photos of your horse's back for saddle fitting

[StolpSaddles]

Joanne

Where abouts are you located. I have a DL system and live in Langley. Might be able to help if it is not to late.

I was invited to place a saddle or 2 in the amature saddle compatition. I have sent up 2 saddles one new already sold and one used that is for sale with a wide gullet.

Edited March 10, 2009 by StolpSaddles

[Traveller]

That would be great, Ron! I have a pretty tight window, though, if we're to get it done before the Kamloops Cowboy Festival. I'll PM you my contact info.

Thanks!

Joanne

[Gabrielle]

Hi....I'm new here and just "bumping" this topic....to add....

I am trying to get ahold of Dennis Lane to order his card system, his email on his site is "FULL" or something. {Does anyone know how to phone Australia from the states?}

I would love to order his card system as my little Paso Fino mare, is incredibly who is very difficult to fit a saddle.

All my friends have tried their saddles on her....BUT...NOTHING fits.

I'm SO CONFUSED as to saddle trees and what I am looking for.

So here's an age old question: How exactly is the tree suppose to fit? I mean.....the horses' back moved up and down and twists...just like our spines...

My Kieffer dressage saddle, seemed to fit her fine, now we are riding in some pretty steep ravines UP and DOWN...I think the friction has moved the

saddle all over the place. Now she has white hairs.....I FEEL LIKE A TERRIBLE HORSE OWNER.

Please help.

I'm hoping to purchase an authentic Australian saddle......

All advice is greatly appreciated and accepted.

[bruce johnson]

Gabrielle,

I think Dennis might be in the US right now traveling. I heard from one of his traveling buddies and they might be stopping by here in a couple weeks. They were spending some time in Texas and going to OKC for the TCAA deal and I'd suspect Wichita Falls too.

[Denise]

Gabrielle,

If you look under the Choosing the Right Saddle for the Horse section plus the one in the Saddery section that includes saddle trees, you will find lots of discussions of fit, especially in the 2007 and early 2008 period. How is a saddle supposed to fit? There are probably as many answers to that question as there are people to answer it, but there are some basics that almost everyone agrees on. Here are some threads to get you started. (I'll warn you that sometimes the discussion gets a little heated in places. Just goes to show you how important this topic is to the people who make their living building trees and saddles.)

http://leatherworker...showtopic=18445

http://leatherworker...?showtopic=2760

http://leatherworker...&st=0#entry4976

Some are related to specific horses, but if you read them you will see the common areas that need to be considered when fitting a saddle.

PS. The construction and trees in English and traditional Aussie saddles are completely different than Western trees, which is what is under discussion in these topics. However, the same basic principles apply, so they should still be of some help to you.

[Denise]

Gabrielle, I e-mailed Dennis and his co-worker on the system, David A Morris directly this afternoon and have received a reply that whatever the problem was, it has apparently been cleared now. So try again and you should be able to get through.

[barra]

OK loading those pics didn't work. I'll try again in the morning.

Barra

Edited September 30, 2009 by barra