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I thought I would update this. I spent untold hours reviewing treeless saddles and various bareback options. I wanted to retain my close contact that I get from riding bareback. Also, the simplicity. I found that a lot of people with round horses like mine had experiences with the treeless saddles rolling. So now you are looking at breast collars, tight cinching and a crupper to hold the saddle in place. I got a taste of this instability with my bareback pad over a Skito pad with extra inserts where my thighs were. My thighs could not get that tight grip around her, and I was moving around. I solved this my using a Thinline pad which held the Skito pad in place.

However, my ultimate solution was an Equalizer Bareback pad from the Australian Stock Saddle Company.

http://www.aussiesaddle.com/bareback_pad.html

I ordered it in black sheepskin, and it looks really sharp with my black Friesian. It has D rings all around. The cinching system is much better than a normal bareback pad and attaches in a way that I don't think I have a narrow pressure point going over the back. I can feel the plastic in the pad which does a better job of distributing the weight, and yet doesn't sacrifice the close contact with the horse. The extra padding where my seat and thighs goes does not cut into me or the horse like my other solution. I put my Thinline pad underneath to protect the bareback pad as well as stick to the horse, and I feel totally solid with this. So I have a solution that does a better job of spreading my weight around, and yet isn't a major departure from my 30 years of bareback riding. I'm VERY happy.

I'll try to get a picture and post it.

Francis schreef:

Vond wel deze http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6TI6Nht0pE en daaruit blijkt het dus geen hard plastic te zijn maar toch een neopreen/memoryfoam achtig materiaal... jammer.

Francis schreef:

Sorry, nu ben ik natuurlijk wel vreselijk off-topic met m'n boomloze...

Gimli_ schreef:

Als je 'm laat aanpassen en het bevalt nog niet, zou je 'm dan ook weer zo kunnen verkopen?
In dat geval zou ik namelijk zeggen 'doen' en dan evt nog met corrector eronder rijden, maar zou dat nodig zijn gezien de opbouw van de kussens, of klopte dat toch niet helemaal?

Mijn zadelmaker is momenteel een zadel aan het bouwen voor mij, ook boomloos, opgebouwd uit lagen vilt, soort recado stijl.
Vrijblijvend, wanneer het paard & mij bevalt kan ik 'm kopen, zo niet dan niet.
Ik ben érg benieuwd, heb op de kale kussens een stukje gereden en Gimli liep er prima mee weg.