On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:04:48AM -0400, Renee Martin wrote: > Thanks Kaaren for that explanation. I can definitely see the connundrum of > the matter. I was just commenting the other day in a private e-mail what a > catch-22 situation many of us have: We're larger riders, so we choose the > strongest horses we can find -- more often than not, with a shorter > functional back. But, we need longer saddles, and there we are with a > horse capable of carrying us well, but no room for our saddles that fit us.
just speaking for the other end of the hard-to-fit spectrum: i am a short person with a short leg, and although i have now THREE saddles in my barn that fit stjarni quite well (he is a large, long-backed icey), every single one makes me feel like i have to reach forward for my stirrups. still hoping this goes away as the latest attempt breaks in, --vicka ps/ and now you all understand one reason i ride bareback so much :)
