>>>> I just received my 'Savvy Times' and Linda Parelli wrote an article "Saddles, Pads, Shims" where she says that the concentrated weight of a rider in a treeless saddle can be problematic--that a horse will find it difficult to push up into the pressure. That the ideal saddle invites a horse to lift his back and push upwards. Of course she promotes their saddles and shim system.
I like part of the Parelli system...but in all honesty, I think Linda doesn't really "get" saddles and fit. She started on her saddle-fit quest by listening to Carol Brett of Balance Saddles, and I think Carol is extremely innovative and knowledgeable. I think Linda would have been better served to have let others with more time and experience have the very complicated world of saddle design. I think their one-size-fits-all saddle system is a joke and I hate the air-pads they sell - and none of this line of theirs seems to be consistent at all with what I heard Carol Brett say when I took Sina to her for a saddle-fitting. But I like their seven games system... :) Karen Thomas, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.8/800 - Release Date: 5/11/2007 7:34 PM
