I have a wonderful saddle with a taller cantle and large blocks that I affectionately call my “seatbelt” saddle. It’s great for sticking the random sit, spin, and bolt that my horse does about once a year. In that saddle, I have survived this move. However, the twist is fairly wide and it hurts my hips to ride in every ride.
So I was riding in my non-seatbelt saddle (Passier GG) because it’s easy on my hips and he pulled this and I hit the dirt, injuring my SI ligament. I’ve already had surgery on both hips to repair labral tears, so my lower body/pelvis is just a bit of a mess, I can’t hit the dirt too many times otherwise the surgeons (who already tut tut at me) may stop deciding to treat me LOL
So - is there such a thing as a lovely high cantle and decent blocked saddle in a narrow twist? This will help me feel a bit more confident in the saddle. I don’t anticipate that it will save me from every move, but since I don’t want to be riding defensively looking out for that “one time a year” event.
And I should add - when he does it it’s totally fair and not dirty. First time turkeys flew over the arena gate from below, second time something popped up behind a low arena wall directly as we were coming towards it, this time horses in a nearby paddock started galloping at him out of the dark. First two times I survived because I was in the seatbelt saddle and I had a decent contact, last time I was walking on the buckle. He’s not trying to lose me, it’s pretty honest. Just…quite athletic.
