Saddle pad (not saddle) slipping - recommendations?

[Huntertwo]

[QUOTE=mjs8;7357127]
I agree that this is likely due to saddle fit. A saddle fitter I know says “What do you do if your shoes are too big? Do you just put on more socks until the shoes aren’t as sloppy?” love that analogy!
I’d start with an appt with a fitter and go from there - they may recommend a great pad that will fit your horse’s specific needs. Good luck! =)[/QUOTE]

This is not directed to the OP, but I always use that analogy when people say their saddle is too tight and will add more padding.

When I use the "Shoe"analogy, they just stare blankly for a few minutes…

Although, I do find the thick pads tend to shift, so I use two thinner pads.

OP there is a very thin no-slip pad. Just can’t think of the name at the moment, but it will "hit"me in a few minutes…

Found it:
http://www.equinenow.com/store-item-5290

[Guilherme]

You can also buy a nice, second quality wool blanket from Pendelton and fold it “cavalry style.” This will give you a 1.5"-2" thick, six-layer laminate pad that works quite well.

G.

[Pocket_Pony]

Just wanted to come back and say that the Toklat Woolback pad I got is IT! It fits, it doesn’t move, there’s no slipping or rolling, there’s no rubbing from the pad, I’m so happy - yay!!!

[rmh_rider]

On my very round barrel shaped no wither wide horse I could not use a woolback because it was slick. When she sweats, the saddle slips. I couldn’t use a plain pad, or with flannel, or the quilted which is slick to the touch also, or a slick cotton thin type pad, the saddle would slip. I couldn’t use a wool felt pad either. I needed a cotton pad with a waffle weave to it, which I had, but it was very worn. Couldn’t find one. But finally I did get a thin pad it is an anti slip, it seems like it has flannel but it isn’t. Not rubber either, not into rubber, next to the skin ever. I put a mattes pad on top of it to provide some cushion but no bulk under my leg. It is a Rambo New Market Handy Pad. It has a pad in the front like a padded bra would. Works. Yes, my saddle fit initially, just had to figure out the pad.

Once you get the right pad underneath, you can add another pad like the wool back. Just don’t pad it up, then your saddle may not fit. For endurance I had thin cotton type pads then a wool back on top of it. I could change out the thin pad to a fresh clean one at vet checks, or when training. The wool back would get wet sometimes, but I would still have a clean pad next to the skin, and the wool back on top.

[Cindyg]

The Dixie Midnight pad will not slip.

[JeanM]

I have two western saddles, both of which are great fits on my mare. The issue I’ve experienced has been that the blanket I have between the saddles and the Limpet pads is what “walks.” Solution: a strip of rug liner - the rubbery-plastic mesh that you put under a throw rug to keep it from slipping - between the Limpet and the blanket.

[KSquared]

I also have this issue. My Welsh-y type girl doesn’t fit in a medium wide, but somewhere between a Medium wide and a wide. The saddle I have on trial right now I think might be a TAD wide, but I didn’t have a girth short enough to fully test it. But the saddle didn’t move, the pad did. It fits her well and clears her giant shoulders which is where the sticky saddle fit is.

Thank you for this thread, as it has held some good answers.