This message is from: "Barbara Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
" For reasons I am not sure, english saddles tend to run bigger in the riders seat size than western saddles, for example, I need a 17 inch in and english saddle, but a 15 inch in a western. Who came up with this stuff ?????"
The English saddle's seat is measured from the back top middle of the cantle to the "rivet button" on the side of the pommel. The Western seat is measured from the front of the cantle to the pommel (the face that is nearest you as you sit in the saddle. The English one is measured at an angle and the western one is straight from back to front. For the tree width I don't know if they measure the western ones in centimeters or inches!
Barb Lynch Washington State The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
