Saddle fitting opinions

[Megibo]

My mare has a treed and treeless saddle. At the moment I am too heavy really for the treeless(about half a stone).
Her treed saddle is too wide and therefore sits low at the back, would I be able to put my Suber pad under it as this is supposed to alleviate such problems until I am light enough to ride in the treeless or get her a better fitting saddle, what do you think ?

 

[MrVelvet]

My mare has a treed and treeless saddle. At the moment I am too heavy really for the treeless(about half a stone).
Her treed saddle is too wide and therefore sits low at the back, would I be able to put my Suber pad under it as this is supposed to alleviate such problems until I am light enough to ride in the treeless or get her a better fitting saddle, what do you think ?

I no nothing about treeless... how can you be too heavy? =/

I am tempted to say that if your too heavy for a saddle... does that not make you too heavy for the horse? (please dont think Im being offensive.. I've just never heard of such a problem?)

perhaps getting a saddler out to watch you ride and where the pressure points are (I assume they are the problem?) and he may be able to prescribe some alleviation?

Please dont take this the wrong way

 

[Megibo]

I no nothing about treeless... how can you be too heavy? =/

I am tempted to say that if your too heavy for a saddle... does that not make you too heavy for the horse? (please dont think Im being offensive.. I've just never heard of such a problem?)

perhaps getting a saddler out to watch you ride and where the pressure points are (I assume they are the problem?) and he may be able to prescribe some alleviation?

Please dont take this the wrong way

treeless saddles don't have a fixed tree so you have to create your own gullet off the spine and they don't support weight the way that tree'd saddles do hence why you have to be lighter to ride in them

and i would but my saddler is useless!

 

[MrVelvet]

ahh I understand - In which case is there a pad that could distribute the weight a bit more evenly ? If there was and you are a naturally light seated rider.. I would have thought you would be fine.

eta - or a back riser pad for the tree'd saddle?

 

[Pearlsasinger]

I'd try a Prolite pad under the treed saddle.

 

[dafthoss]

Why not save the money from buying a pad and get a saddler out that will alter your current saddle? Plenty of saddlers will change the width of a saddle just ring up and ask before you book .