Comments on: Musings about saddles, and pads, and horses

By: kchaton

kchaton — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:13:27 +0000

Hi Jess – that saddle has a 14″ seat.

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:37:00 +0000

What size saddle is your BMSS? What seat? I’m looking into getting one, and I really like how it looks with your HAF pad.

By: kchaton

kchaton — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:32:45 +0000

Melinda – can you try a different type of clip on the front of the pad to pull it up an inch or two so it won’t be touching the previous rub spots? If it’s attached to the front of the saddle it’ll stay put. This’ll only work if the pad is long enough.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:10:02 +0000

I really wish I could use my Haf pad for the Tevis. I agree with you that it seems to keep the horse’s back cooler. Even with the trim stitched up, I’m concerned that since theres already little rub spots, the that pad might still irritate them. I’m leaning towards riding in it for the first 30 miles and then switching it out….or not. I’d just hate to be pulled for a problem that I was already aware of. I think that stiching the trim up will be enough to solve the problem, but I can’t know for sure until I take it out for a long ride, which I’m not planning on doing between now and then. It was fine for the 24 miles from teh finish to the river crossing and back, but it was flat and mostly done at a walk. I think it was all the hills and trotting between robinson and foresthill that caused it to rub. *sigh* so many deicsions! (Tevis OCD talking here).

By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:39:08 +0000

I like the real-wool fleece Skito pad covers without trim. Instead of Skito foam, I put ThinLine foam inside that I cut up from a TL endurance pad. Now I just need to get 3 more endurance pads so I can have one for each of my four skito covers!