This message is from: Paula Steinmetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 21:28:17 -0800 > From: Alison Bakken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Treeless saddles > > This message is from: Alison Bakken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi List, > > Great discussion lately. Last weekend Paula talked about a treeless > saddle called ansur. Did you get to try one? If you did how was it? > Has anyone out there had any experience with treeless saddles? Alison- Yep - got to try the Ansur saddle. I liked it, but I wasn't wowed by it - I don't think I'll be trading in my dressage saddle anytime soon! I think it would be great for someone schooling several horses with different conformations - for instance a trainer or a catch rider. The feel was something like a traditional saddle, but not quite. More like a structured bareback pad, but not quite. I thought the "bars" - actually these are rings (that's why a safety stirrup is necessary!) for the stirrups were a little far back - maybe an inch - I think for most Fjords this would be true (on a short back your leg would not feel in the right position, mine didn't). Nice feel and contact with the horse - very similar to a built up bareback pad and similar stability. If you are looking for a saddle to "hold" you, this is NOT the one! I'd want something a little more substantial for rough terrain in any event. At $1800, I expected the workmanship to be really fine - it wasn't. I'd give this one a B. Maybe I should've called this post "not quite" ;o)
