that didn't have the spinal channel. I've heard of someone (Laree's Doppa, maybe?) who got seriously sore from one.
Yes, that is true - took me a while to straighten out that - but in fairness to the saddle/pad the people I got Doppa from were using it without a pad underneath it - they said it was a bareback pad -and if they did anything they would throw a towel under it. It definitely needs a channel pad under it and I'm still not sure it would work very well. Doppa's poor withers were sore to the point you could just point at them and she would flinch. If you tried to put your fingers underneath the saddle at the withers and ride, I really believe it would crush your fingers beyond use. -- Laree in NC Doppa & Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the "S" gang) "Yet when all the books have been read and reread, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them." - William Farley
