Hello! I picked up a super nice western trail saddle but I am thinking it doesn’t fit anything I own. I bought it off someone who had a arab/qh cross and I have Arabs and mustangs.
All my horses have flat broad short backs. This saddle when I do up the front cinch the whole back lifts up. It still lifts up when I do up the rear cinch.
I’m thinking its meant for a more curvy back?
Without seeing it on your horse, it’s kind of impossible to say.
Usually, when a saddle lifts up in the back, it means the gullet is too wide in front.
Does the tree come off the back or just the skirt? Some western saddles seem to come up a bit in the skirt to give the horse more freedom on trails to change the shape of their back.
Agree with above, that if the tree comes up in back, the saddle is likely too wide.
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