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New saddle...fit?

960 views 6 replies 7 participants last post by  Keira Cloudhawk 
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I got this for my birthday (I picked it out in the budget given). I know it isn’t super fancy, but can’t afford anything custom or brand new. The contact seems consistent all over underneath. When I rode her in it, I could fit 3 fingers between her withers and the pommel. Just want to make sure I didn’t totally screw up.. sorry these pics aren’t the best
 

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I'm a little concerned that it's a bit wide for her. Wide more like the angle of the bars is not vertical enough for her shoulders, and the top of the bar (near where the concho is) is too wide an openning, so it drops down a bit, then flairs out , off her shoulder.
 
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If you have a big, light colored bath towel to use as a saddle pad just long enough to sweat your horse up and get a sweat pattern, it would help to see how the saddle fits.

The first picture is shadowed too much to give a fair assessment.

The second picture is at an angle. It should show the entire side body of the horse with clear vision of the withers and hip bones:)

Another critical picture would be to get a level picture of the back of the saddle and her rump. You will probably have to stand on something to do that.

I hope the saddle turns out to be a good fit as I think it has some style and class to it:)
 
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I agree with walkinthewalk, probably the easiest way to get a reasonable idea would be to see the sweat pattern.
If the saddle is ok the horse should sweat evenly and consistently under the entire saddle. If however, there are any dry patches when you take the saddle off, that's where you will be getting pressure and will indicate that the saddle isn't fitting as well as it might. Not necessary the end of the world, depending on how id doesn't fit, you can fix it with saddle pads/blankets.

Google "sweat patterns and saddle fit" and you should get a bit of information.
 
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Looks like the front of the saddle(weightbearing area) is sitting right on top of the scapula. Looks like there is no flare to the front of the saddle either, so it is a sharp edge - ouch! it needs to be set back significantly further, so that it is not interfering with the scapula at all - that means the weightbearing part of the tree needs to be over an inch behind the scapula. When it's sitting back in a better place, then you can look at how the front of the saddle fits. And bear in mind, the front is but one part to consider in saddle fit.
 
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