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Post by horselover8 on Jan 1, 2007 22:03:10 GMT 1
How do you fit one? Wanting one for a heavy cob,how do i know it fits?
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Post by fin on Jan 1, 2007 22:18:58 GMT 1
Get a saddle fitter out! Or ger a treeless-they're easier to fit yourself  |
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Post by misty on Jan 1, 2007 22:19:35 GMT 1
I've got two for two different horses and had them both fitted. Got a treeless Arizona for hacking and got advice from Horse and Harmony, they were very good.
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Post by misty on Jan 1, 2007 22:37:01 GMT 1
How about that for timing and content!
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Post by sixfootblonde on Jan 2, 2007 10:51:50 GMT 1
Hi, I am a western saddlefitter based Dorset/Hampshire. I have recently started again after having a break for a few years whilst I had my children. I offer a VERY honest approach with the horses well-being and comfort being my number 1 priority. The reason I started doing this and took myself abroad to learn what to do is because I could not find anyone to fit my horse without wanting to make some serious money from me. My email is westernsaddler@gmail.com. Also, there is a little bit more about me at my temporary website www.western-saddler.co.uk/ Thank you  |
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Post by horselover8 on Jan 2, 2007 13:00:50 GMT 1
MMm was thinking of the arizona,whats it like?
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Post by gb on Jan 3, 2007 20:00:47 GMT 1
Funny, but I was thinking the same thing. Poor Brodie does nothing but I think he might enjoy western - would have to get a really good saddle though. Somebody on here vouched for the Bob Marshall, although it was expensive I think. A girl at my yard had a fitter come out and the whole thing with saddle cost about £500, which I thought was good. The saddle came from US.
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Post by fin on Jan 3, 2007 20:23:57 GMT 1
I love my Bob Marshall  Cost more than £500 though  but it does have lots of shiny silver and tooling and nonsense on it (totally practical for a welsh winter, obviously. Cough cough). Has the advantage though that no-one ever realises it's a treeless so I get spared the endless lectures from the anti brigade  |
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Post by gb on Jan 3, 2007 20:34:15 GMT 1
LOL Finn! The one the girl at my yard got was definately NOT a Bob Marshall ;D ;D What was the price of a BM again? Was it £2k(ish)?
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Post by fin on Jan 3, 2007 20:45:56 GMT 1
Erm....$2100. So not as bad as 2k. But the sensible ones without the frills cost half that and sometmes its possible to get then on ebay.com so you don't have the long wait for them to be custom made.....they compare favourably with treed western saddles price-wise, really. That's what I told my OH anyway. |
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Post by maislow on Jan 3, 2007 23:16:31 GMT 1
I'd like a western for my little pony but can find one small enough |
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Post by fin on Jan 3, 2007 23:30:19 GMT 1
They have tiddly ones on ebay.com sometimes. Hard to know if they'd fit though |
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Post by gb on Jan 4, 2007 13:11:20 GMT 1
When you're measuring for a saddle lengthways, where do you measure? If I have a 16" Dartmoor Treefree for example, would that translate to a 16" Western?
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Post by gb on Jan 4, 2007 13:38:51 GMT 1
Found the answer on the Bob Marshall site. It's pommel to cantle and they have a chart there showing what size seat you need by measuring thigh circumference.
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but it does have lots of shiny silver and tooling and nonsense on it (totally practical for a welsh winter, obviously. Cough cough). Has the advantage though that no-one ever realises it's a treeless so I get spared the endless lectures from the anti brigade 
