Search didn’t turn up anything, and I need a pad for a short backed, swayback horse. If you have used them, I’d like to know what you think.
Thanks.
The pads that interest me are on page 8 of their catalog.
I have one of these, but I pretty much just use it as a spare ‘thick’ 1" wool pad, without its shims.
It is a very thick pad in the first place, to be combining with shims.
But if what you have, is a saddle that’s a little big/wide on a horse that needs the front up more (front shims), or is bridging (use the center shims), it could be helpful. Or, if you really have space to fill in, use all the shims- that makes for 1 1/4" thick pad right under the tree.
I can’t use it on my OTTB with giant withers, the cutout in front isn’t adequate. But my other well-withered horses get along with it.
It isn’t terribly expensive, and it is still useful as a ‘regular’ pad without shims.
I like mine. I use it on our half draft, because I think her saddle was bridging slightly. She also has one shoulder that’s considerably larger than the other. I have the middle shims in and one shoulder shim. I got the contoured one. You might want to look into an actual swayback pad as well. I’m happy with the quality of the Diamond Wool pad.
