This message is from: Genie Dethloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Here is the Laser website:
http://www.laserequestrian.com/Dressage.htm
They will send out a test saddle for you to try. I have only found
one store in our area that carries Lasers in stock. I was not
impressed with some of the workmanship - there were sharp staple
points sticking out. I do like the adjustable tree idea, but as you
crank it wider, the pommel gets lower with very little wither
clearance. It is nice because you can easily change the width your
self if you have different horses to ride.
What I ended up buying is a used Schleese ( http://www.schleese.com/
) dressage saddle as they have an adjustable tree. You cannot adjust
it yourself, but their saddle fitter comes with a device in their
truck to adjust the tree right at your farm/barn. They can adjust
the tree in two separate ways, the area over the withers and the
shoulder angle; this allows you to clear a wide wither but have the
saddle also hug the shoulder angle correctly, or to clear a high
wither and adapt to a broad shoulder. I would recommend used as new
are very expensive and the used hold their value very well. In a few
years I could sell mine for the same price I bought it for. A used
one in good shape is less than a new Laser, if you were to get the
newest model of Laser.
I have some feedback for those of you who have Ascott dressage
saddles for wide Fjords. The Fjord I am leasing, who is extra wide,
came with one. I found it quite uncomfortable to ride him as my legs
felt like they were sticking straight out and were hard to get them
close to his sides. What I learned in saddle shopping is that the
Ascott tree is very low and has you sitting right down on the horses
back so the width (twist ) of the seat is as wide as the horses back,
thus your thighs at your pelvis is spread that wide. When you buy
many other, more expensive saddle, the tree is built up higher in the
middle and the twist can be narrower. This allows your legs to more
gradually widen to the width of the horse, but still can give a very
close contact feel.
The Wintec dressage saddles are built with a narrower twist as are
the new Wintec all purpose extra wide saddles. Unfortunately, Wintec
only offers there wide saddles in a general purpose and in small seat
sizes (up to 17.5")- I think they assume only little people ride wide
ponies.
This message is from: "Frederick J. Pack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
There seems to have been a lot of interest in the Laser Saddles.
Even a search of the archives will not tell me where to buy/look at them.
We are looking for an 18 inch Dressage saddle.
Fred
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Fred and Lois Pack
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Wilkeson, Washington 98396
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Genie in Ann Arbor, MI
