Lotsoflemons
Well-Known Member
Hi i was just wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to stop a horse from sweating alot after 10 minitues shes sweating and its making her saddle slip i dont know what to do shes been clipped
It has been very hot recently, perhaps try riding early morning when it is cooler? How fit is the horse? Maybe it needs to have its fitness built up?Hi i was just wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to stop a horse from sweating alot after 10 minitues shes sweating and its making her saddle slip i dont know what to do shes been clipped
Im slipping to the sideSweating should not make a saddle slip if it fits properly, I am surprised any horse is sweating 10 mins into exercise however hot the weather if they are being warmed up appropriately for their fitness level they should still be warming up and not doing enough to sweat at that point, I would probably suggest a longer warm up, mainly in walk, short trots and more hacking to gradually increase the fitness and see if that helps.
The saddle slipping is a different issue, it depends a little on which way it is going, if always to one side that can be the rider being unbalanced or the horse being uneven, unlevel or, as is often the case, lame so it does need checking, if it goes forward or backwards then it may not actually fit properly.
Its not just me her owner is slipping aswell we just put the grip saddle pad on and the saddle didn't slip so we are thinking there was to many saddle pads but she needs extra support on her bacl
So, if you had a pair of jeans that fit well and you then decided to put two extra pairs underneath them, would the original pair of jeans still fit you?Ive just got her back in to work so she is under fit and fat but i didnt excpect her to sweat that much as she did i got suggested to add a half pad on top of my saddle pad by my instructor and the owner decided to add the extra pad i have now spoke to the owner last night and we have agreed to go back to our old saddle pad which i used out hacking yesterday and i wasn't slipping at all i then after went in the school and walk trot cantered and still didn't slip im ignoring everyone because i clearly put i need temporarily and getting a saddle fitter out isn't temporary i already knew i would need to get one out
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