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How Your Horse's Shape Affects Saddle Fit
It's impossible to fit all horses with one saddle - even with a host of different saddle pads. There's just too much variation in the physical shape of the different horse breeds. That's the bad news. The good news is that it is possible to fit most horses of a particular physical type with one well-designed saddle.
Think of the working cowboy. Could he afford to buy a different saddle for each horse he rode? Not on cowboy wages. And yet, if his saddle caused soreness for the boss's horses, he wasn't a working cowboy for long. He needed a high quality, well-built saddle designed for the physical type of horses he rode. That's proper saddle fit.
That's what you need, too. With a suitable quality saddle and a variety of saddle pads, you should be able to ride many horses of the same physical type.
Such a saddle should comfortably clear a horse's withers, allow for free movement of the shoulders, be the proper length and shape for its back, and be well balanced to provide good weight distribution. That's proper saddle fit.
Multiple saddles will be necessary if you ride horses of different breeds or significantly different sizes, or if you ride horses that deviate from the norm for their physical type (i.e. a narrow, high withered Quarter Horse). Definitely something to keep in mind when you're out horse shopping.
It's impossible to fit all horses with one saddle - even with a host of different saddle pads. There's just too much variation in the physical shape of the different horse breeds. That's the bad news. The good news is that it is possible to fit most horses of a particular physical type with one well-designed saddle.
Think of the working cowboy. Could he afford to buy a different saddle for each horse he rode? Not on cowboy wages. And yet, if his saddle caused soreness for the boss's horses, he wasn't a working cowboy for long. He needed a high quality, well-built saddle designed for the physical type of horses he rode. That's proper saddle fit.
That's what you need, too. With a suitable quality saddle and a variety of saddle pads, you should be able to ride many horses of the same physical type.
Such a saddle should comfortably clear a horse's withers, allow for free movement of the shoulders, be the proper length and shape for its back, and be well balanced to provide good weight distribution. That's proper saddle fit.
Multiple saddles will be necessary if you ride horses of different breeds or significantly different sizes, or if you ride horses that deviate from the norm for their physical type (i.e. a narrow, high withered Quarter Horse). Definitely something to keep in mind when you're out horse shopping.