Roma Merino wool saddle cloths?

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Has anyone got one? How do you rate it? I'm looking for a sheepskin backed saddle cloth or numnah for my sensitive TB, saw a few of these Roma ones on Ebay for £28 but don't know what sort of quality they are so looking for any info - negative or positive!

Thanks!
 
I have a deluxe Roma one. It's very nice, has washed and worn well. For the price I was very pleasantly surprised.

I use all griffin hi wither now, otherwise I would have bought another.

I'm interested in the ethical issue too!
 
I have the normal ones and they are fine for everyday? wash and wear well-they arent the thickest pads in the world but I have my saddle fitted using it. I think they are good value for money.
 
I imagine the ethical point the poster was making is to do with
the horrible practice of mulesing that goes on. Its the cutting off
of skin around the sheeps rear end to stop it getting fly strike. I
Saw a TV programme about it and it was pretty sickening tbh.
In my view there are plenty of modern techniques for dealing
with flystrike and they don't involve slicing off skin! I think it
is supposed to be being phased out due to outside pressure
 
I have just read up on that Oldmare.

I won't be buying another Merino one anyway, as I said, but that practice needs to be heard about
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Um I work with sheep and taking wool off around tails is standard practice in this country too, I know Mulesing is more extreme and has concerns but in all honesty fly strike can be a whole lot more unpleasant and in the areas they are working chances are they aren't going to catch it in the early stages. I don't really have any major concern with the ethics on it from a sheep farmers welfare point of view.

Re: the saddle cloth I think I'll wait till I've seen one in the flesh and judge then.

Thanks folks
 
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Um I work with sheep and taking wool off around tails is standard practice in this country too, I know Mulesing is more extreme and has concerns but in all honesty fly strike can be a whole lot more unpleasant and in the areas they are working chances are they aren't going to catch it in the early stages. I don't really have any major concern with the ethics on it from a sheep farmers welfare point of view.

Re: the saddle cloth I think I'll wait till I've seen one in the flesh and judge then.

Thanks folks

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Um I think there is a big difference between dagging ie removing
wool and mulesing ie slicing off skin!! If I were a sheep I know which
I would prefer!
 
I live in Australia and mulesing is being phased out by selectively breeding plainer bodied sheep (without folds of skin around the tail which the blowflies like to lay their eggs in).

In the mean time, lambs which are mulesed are given topical anaesthetic.

I got a Kieffer half numnah as it was thicker than the Roma and cheaper than the Roma deluxe.
 
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