Do any of you have good results with stacking Thinline shims in the Trifecta pad? Referring to stacking 2 rear 1/4 inch shims to raise the cantle of saddle on a horse with a “dippy” back…wonder if it would cause pressure points, but the product is so shock absorbent, I wouldn’t think it would be an issue.
I have stacked the ThinLine pads in the BOT/ThinLine Contender II pad.
I have only stacked the pads for horses whose backs dip down drastically, either through VERY croup high conformation or old age. For these horses I use the center pocket “bridging shims”. I combined the thick ThinLine pad with the thin ThinLine pad in the center pockets and the saddle stabilized on the horses’ backs with the stacked shims.
I have not needed to use the front or rear shims, and thus I have not stacked them, or rather on a horse (OTTB) that maybe could have used the front pads I switched to the Corrector pad with front shims, they just laid better on the horse’s back to work with this horse’s minor wither pockets.
Tried it today, but it does not work as well as my simple, inexpensive Cashel with the raised rear. I’m also going to look into the ProLite Raised Rear half pad…it looks seamless, compared to stacking shims in the Thinline.
I had to stack shims in my half Pad because my horse was built very uphill. If I had to use two shims, I was told to trim the edges so they staircased. So it wasn’t one drastic change between shim and no shim.
i took it a step further and instead of just “stairs”, I smoothed the edges so they were sloped/slanted together. I hated the idea of stair case staking them, not sure why, but it never sat well with me. It might have not been that big of a deal since my half pad had sheepskin on it to help reduce the pressure points, but it still didn’t matter to me.
I used an electric meat cuter to trim the edges at an angle.
