>>> Here's the Watson on Yrsa. Please forgive the table linens. It was someone else's brand new saddle and I didn't want to put it directly on her back, but I wanted to see it without a thick pad. It was a very nice fit, but she was three years old when this was taken. As everyone promised, she has realy grown up in the past six months. There is no longer any question about Yrsa being big enough for me to ride.
Oooh, I would not recommend buying a treed saddle to fit a three-year-old...heck, not even a five-year-old, if you expect it to last very long! Sina was five when I got her, and she's MUCH wider now than she was at five. For reference, I started riding 5 yo Sina in a Wintec "wide" gullet, which is approximately 32cm. It was probably too tight, but it didn't look THAT tight to me. I immediately moved her to an extra-wide (approximately 33.5 cm), and she promptly outgrew that one...as well as the x-wide gullet my farrier stretched for her. Then came the 36cm Duett Encore - that lasted maybe a year. Thankfully my first Sensation arrived before she outgrew the Duett. I finally sold the Duett, because it was too tight - she'd be at least a 38cm, maybe even a 40 now in a treed saddle. Cary's Skjoni has gained several c.m. of width since we got him as a seven year old. And gosh, Bjola - Ima's mom - actually looked rather refined to my eye (in the Icelandic sense, anyway) when I bought her as a five-year-old now, and now, nine, she's somewhat of a tank! Take my word for it - you don't want to go through as many saddles as I foolishly went through! Karen Thomas, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.12/1202 - Release Date: 12/29/2007 1:27 PM
