Hello everyone! I am in desperate need of advice on some tack issues. I have been having some struggles with finding a girth for a while now. I recently got a new CWD mademoiselle and as I’m sure everyone knows the billets are SUPER short. When I say supper short I mean that my horse went in a 56" girth before and I had to hunt down a 60" to use for my new saddle- which was nearly impossible. Now the combination of my billets stretching and the elastic on my 60 inch girth stretching has made it so that the 60 inch is far too long, but I have tried multiple 56" girths that I can’t even get on the first holes. I have tried a girth extender to see if that could help me get the girth on (put it on first wit the extender, wait a few minutes and try without the extender) but the 56 is still far too short. All this being said, what I really need is a 58. Ordered a 58 (different make, so I was asking for this) and it actually measures 54" which was very disappointing. I’m not interested in a girth extender as a long term solution, I just want a girth that fits for pete’s sake!
I was looking at the CWD flexmotion girths, as they are offered in a 58, does anyone know how they run? My 60 is a CWD as well, but it is the classic girth, and that was true to size but I heard that the more anatomical ones run differently- does anyone have any experience with this?
I am also looking at the So Jump stirrup leathers (might as well order a few things at a time to get free shipping lol) from CWD does anyone have any knowledge about the sizing? According to the size chart on their website I am in between sizes (oh joy) and I don’t know which size would work best for me. The size chart puts me in between a Medium and a Large, but my current stirrup leathers measure (from stirrup bar to eye of the iron) 19 inches which would put me in between a Small and a Medium, I am 5’9" for reference or 175 cm which is exactly on the cut off in between sizes. The overlap between sizes is less than 2 inches, so I would love to get it right the first time and not have to deal with returns. I currently have stability stirrup leathers, but not CWD, and already know I love them but my current ones have stretched out to the point where they are no longer useable (can’t tighten them anymore without being on the “thick” part of the stirrup leather where an iron won’t fit)- any thoughts would be appreciated!