I actually have a brand new pair of EZ rides with cages in my tackroom. I bought them for Stephanie, but have never put them on a saddle. After years of riding English, I actually feel very safe in the leather-covered EZ Rides that came on the Tucker. How weird do you suppose it would look if I hung them on the dressage saddle? I'd sure feel safer.
By the way, after a lifetime of riding 16 h horses and now having the 14.3 h Hunter as a primary horse, I feel like Clinton Anderson or some other long lean cowboy type when I step off Tosca and the ground is right there under my left foot. I always wondered what that would feel like. Nancy