Saddle for short backed horse?

[sirbeastmom]

I had a lovely McCall all-around that fit my QH mare until last year, when she decided to turn into a hoss and sprout linebacker shoulders.

She has a short back, average withers, and big shoulders. I have yet to try an off-the-rack saddle that accommodates all that, but I don’t have deep enough pockets to get something custom made.

Any suggestions on a style or brand I should be looking at? She’s a pretty utilitarian horse, so the saddle doesn’t need to be discipline specific. Are Arabian saddles the way to go?

[craz4crtrs]

[QUOTE=sirbeastmom;7972217]
I had a lovely McCall all-around that fit my QH mare until last year, when she decided to turn into a hoss and sprout linebacker shoulders.

She has a short back, average withers, and big shoulders. I have yet to try an off-the-rack saddle that accommodates all that, but I don’t have deep enough pockets to get something custom made.

Any suggestions on a style or brand I should be looking at? She’s a pretty utilitarian horse, so the saddle doesn’t need to be discipline specific. Are Arabian saddles the way to go?[/QUOTE]

Try a Courts Miss Rodeo America model. See if a store near you carries Courts. My mare has huge shoulders for a little mare. This is saddle is a great fit, tons of flair in the shoulders. We now have several in the family now fitting hard to fit horses. Less than $2000, more like $1800? Courts takes saddles to big events, check with them if they will be near you this spring. I have no idea if you are near Denver, but thats a possibility.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201470386014762&set=a.1384348361947.2049221.1029143921&type=3&src=https%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-xap1%2Ft31.0-8%2F1417695_10201470386014762_926716221_o.jpg&smallsrc=https%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-frc3%2Fv%2Ft1.0-9%2F1383543_10201470386014762_926716221_n.jpg%3Foh%3D221f85076a076ae4a19b28520fa1961b%26oe%3D556AFAA3%26__gda__%3D1432435182_b93dc2ca04423e974b5f7e7b2f346ce6&size=2048%2C1536

[UrbanHennery]

We had a grade QH gelding built like that. We found a used Y-L saddle, wade style, that fit him like a glove.

https://www.uwebconnect.com/y-lsaddleryuhaul/home

They’re quite spendy new (custom made) but we were able to find a used one through http://www.kandssaddlery.com/