In a message dated 2/18/2008 3:33:39 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Do any of you who are using Sensation saddles ride where there are steep downgill descents? Do you need to use a crupper? I always ride with a breast plate, so uphill is never a problem/ Nancy, I've ridden Sensation saddles on my Icelandics (with three very different backs) in five different fifty mile endurance rides and one hundred miler, as well as numerous 15-30 mile conditioning rides. The saddle definitely requires a breast collar especially when the horse does enough work to really build up a sweat and you are riding in anything but relatively flat terrain. I used to hook up a crupper but have stopped using it with the Sensations because I don't think you really need one. The fact that they sit behind the shoulder (instead of on it like a flex panel saddle) and have to be girthed up pretty tight means they just don't slide forward that much. John Parke Solvang CA **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)
