I have bought a PRI saddle pad at a dressage show which has been very good. I am looking into buying another one online, but I remembered that I have recently been given a PRI pad that was way too big and heavy! I am confused which size the pad I was given was, because it definitely wasnt all purpose and I would think it is probably a dressage pad. This leads me to ask the question what size was the first pad that I bought if the dressage one was much bigger than it. I dont really think that its an all purpose because those are usually smaller on my welsh cob and this saddle pad goes much farther down on his back than a regular all purpose. Is it that PRI saddle pads are just generally longer on the back or what?
I don’t find them to be super long but I might agree that the all purpose are a bit longer than most. I have a bunch, they wear like iron.
There are different sizes. Continental, regular, and extra long.
They do wear like iron, but aren’t fancy. Great pads.
I have a regular dressage one and one that is a little larger but much heavier, also “dressage” sized. There are a few different cuts/thicknesses.
The PRI website lists all their models.
Some of the descriptions have sizes, and it seems that the extra long dressage models (see model D55009X) have a drop of 23.5". It also says that the A55006 all-purpose model has a drop of 20."
The XL has a longer spine horizontal length (I use a Mattes L half pad and the XL is longer to accommodate that length).
I love PRI pads. They do have a heavier one, and I don’t like it, it is too heavy to wash nicely in the W/D. It mucks up the spin cycle and make the whole dang thing shake too hard. Can’t balance. But, the regular weight ones? I have them in a rainbow of colors, ride in them almost every ride.
they always have a booth at the Washington International Horse Show and almost everyone in my barn buys one or two, every year. After many years of this I finally had to stop, we have too many pads!!!
Oh, impossible - no one can have too many pads:lol: My friends say I need intervention when it comes to saddle pads…
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