get is pain and muscle wastage, which will take you forever to correct.

If you think he's going to get wider still, and stay wide, get the saddle fitting done now, have it fitted a little wide and buy a FRONT raiser, until he's filled out fully. There is nothing at all you can do with a too-narrow saddle to make it fit - padding it up just makes it worse.
 
Your first posted sounded like she (presumably the mare you've just brought home in a terrible condition?) is building back up again, hence me saying 'if you thing she's going to get wider still, and stay wide'

It doesn't really matter though - if the saddle is too narrow there is nothing you can do about it and padding up the back will just make it worse.

You have a too-wide saddle at present? How much too-wide? It would be better to pad that up with a front raiser.
 
The saddle is not too narrow and there is no way on earth this horse will every be in a wide saddle! Because her spine is still prominant behind the saddle it sticks up in the gullet. This is fine for lunging as with a normal pad the saddle doesn't come down on her back but when I start riding her it probably will! I want to avoid this by lifting the back of the saddle but not the front! She is desperate for top line and until she gets this a new saddle is out of the question. The coverage over her withers is not the problem, the saddle is fine there, it's further back she has the problem.
 
I have one I'm needing rid of (fitted a 17 and 17 1/2 inch saddles)...PM me if you're interested.
Stupid saddler thought I needed one - when in reality the headplate was spilt in half!
 
ah I see what your problem is - but putting a rear riser is not the solution - the spie will protrude all the way along the saddle and lifting the back will increase pressure at the front - so you need to use a prolite wide relief pad which sits under the full length of the saddle. This will allow her to muscle up completely along her top line. A rear riser alters the balance and really has very little use in the horse world. They are used for saddles which appear to sit down at the back as Kallibear said. However in reality it is because the saddle is sitting up at the front that it appears to sit down at the back
 
Do you think then I could get away with a couple of poly pads and a sheepskin half pad? I've got every type of pad except a prolite! Would a gel pad help at all???? Don't want to over pad her either!!!!!!!
 
Not a fan of poly pads as they fill the hole but then restrict the muscle and don't let it expand and contract so stopping muscle development which is what you need. Gel pads are not much use as they simply squidge away from pressure and cause pressure elsewhere. I like the sheepskin as long as it is real sheepskin and kept groomed so it doesn't become lumpy. But I would suggest you spend the money on the wide relief prolite. I use them all the time on my horses as they change weight through work and time of year so on thin days I put a prolite under the saddle so I don't have to refit my saddles. I look upon them as a vital piece of equipment for some of my horses. so money well spent. And they last for years, haven't worn one out yet
 
Thanks for that. It reinforces what I thought. I only every use real sheepskin on my other mare due to an old injury. Was just hoping someone had an easy solution.

So Prolite pad it is then!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top