Can anyone please help with finding a dressage girth that’s wide, made of leather (good quality, good stitching etc.) and with the roughly diamond shape but round center part.
I need such a one to help stabilize a saddle on a wide sausage-shaped horse. I will be adding a good quality sheepskin cover for cushioning.
I know there are some being sold with sheepskin sewn on, but are often cloth backed or the leather part is not good quality.
I have a Fairfax shaped girth which is the weight and width that works for us, and it has a nicely fitting good-quality sheepskin sleeve. As has been remarked elsewhere, b/c of the more crescent shape, it gaps at the front and does not provide even contact.
Kavalcade Comfort looks like the right shape but not sure of the design or quality. It has elastic straps and I prefer no elastic. (There is give in the construction of the saddle already).
Christ and Mattes both have the right shape. But they are cloth backed. I can’t see them holding up or stabilizing a saddle on a big moving, big-bellied horse (part percheron).
I’ll try to add pictures of the Kavalcade and the Christ, just to give idea of the shape I’m looking for.
Thanks for any help you can provide!
