Saddle Fit: Dust Patterns and Sweat Marks One of the most misunderstood indicators of saddle fit – good or bad – are the sweat or dust marks left behind after a ride and when the pad has been removed. Logic dictates that the dust pattern on your pad and the sweat marks on your horse […]
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I have often been asked why the properly fitted saddles aren’t always flat on the horse’s back all the way from front to back – which makes them look like they don’t actually fit and will probably rock. Ideally, the saddle needs to slightly ‘rock’ at the cantle as the horse’s back engages. A slightly
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Probably at some point in our lives most of us – riders or not – have suffered from backaches, charley horses, sciatica, or even perhaps more drastically – slipped discs, herniated discs, or pinched vertebral nerves. You know how painful any of these symptoms can be, and you know how they can be treated -OTC
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Did you ever stop to think that about 85 – 90 percent of the world’s population is right handed? Nine in every ten people are said to be right handed, but of the remaining 10% who are left-handed, males outnumber females 3 to 1. On average, statistics even seem to support the longevity of right handed people – they are said to live nine years longer than left handed people. Many devices and appliances are made primarily for right handed individuals, such as refrigerators, scissors, microwaves, can openers, button down shirts, guitars, and even military rifles. In the past, many schools have forced children to write right handed. Left-handedness was seen as being undesirable. However, usually you can’t tell just by looking at someone whether they are right or left-handed, and we are not considered ‘asymmetrical’ because of this.
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We horse people often joke about anything under 14.2hh being the devil. There are few people who haven’t encountered a hellish little pony at some point in their riding life.Bucking off unsuspecting children, running around the ring like a bat out of hell, yet how often do these ponies get a proper saddle fitting? Lesson
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The Importance of Saddle Fit to the Rider & the Consequences of an Improper Saddle We all know what happens when the saddle doesn’t fit the horse, but do you know what can happen when the saddle doesn’t fit the rider? When a saddle is fitted (properly) to a horse, but not to the rider,
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The Physiological Differences and Requirements of each. There are numerous ways to tell if the saddle you’re riding in is a male or female saddle. The first tip is the easiest for riders to see and feel. Sit in your saddle with your feet out of the stirrups and allow your legs to hang freely.
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