Here are some pictures of the Ghost saddle:

http://picasaweb.google.com/janehirshfield/GhostSaddle

And a report from Jane of the treeless list:

Quick report--very lightweight, very nice quality grippy and soft leather, 
seemed quite well made. It's small--this is called the dressage model, but 
the flaps are very short and the "knee rolls" are more upper thigh blocks. 
It seemed to be built more like an endurance model saddle--weight is light 
because the bulk has been minimized.

There are lots of places that both the stirrup leathers and the girth 
billets (which are V-attached) can be moved to. The metal is very thin and 
flat (re potential pressure). The detachable, adjustable underpanels are 
fairly low and flat. The pommel hoop does (as someone reported earlier) seem 
more decorative than structural--the way it's attached to the saddle, quite 
high up (see the photos), doesn't look like it would actually have much 
effect. It's also some kind of really odd plastic. The cantle felt to me 
like plastic, rather than foam, as well--felt a bit like an unpadded car 
dashboard, when I unzipped it and tapped. It's definitely lighter weight 
than the old fiberglass or wood type cantles, but no give at all, I don't 
think. When I sat in the saddle I could move my hand easily between back of 
butt and the cantle. It didn't look to me like there was as much room 
(didn't look like any space, visually) when other friend was in saddle, but 
she was sure her weight wasn't on it. I'm not at all sure this saddle's seat 
is big enough for a large rider.

The girth is on a big ring that lets it swivel into many different 
positions. (It's too far back in the photos, we all thought, and moved it 
more forward later. We tried to move the whole saddle forward, but it didn't 
look very different after we did.)

Sitting in saddle (I only got on my friend's horse for a quick walk-around) 
I'd describe the feeling as good, and also as pronouncedly neutral. Not as 
cushy as a Barefoot or Sensation, not as structured as a Freeform. I don't 
think it has any twist at all--but friend's Arabian isn't wide, so that 
didn't feel like a problem. You definitely have good feel of the horse's 
back movement through this saddle, though that would of course be affected 
by the underpadding used.

They also sell a different model, the Spirit, without the detachable 
underpads, which must weigh next to nothing.

Friend trialled this dressage Ghost from Moss Rock Endurance. At current web 
price, it's in the $900s.

She also had the Kinetic pad inserts, but they weren't in the pad when I sat 
on the saddle--felt ones were, which may have contributed to that neutral 
feeling--no bounce and no sinking in. There's one photo that shows the 
Kinetic pads, out on a rail--thick leather, quite stiff, on top, under it is 
quick-recovery, springy foam. No bevelling on these, but that may not be 
representative, from something my friend said she'd been told. Worth 
checking on that detail. It did feel to me as if the hard edge of the 
leather might conceivably be felt through a saddle.

Hope this report is of interest or helpful to someone!

Friend likes the Ghost well enough but probably won't be keeping it; she 
said she has her eye more on a Freeform Liberty. Her horse is doing fine in 
his treed saddle, so she is in no rush, just likes the idea of treeless. 
(She's the one who got me here in the first place.)

Jane 

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