Saddle fitting

[jrp204]

We have been lent a really nice saddle for our baby, he's 41/2. Its an Ideal Event, it fits him really well, width is good and its sits nicely behind his shoulder now the but, the back does rise up a bit when hes moving and jumping, not a huge amount though. Would a back pad help remedy this or would you ditch the saddle?

 

[teddyt]

Ditch the saddle. If the back rises up then you are concentrating the pressure over a smaller area. Also you have a pivot point on which the saddle rocks where there is more pressure. Using a pad just moves the pressure to a different place. If you find the back of several saddles rise up then your horse probably needs a deeper gusset in the back of the panel.

 

[annret]

Perhaps it needs more flocking in front to stabalise it?
I'd pad the front with some fybagee until you can get a saddler to look at it.