This message is from: "Janet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a few suggestions are:
try a round skirted western saddle with full quarter horse bars. the greater surface area will help. I have found english style saddles very hard to keep on round horses. use a breast collar (the Y type) and crupper. put the horse on a diet. Most of the fjords I've met to date are horribly overweight, and I'm not talking well muscled, they were FAT. I met a saddle maker at the MN horse expo who makes a saddle/rigging for heavier riders and round horses their contact info is Montana Pack and Saddlery 406 756 8999 or www.montanasaddle.com they use a double cinch designed to hold pack saddles on their double rigged saddles. Good balance may be enough if you are riding in a flat arena, but good balance won't hold the saddle in place on a rough trail, or when a horse shies sideways. I will never again ride in a saddle that will slip, it is too dangerous. Janet
