Join the FB group Truth About Western Saddle Fit. They won’t sugarcoat anything. But you will definitely learn about proper saddle fit and placement. Also, what saddles are junk, what are really good and what you can get away with. They get really p***** If you do not read all the pinned information before posting, so be forwarned.
I’m currently fighting this in my western saddle, but it’s not the saddle. It’s my stirrup length, which is short from years of riding hunters. It’ll change when and if you eventually let those stirrups down a bit.
It looks lovely and she certainly looks happy in it.
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Looking at her picture the stirrups do look tad short for western.
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Oh totally. Thats a me thing, even in a dressage saddle I prefer them shorter than they should probably be. I’m working on it!
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It does take some getting used to!
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100% - I’m working mine down after years of riding short even for flat work. It’s tough, and I’ve discovered the way I mounted with a short stirrup does not work with a long stirrup. Talk about feeling stupid when I can’t get on with a long stirrup. But I kept trying to take it down all the way instead of working my way down.
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