On 6/9/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If it's treeless, however, your odds are much better, but even treeless > saddles need to be monitored for fit/comfort/appropriateness issues over the > lifetime of the horse. > > Karen Thomas, NC >
when i got tivar he started to develop a tiny white hair rub mark just in the center of his withers. I know he had been always ridden in treeless saddles. But with my jaspar I know that even treeless saddles rub, especially on horses with prominent withers! this is very important to look for and recognize! Like with my jaspar I would think his saddlefit ok but it takes a while for the white to show up! But then in spring if it sheds out you know it isnt too late! Tivar's shed out so he has a new chance and I am constantly monitoring his saddlefit, which in his case is saddle PAD fit since he has always been ridden in a treeless. I think with him its important that he has these shims he has now and the right saddlepad which he has. Also just in case anyone thinks I am blaming! I also know these things can develop and occur on one single ride! One of my jaspars most terrible back injuries was on one ride in a lightning storm where we galloped in a treeless saddle that had slipped to one side and he received constant rubbing of a saddlepad directly on his very prominent spine. He developed a fistula (life threatening!) and I could not ride him for five months after that. He has chronic fistula on his vertebra now not from saddlefit but from bad saddle PAD fit (trying to correct bad saddlefit the first time) anyway. just wanted to point this out. Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
