Saddle breaks - my poor horse!!

[1alex1moose]

Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone has had any similar problems with Thorowgood saddles. My horse has been behaving quite badly for the past week and i couldnt work out why - having checked my 1 year old saddle i found a staple sticking through the underneath straight into my horses spine!!! I am absolutely appalled by this - my poor poor horse. I'm so glad i spotted it. Has anyone heard of this before??
Thanks folks

 

[chickeninabun]

Ouch! That's terrible! Can you go back to Thorowgood and complain?

 

[Tiarella]

I have two thorowgood saddles, both of mine are fab and fit really well. Well, one is to wide now, but did fit really well. I am going to go and check them when I get to yard! Thanks

 

[1alex1moose]

I'm going to call them at lunch time. I'll let you know what they say but I didnt realise the girth straps seem to be held on with staples and now ones come loose it's just sticking straight into my poor nag!!

 

[Kayfm]

omg that is terrible, I never knew staples where used on girth straps. you are lucky that your horse is not injured and that no accident occured !!

 

[Donkeymad]

Practically every saddle made these days is stapled together, so that is not unusual. However, I fail to understand how a staple from the girth strap can have enough force behind it to go through the panel, and how on earth can it reach the spine?
Best thing I reckon is to ring Thorowgood.