On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 03:36:11PM -0800, Robyn Hood wrote: > I have used at least 12 different treeless saddles and also use the Balance > treed saddles which have a wide enough tree to give the horse room for the > shoulders. It is my experience, that while Dana recommends mounting from a > block and I like to do so anyway for my horse, that I can mount with less > slippage with the Sensation than with any other treeless saddles and without > any special padding like a DM pad or burr pad etc. It is my experience that > a treed saddle is best to mount from the IF the tree is fairly tight which > keeps the saddle in place. > > You know that in the military they used to say that you weren't a rider > until you could mount without a girth and then ride 100 miles. They > generally used horses around 15Hds. The ease with which a person can do > this depends on several things - most importantly their athletic spryness, > the persons height relative to the horses; the width of the horse and of > course how desperately you need to get on and can stop laughing as you try. > :->>
i have tried and failed to vault onto 14hh stjarni (bareback), although i had previously managed a 12.3 horse. everybody did get a laugh out of it anyway, stjarni i think included :) if i ever get the chance, i would love to try a sensation; everyone speaks so highly of them! my bank account is still trying to recover from the purchase of the actual pony, though, along with some other things i deemed more immediately necessary (major medical insurance was the last huuuuge check....) --vicka
