Austen123
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
I had a second hand equipe fitted to my 6 year old mare that was a medium but previous owner had it adjusted to a M+1. I had this fitted last March and was slightly too wide at the time, but we knew she had a lot of muscling up to do and needed to put on some condition, therefore we put a sheepskin pad underneath. Come the summer we took the pad away and fitted well.. looking back i can see some small movement at the back the saddle. In November i noted some movement in the saddle so had the saddle fitter back out again and the saddler noted that the mare's withers had definitely come up and she had narrowed off . We put the sheepskin pad underneath with some sim inserts, however come January i noted some minor rub marks/slight hair loss on to equal patches under the back of the saddle.
Saddle fitter came out today and confirmed still too wide and she hasnt seen any improvement in the fit... we had hoped she she may come up again in the shoulders to fill it out. we tried a M on her and it fitted really well. However i worry that within the year i will be looking to sell this saddle and going back to the M+1.
Is this just the scenario that all people with horses in that final maturing stage go through and i need to accept that i may go down to the M to fit the horse now, however need to be aware that i may be selling it again soon after? Or do, i stick with the M+1 with a pad and wait until spring to see how her shape is after winter.
One thing i would say is that she had very much developed a great topline from when i first got her and she is naturally a slender horse. if she was a human, she would always be shopping in the "petite" section.
i know equipe's hold their value so i know if bought a new one in an M i wouldnt loose too much money if i did have to sell it in the future and buy a M+1.
I had a second hand equipe fitted to my 6 year old mare that was a medium but previous owner had it adjusted to a M+1. I had this fitted last March and was slightly too wide at the time, but we knew she had a lot of muscling up to do and needed to put on some condition, therefore we put a sheepskin pad underneath. Come the summer we took the pad away and fitted well.. looking back i can see some small movement at the back the saddle. In November i noted some movement in the saddle so had the saddle fitter back out again and the saddler noted that the mare's withers had definitely come up and she had narrowed off . We put the sheepskin pad underneath with some sim inserts, however come January i noted some minor rub marks/slight hair loss on to equal patches under the back of the saddle.
Saddle fitter came out today and confirmed still too wide and she hasnt seen any improvement in the fit... we had hoped she she may come up again in the shoulders to fill it out. we tried a M on her and it fitted really well. However i worry that within the year i will be looking to sell this saddle and going back to the M+1.
Is this just the scenario that all people with horses in that final maturing stage go through and i need to accept that i may go down to the M to fit the horse now, however need to be aware that i may be selling it again soon after? Or do, i stick with the M+1 with a pad and wait until spring to see how her shape is after winter.
One thing i would say is that she had very much developed a great topline from when i first got her and she is naturally a slender horse. if she was a human, she would always be shopping in the "petite" section.
i know equipe's hold their value so i know if bought a new one in an M i wouldnt loose too much money if i did have to sell it in the future and buy a M+1.
