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HAY MAKER
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Faster horses
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HAY MAKER
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| Faster horses wrote: |
Well, Haynaker, if you buy this saddle to ride colts with, the first thing I would advise is get some narrower sturrips. Those wide stirrups are a bugger to hang on to--very easy to lose--and you sure dont' want that riding a young horse. The horsemen I know that train colts daily use Oxbow stirrups for gripping the stirrup with their feet. Not that I am telling you to use Oxbows, as they take some getting used to, but I am telling
you these stirrups are way too wide to be safe.
Also, this saddle doesn't look to me like it would sit down on a horse, especially since you are looking for a saddle for a wide-backed horse.
This one appears to be too high and narrow in the gullet (front).
And that padded seat looks way too padded. We don't ride saddles with
a padded seat. If you ride one very long you might get a chapped --- ...   |
Well my theory on stirrups is the bigger the better,I would rather loose one than to get stuck in one. And saddles,the heavier the better,need all the help I can get.
This saddle is not one I would use on colts anyway,use this one for visitin the neighbor lady.
I have a set of aluminum oxbow stirrups around here some place,if you take a look at a set,I believe you will see they are plenty wide,harder to stick in.
good luck
PS It will take more than a padded saddle seat to chap my skinny ass 
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loomixguy
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| Just have Ralph Shimon build you what you want. It won't break the bank and you won't wait for forever to get it.
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Big Muddy rancher
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Jerry H
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Joined: 22 Nov 2005
Posts: 421
Location: Las Vegas,New Mexico
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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| HAY MAKER wrote: |
| Faster horses wrote: |
Well, Haynaker, if you buy this saddle to ride colts with, the first thing I would advise is get some narrower sturrips. Those wide stirrups are a bugger to hang on to--very easy to lose--and you sure dont' want that riding a young horse. The horsemen I know that train colts daily use Oxbow stirrups for gripping the stirrup with their feet. Not that I am telling you to use Oxbows, as they take some getting used to, but I am telling
you these stirrups are way too wide to be safe.
Also, this saddle doesn't look to me like it would sit down on a horse, especially since you are looking for a saddle for a wide-backed horse.
This one appears to be too high and narrow in the gullet (front).
And that padded seat looks way too padded. We don't ride saddles with
a padded seat. If you ride one very long you might get a chapped --- ... |
Well my theory on stirrups is the bigger the better,I would rather loose one than to get stuck in one. And saddles,the heavier the better,need all the help I can get.
This saddle is not one I would use on colts anyway,use this one for visitin the neighbor lady.
I have a set of aluminum oxbow stirrups around here some place,if you take a look at a set,I believe you will see they are plenty wide,harder to stick in.
good luck
PS It will take more than a padded saddle seat to chap my skinny ass |
that good ole south texas heat will do it on skinney ass
i can tell you that first hand
as for that saddle i don't belive i would like it very well
now i have not seen your horses but i start some that come here pretty fat and after i ride them awhile it's amazing you start to see that they were just fat and now have some withers
just my opinion but i think you should check out teskey's saddle out of weatherford texas
i have been riding them some and i have my second one from them now and i like them fine and i use the heck out a saddle and put it to the test on almost a daily basis
and the tesky's are priced right also for a poor puncher
later
jerry
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