--- In [email protected], "Pamela Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >I would like a new poll for type of saddles we use. I ride in a > > > torsion treeless and love it! Anyway, just a suggestion. ;) > > I ride in a Wintec Icelandic with a medium tree. I have read on here > that some of you have never seen anything but an extra wide gullet > work on them. I have had a knowledgeable vet look at the fit and a > friend who has ridden crosscountry and high level dressage look at it > and they both thought it fit great. It will be interesting this > spring when I have the saddle fitter look and see what she thinks. > Talked to my vet and he said don't use a treeless all the time. He is > also a horse chiropractor and says he sees more sore backs with the > treeless and flex trees then any of the treed saddles. > > I don't want to be hurting her at all so thought I would have a > trained person come out and check it. >
I agree with Karen. I researched and researched and decided a treeless was the best saddle (for me at least) I wouldn't ride in anything else. The saddle pad is an important part of riding, in a treeless saddle you want one made for treeless saddles- in any saddle you should hae a treeless saddle pad. They are just better! I have talked to so many people who ride in treed saddles and have horses with some sort of back problem, try to nip girthing, bucking. I believe it's all in the pad no matter what you use. I once rode a horse that would buck at the canter every time (an arabian-not mine) and I rode her in a treeless (Torsion treeless-western model ;)) and she didn't buck. I rode her twice in the treeless- no bucking- I rode her in many different treed saddle -she bucked every time- this is how I came to the conclusion treeless is best. (The bucking was not horrible it was just kicking out.) Anyway I think people who believe treeless saddles arn't good just arn't informed about them but I do agree not all treeless are created equal. Also I get my horses checked over once a year and they've never had any problems.
