These photographs show one huge reason to have a truly adjustable saddle. This is a Schleese saddle belonging to a wonderful client in Mexico City who had the unfortunate experience of her horse flipping over on top of the saddle (no rider). She had the saddle x-rayed and there was no damage to the saddle […]
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Step 9: Saddle Tree Width
Now we checked our saddles for balance, straightness and tree angle (which is making sure that the saddle has the matching angle to the horse’s shoulder), so now we are going to talk about tree width. Saddles come in different widths and it’s important for the horse’s shoulder to go through. As riders, we want […]