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Nancy Howell · Jan 28, 2009

For your riding, get some things called "stirrup straight". They take the stress off your knees caused by twisting the stirrups. Go to www.horse.com. They cost about $20 bucks. Sure keeps my knees from hurting on long rides.

The measurement is for the neck of the stirrups not the width of the stirrup strap. I left my email if you have any questions.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 28, 2009

We've got Continental saddles that came pretwisted, and I never gave it a thought. Always thought "who'd use them pansy stirrup straighteners" until I rode someone elses saddle that wasn't twisted for a couple of hours. Shows you your age real quick. 20 bucks well spent.

Dave

Nancy Howell · Jan 28, 2009

I do long distance trail riding, not the social stuff. Saddles are like shoes, most are fine for short rides, but a pair of dress shoes would kill your feet if you tried to walk a couple of miles in them.

After going through about 5 different saddles and a pretty good chunk of $$, I found "Specialized Saddles". They were developed by Dave Kaden, an endurance race rider and the national 50 mile champion in 2000.

They are the most comfortable I have ever ridden for both me and the horse. They have a very unique pad system that makes them truly interchangeable between any horse.

You can buy a set of pads for each horse, I think the pads are $70, and fit one saddle to all your horses. Many saddles claim they can fit different horses, but this one really can. It went from my broad-backed QH to my much slimmer Arab.

They are a custom saddle, but not too bad in $$. Mine cost $1400 new about 7 yrs ago. If you watch Ebay you can pick one up for about $900.

There are reps and fitters all around the US. It is money well spent.

See the website - www.specializedsaddles.com

Anonymous-0 · Jan 28, 2009

Think I'll check that out.......

Thanks.

Dave

Brokenwrench · Jan 28, 2009

Nancy,

Thanks, looks like they`d do the trick.

I think I`ll get a pair just to have around. I went and bought a new sadlle 2 years ago, had it custom built, don`t have any problems with that one. But, you never know when those deals will come in handy. Thanks again BW

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