I was wondering if any one out there can give me advise on buying a bareback pad. I would love to hear about ones that you have, that you like and WORK (no slip ect) i dont want a cheapy cheap $20 one. im looking to spend money on the right one
The "slippage factor" turns me off to bareback pads. I like either nothing or a saddle.
Also, it's not good to ride bareback all of the time, due to the lack of disbursement of weight that the saddle gives, so when you do ride bareback, I find it to be a much more connected experience than with a pad. Worth the dirty britches!
The "slippage factor" turns me off to bareback pads. I like either nothing or a saddle.
Also, it's not good to ride bareback all of the time, due to the lack of disbursement of weight that the saddle gives, so when you do ride bareback, I find it to be a much more connected experience than with a pad. Worth the dirty britches!
Huh???:? I find my bareback pad less slippery than my horse (it is suede). I have NO idea what you mean by your second paragraph. I did not see where anyone was talking about riding bareback ALL of the time, and what are you referring to with regard to "weight disbursement" or "lack of"?
OP-I have a Stacy Westfall one like this. I really like it, but it does not have a handle. THat has been the only think I wish it had. Very comfy, and I find I am VERY connected to my horse with it. Sometimes too connected. I clench one butt cheek and he responds. :lol: I have friends who have the Parelli ones that they like very well also.
The ones with a Tacky Too / neoprene bottom are all I will use. That, and my old boss had some custom made leather ones that were really nice. I have no clue where to get them, but they were thick, padded suede, with an English saddle pad below, a dressage girth, and stirrups. The argument is always "NEVER use stirrups with a bareback pad, because it's not safe and it will slip"....but these ones didn't, and were actually, in my opinion, more secure than an English saddle.
Thank you guys for the responces! I actually (bubba and kittenval) have looked at both of those! Its just so hard to know if they will slip of not, so i try to look at ones with reviews is this a bad idea, if i bought one with sturrips you could remove, to practice with them and remove them when i feel more confident? and can trot better on my horse ect.
Frank- that was FUNNY about the butt check AHAHHAAH!!!
northern- i like to ride bareback sometimes, but i dont always want to go home with pants that are brown haha, i was just asking opinions on pads is all
^^ I use mine usually on hot days when horse gets sweaty. So far never had a problem with it slipping.
Those stirrups unfortunately add false feel of "confidence" but could be dangerous in fact. Here is a good reading: http://equineink.com/2008/07/13/no-stirrups-on-bareback-pads-please/ (P.S. and I've seen it happened with one of the riders in my old barn who was not a very balanced rider: the pad slipped under his weight pushed in stirrup on one side, he fell and got caught in that stirrup).
This may sound weird but its like i can ride bareback on my friends horse, like walk, trot, canter but i can barley trot on my own horse!!! I slip around alot on a trot and because of this i dont canter on him bareback. I want to beable to get better before advancing! thats the only reason i brought up the sturrips i have heard how they can be dangerous though
I found my cheap-o one at a yard sale No idea what it is, but it doesn't slip! I did have to punch holes though because the holes were too widespread around the cinch.
I find that on my barrel mare I don't need a bareback pad to stay on. I can do a barrel pattern bareback on her (Just at a lope, not tried to really run yet...Too chicken!) mostly because she's a fatarse. So I got the surface area! My other little filly is good for bareback too, she's compact and smooth.
Rebel, on the other hand...hell no. Not in a million years would I go without a pad. His whithers are super high and he's super narrow, plus he has such big movement that he just cannot be ridden without it xD Well he probably could but not at the sake of bruises on my butt! lol
I've never tried anything other than an old fleece one or the one pad I bought at the yard sale (Not sure what it is, will get pics though) and frankyl the ones with stirrups look highly dangerous. Same with the "child seats" they stick on the back...I cringe at some of those and the people who buy them.
I actually made my own and I really like it. I had one of those old, really cheap, felt pads laying around the tack room, so I sewed a latigo across the top of it, put rings on the ends and ran billets through the rings for a cinch. The felt is actually really grippy on both the horse and my butt.
I bought this one from English Bareback Pad
and it works so well. Since it is "suede-like" you grip so well to it and it doesn't slide around. I love it!
I have 2, at the moment. (I keep adding to the collection)
Currently both my 4 year olds are being backed and ridden in a bareback pads. It helps them learn the lightest of aids but at the same time get use to the girth and having something other than just me up there!
I have a Parelli bareback pad which I was excited about getting but it was no way near worth the money. I'm pretty shocked at it. I'm saving up for a new nicer pad to replace that one. Its so hard round the edges and the girth is in completely the wrong place so you have to wear a saddlepad underneath it and your leg gets all messed up!
I also have the bestfriends bareback pad, which i bought off a friend really cheap, and that is so nice. It's made nice, padded and soft. Definitely better than the parelli one and 10x cheaper new too.
There is nothing wrong with riding bareback if you are balanced. I ride with the pad so the horse has more comfort. I'd rather ride a horse bareback than shove an ill fitting saddle on it as the ill fitting saddle will do more harm.
I quite like using a saddle blanket, preferably puffy, and an elastic sircingle (sp?) keeps my bum clean, never slipped, prin loves it. It's cheap and adaptable to ANY horse. If I feel the need for any extra support it's a neck strap. Posted via Mobile Device
SF77- that pad looks nice for the money also! If it doesnt slip like youi said i think it owuld be a nice pad
stephiibean- i feel the same way i think the parelli ones are way to over priced! And if you get a new one i would love to see pictures or a link to which one you get
Prinella-I wish i new how to make my own haha maybe sometime when i am bored
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