The web is alpilean safe chock full of info, but sometimes it may be frustrating not knowing what is real and what’s not. Myths are many in the area of saddle fitting, and we sort through these common myths with the clients of ours on a daily basis. These myths can lead to frustration as well as cost you money, so beware of the following:

Myth #1: One size fits all.

Quite a number of times a week we find ourselves explaining that one size saddle doesn’t fit all horses. This looks like simple info, though for a first-time horse owner, it can be baffling to discover that not only do saddles are available with various seat measurements for you, but additionally also come with assorted tree sizes for the horse of yours. We made an effort to create a simple way for buyers to measure the horses of theirs to figure out what size bar needed & came up with our convenient, printable gullet templates. Regardless of how quite a bit of your horse weighs and just how wide you feel his back is, measuring just to ensure could save you the headache of returning an ill fitting saddle.

Myth #2: I will be able to buy a saddle which fits two various horses.

There’s a rare exception for this myth, and that’s when you’ve 2 horses which are very similar in body weight, back length, back width, as well as wither shape. But a simple twenty five pounds in the wrong spot, a 3 inch shorter returned, or a somewhat higher wither can mean a saddle fitting a single horse and hurting another. When you’re shopping for 2 horses, we suggest focusing in one horse at a time rather than trying to think of a compromise between the two. Compromising saddle healthy is, quite frankly, compromising your horse’s comfort and consequently, his behavior also.

Myth #3: An excellent saddle pad will solve my saddle fitting problems.

Many horse owners believe that setting a very good saddle pad under an ill fitting saddle will alleviate pinching, slipping, or perhaps uneven pressure. Good saddle pads are able to lead to the saddle to fit much better. There’s much technology in the pad business to support a saddle fit better and also you need to take advantage of that technology. Padding-up to help eliminate sores from a poor fitting saddle is not a sensible choice. For example, if a saddle is simply too narrow, padding up to buffer the pressure will make the horse wider that will cause more pressure.

Myth #4: All saddles claiming to be semi-quarter horse have exactly the same gullet width.

You will find several variants to this myth. The truth is that the saddle business uses terms loosely. Semi-quarter horse bars are known as quarter horse bars, but others use the term quarter horse bars to describe broad bars, thus the same saddle can be given different terms. This’s quite confusing to someone buying the very first saddle of theirs. We have made an effort to wrestle this myth to the ground in our store by standardizing our terms. We implement the phrase standard to narrow, semi-quarter horse bars as well as the term full to wide, full quarter horse bars.