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What panel code is on your saddle?
I agree his back is on the shorter side for saddle fit. He is long in the loin, but you donāt want the saddle back there.
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The first pic is actually pretty good for seeing his confo. This 2nd one has his front end farther away from the camera, , and the camera is pointing more down on him, which visually lowers the withers.
No shark-fin withers, but they are well defined, which I think is what the others are saying.
Both pictures show a short back. You can āseeā where his ribs end, and where his loin starts. The back doesnāt to from the base of the withers to the croup, it goes to around the last rib
The question is then - how long is the saddle, which will impact whether it needs to have upswept panels (not the same as the tree being curvy), or not.
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I posted the link to this video in another saddle fit thread recently, but you might find it useful as well.
The saddle fitter shows how to evaluate the fit of a saddle on a horse, particularly the length of the saddle on the horseās back.
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CWDs from 2017 wonāt have a super long panel in the back, but it might still appear that way for this horse with an 18ā seat.
I donāt often see a 500 panel code. 205 means there is 5mm of foam added everywhere. This would help with gullet clearance and also potentially the shape of the panel in the back since these would be older style panels and less flat behind. I am not sure where 500 would be but wherever that is along the panel itās lowered 5mmā¦ so itās possible the balance is just off for this horse.
Of course it might not be the saddle at all and he just hurts somewhere.
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Nobody jumped to pain issues elsewhere. That was offered up as one possible cause of the symptoms you are describing.
You want magic saddle fit help for your particular situation, but wonāt post a picture of the saddle on the horse.
Your change in saddles may mean the new saddle is the problem. Why? Nobody can do anything but offer up all the ways a saddle may not fit. One option I didnāt see mentioned - by all accounts, the saddle fits, but the horse says it doesnāt.
But your change in saddle may just have coincided with something else that happened, and that something else that happened is the cause of the new soreness. It is ONE option for your question.
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Well, thatās a dirty delete.
Golly, quoting the OP should be the first thing we do, dontcha think?
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Dirty deletes, done dirt cheap. 
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I never would have imagined that someone would go thru and delete all their posts in a saddle fit thread. Wow.
And the title of "deleteā is the only reason I opened the thread.
Edit to add: Were there other posts deleted? It just does not read like a thread that things need to be deleted from.
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Nope, nobody else deleted anything.
This wasnāt remotely anything controversial or contentious, other than the OP being annoyed that we ājumped to pain issuesā and that we couldnāt give a magic answer without pictures. js asked what would make a saddle make the horseās back, under the back of the saddle, sore. Thatās it.
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It never fails does it , like a magnet
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Me too. What to do on a Sunday morning when Iām not riding? Read deleted threads and try to figure out What Went Wrong. 
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I always have to check the ones that get locked 
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so someone asked for opinions and help but didnāt like the answers or help so delete their comments. ???
did someone step on their toes? Does OP realize that their post may have been educational for others having a similar problem?
I thought the horse pictured had a short back also, relative to the croup.
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