Re: Saddles - again

2002-07-23 Thread Karen McCarthy
This message is from: Karen McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Debi - what is up w/ the 4th billet? (sounds like a book title...) Does it require some sort of an optional overgirth? veey curious! Kmac Original Message Follows From: Deb Williams I purchased a Griffin Ap and LOVE it !!! 

Re: Saddles - again

2002-07-23 Thread Deb Williams
This message is from: Deb Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Question 1: You guys out there who HAVE a Thorowgood, how did you get hold of it? Any tack stores out there that have them in stock? I don't mind if it's on the other side of the country as long as it can be shipped... To all interested in

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2002-07-16 Thread Fhtrp
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi there, don't get too frustrated with the saddle search I know ours took forever. Now about the Thorowgood seems the company was in some financial trouble or something but they do still ship (using Miller's) it just takes awhile. I had ordered the

Saddles - again

2002-07-15 Thread Dagrun Aarsten
This message is from: Dagrun Aarsten [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello all listers, let me first say I'm having a great time with the fjords - Quinn together with Brigid's three boys - and soon Tinn will join them too - 5 fjords just 5 minutes from home! Guess it can't beat having a fjord farm (at home)

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2000-01-20 Thread Mary Thurman
This message is from: Mary Thurman [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks mary, your post was educating for me in regards to saddles. why do so many people out there like (love) those aussie saddles?

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2000-01-19 Thread Denise Delgado
This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks mary, your post was educating for me in regards to saddles. why do so many people out there like (love) those aussie saddles? what are the benefits verses disavantages to the forward sitting placments and also the legs? i understand

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2000-01-19 Thread Don Jane Brackett
This message is from: Don Jane Brackett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Denise - My husband bought an Aussie saddle this spring and loves it. He says it's impossible to fall out of! :) But his is heavy, around 30 - 32 lbs. After trying to make my old all purpose work on my wide mare, I started shopping for

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2000-01-19 Thread Mary Thurman
shorter. Then everyone got the idea they needed TWO cinches (a la roping saddle) to look macho or western so the saddles got longer - too long for a short-backed horse. Now we are swinging back towards lighter, smaller western saddles again, thank heavens. Those of us with iffy backs appreciate

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2000-01-19 Thread Marion Bijster
This message is from: Marion Bijster [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Datum: woensdag-januari-2000 3:53 Onderwerp: Re: saddles...again!! This message is from: Denise

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2000-01-19 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We've got 2 aussie saddles in our tack room. Mine is nice and light and comfortable. Also has a nice deep seat. My old hunt seat trainer hates it, thinks it puts my legs out too far front, but it's not MEANT to be hunt seat. My husband's saddle,

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2000-01-18 Thread Denise Delgado
This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] dear mary, thanks for the note. what type of riding do you do now as opposed to before with the aussie saddle? denise

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2000-01-18 Thread Debby Stai
This message is from: Debby Stai [EMAIL PROTECTED] My friend has one, for her QH. I know this saddle is very heavy, as heavy as a western saddle. I don't know about them sitting up on the withers, right over the shoulder, doesn't seem like a good idea to me. How would the horse be able to

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2000-01-18 Thread Mary Thurman
This message is from: Mary Thurman [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] what can any of you tell me about aussie saddles and fitting fjords. Denise, I used an Aussie saddle - actually two of them - for many

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2000-01-18 Thread Denise Delgado
This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] what can any of you tell me about aussie saddles and fitting fjords. a friend told me they are very light, comfortable and can be made to fit any horse and you use minimal padding underneath and they are deeper and you sit up closer to the