I just this Aussie saddle and have no idea how to use it. I think it is missing an overgirth but I primarily ride western so I need it to be able to use western cinch on it. Do I need to get specific girths and stuff for it or is there something I can do to use it?
What’s going on under the flap?
It has just one billet. I did use it to tighten a girth I had to see if it even fit the horses but it broke not that long afterwards because the leather I guess wasn’t the greatest
Ugh. That’s unfortunate! I would say that you would need to get a saddler to add whatever billet system you want to use if the current ones are broken. It sounds like the original setup was to use with a two buckle girth (the current billet plus an overgirth).
or to use a girth like this, without the overgirth
You could have also bought a girth converter to use with a western girth, but given that your billet system doesn’t sound safe to use, I would talk to a saddler about adding whatever would work for you.
I was looking at the overgirth that had both ends with D rings and using a western set up for that.
I’ve never seen one of those, or anyone using only an overgirth. It is probably similar to only using a single billet and single buckle girth though, which is pretty common.
