Questions about Riding my Sway Back Mare
April 27, 2011 by cherryhillhorsekeeping
Posted in Behavior, Conformation, Gaits, Riding, Rushing, Saddle Fit, Sway Back, Tack | Tagged conformation, equine, horse, horseback riding, riding, saddle, saddle fit, sway back, tack | 4 Comments
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I have ridden and trained horses for over thirty years and I was very impressed with this book! It breaks up common myths about saddles, saddle fit and horses. What if your horse’s bad attitude was from back pain? What if it was a simple saddle repair that put you both back on the road to sound and safe riding? This book takes the saddle literally from the ground up from the styles and construction of the tree to the leather that ultimately goes over the top. It describes: seat styles, stirrup position and how it affects you ability to effectively communicate with your horse, bars and how important they are to a correct fit, Seat size and how to measure they way the saddle maker intended not they way the saddle shops do, how to test and measure your current saddle and horse for a correct fit and some reccomendations for changes to make to enhance that fit for both you and your horse. Really this is one of the best books currently on the market for saddle information. There are some refrences to English saddle and fit for comparison between the western saddle and the english saddle. If you want to break the myths and solve some mysteries about how and why, then I would suggest this book!
What is the title of the book?
Cherry,
As always…you’ve got great answers to my questions. I woudl be interested if anyone knows of an expert on saddles for swaybacks.
Thanks, glad to help.
I’m posting this in case another reader wants to reply. I have nobody to recommend.