Asking for a friend: my friend is considering purchasing a 8-9 yo mare who was started as a youngster and then used as a broodmare for a number of years and is now being restarted. She is nicely put together but very short backed and lacking muscle along her topline. I think she will muscle up quickly but for now her back is pretty curvy. Not swaybacked but typical broodmare. She’s being brought back into work slowly and needs to lose a few extra lbs, but also very wide. She does have a wither, nothing interesting to say about that. She was advertised as a “Quorgan.”
Friend does not want to spend a fortune for a saddle that will likely need to be replaced in a few months or that will be subject to the dangers of restarting horses. Looking for ideas I can pass on.