Re: wide-backed horses a problem? and Saddle fit

1998-06-23 Thread coyote
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: Wide backed horses. Maybe the problem with sore knees (besides old knee injuries) is that the rider is trying to grip with the knees rather than balance on the seat bones. If the pain goes away by lengthening the stirrups a bit, as another reader suggest

Re: wide-backed horses a problem?

1998-06-21 Thread Philip Petty
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Petty) I use to get very sore knees till someone pointed out that the stirrups were too short. Lengthened them and no more problems. -- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: wide-backed horses a proble

wide-backed horses a problem?

1998-06-19 Thread TaliaRolan
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Several people mentioned that they have soreness and knee problems from riding because Fjords are so wide-backed. In my experience, the wider-backed the horse, the more comfortable he is for me to ride. The only time I've ever gotten sore from riding was whe