justmartha
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Oct 24, 2005, 11:56 AM
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Martha, that certainly is a hybrid, a western saddle with english billets. What is the advantage there, the ability to snug down fore and aft independently?
Actually, it's a reduction in the bulk under your knee. The saddle has long billets, so it's rather like a dressage saddle. I use a Wintec dressage girth or a mohair girth on the saddle, depending on mood, horse, what's clean, etc. The girth is really just about as wide as a western girth, unless you use one of those really wide roper girths.
I like those large aluminum stirrups - I have a similar pair that I've kept through several saddle changes.
I like the wide stirrups, but am glad I got the leather-covered ones. My neighbor bought a nearly identical saddle at the same time but got the aluminum stirrups because of the "look" and she does not really like them as well. There's just a mental difference about being clonked in the shins with a metal stirrup vs. a leather-covered wood one when you are carrying/moving/saddling.
Does your saddle have the horn?
Mine does, my neighbor's does not. No woods here, and I sometimes pony young horses & like something to take a dally around. I also like to use a little pommel pack that slips over the horn where I can keep the controls to my dog's electronic collar where they are handy. He's a good dog but has a tendency to forget where his people are when a rabbit comes along 
Martha in NM
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