This message is from: "Cherie Mascis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ride him in a Barefoot Treeless saddle. We both love the thing. Very > comfortable, solidly built, not to horribly expensive, all useful qualities. > While I don't use stirrups, the saddle does have easily accessible places > to hang them. Like all other treeless saddles, your probably going to have > to consider dropping a big invenstment in a pretty high end pad to > distribute weight from posting (I don't post, either). Shawna
>>I was riding my new Fjord in a Little Joe Saddle pad with stirrups, >>but yesterday I managed to get my Treeless saddle called "Freewest" by >>Freeform (Italian made treeless saddle that I love, with pad called >>"Haf Pad" made for it to give spine clearance) to work well on my >>mutton withered gal! The Sensation treeless saddles with Skito or Equipedic pads work well on fjords too. I love mine! They were designed by an endurance rider and have a stirrup setting called "hard use" that helps to distribute the weight of two=point or posting. Cherie The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw