FfionWinnie
Well-Known Member
The 5 is still only a 17.5" which is what she has had in treed saddles. They say it matters less in the solution anyway. I could stay with the 4 if I had to but the beauty of being able to try it is that I can try it. She is the type of horse that makes her feelings on the subject very clear indeed. Hard to imagine she spent her first five years in Ireland where I doubt expensive saddles and dead sheep featured much on her back!!
She actually has plenty of length of back, the problem is she has very active shoulders and a long sloping wither which needs to be taken into account with a treed saddle. I've had a lot of different fitters look at her recently and this is the general consensus. It would seem that the Solution may indeed be the solution for this and still allow me the flexibility of a jump saddle. That said, she had a wow on last week and their pointyfree tree and split front panels also definitely accommodated the shoulder with no problem. I'm sure from recent fittings, many saddles would accommodate it but finding one second hand or a fitter who does a trial situation such as this is not easy.
Like you say GW most of it is down to the fitter and this one seems very keen to make sure it's right rather than telling me it's me or the horse that is at fault as some may do. I would highly recommend a trial. It's a lot cheaper than most saddle fitters charge just to come out and tell you if your saddle fits or not so I think there is little to lose in doing it.
I'm planing to have my physio look at the saddle (from a body comfort rather than a fit perspective) / her back/girth etc at the end of the trial as well so I will feel I've ticked all the boxes in terms of making sure it's right for her.
She will then reward me by winning 90cms BS again
She actually has plenty of length of back, the problem is she has very active shoulders and a long sloping wither which needs to be taken into account with a treed saddle. I've had a lot of different fitters look at her recently and this is the general consensus. It would seem that the Solution may indeed be the solution for this and still allow me the flexibility of a jump saddle. That said, she had a wow on last week and their pointyfree tree and split front panels also definitely accommodated the shoulder with no problem. I'm sure from recent fittings, many saddles would accommodate it but finding one second hand or a fitter who does a trial situation such as this is not easy.
Like you say GW most of it is down to the fitter and this one seems very keen to make sure it's right rather than telling me it's me or the horse that is at fault as some may do. I would highly recommend a trial. It's a lot cheaper than most saddle fitters charge just to come out and tell you if your saddle fits or not so I think there is little to lose in doing it.
I'm planing to have my physio look at the saddle (from a body comfort rather than a fit perspective) / her back/girth etc at the end of the trial as well so I will feel I've ticked all the boxes in terms of making sure it's right for her.
She will then reward me by winning 90cms BS again
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