Post by nhg on Oct 31, 2015 17:05:23 GMT
I can't remember if I posted about this before, I think I did. That LD and Heather and another friend and I went to see Vic Bennett who is a high end saddle maker and got to tour his shop and learn a lot about saddle fit. My friend is having him custom fit her horse because he's a bit oddly built in the shoulder area. He came to see her horse yesterday and to try a tree on him. My friend was working so I got to go out and get the horse ready for him to see him.
He was showing me how a tree should fit on a horse and why it should never be too far forward. I knew that but have never seen it like that. I have a tendancy to put mine a little too far forward so it was really good to see why you don't want to. He also mentioned again what he'd told us when we went there. That a wider gullet will not be a better fit for a wider horse. It just makes the gullet drop lower. It's basic physics and I always wondered why people did that so it was good to hear from a respected saddlemaker that my thoughts were correct.
He was showing me how a tree should fit on a horse and why it should never be too far forward. I knew that but have never seen it like that. I have a tendancy to put mine a little too far forward so it was really good to see why you don't want to. He also mentioned again what he'd told us when we went there. That a wider gullet will not be a better fit for a wider horse. It just makes the gullet drop lower. It's basic physics and I always wondered why people did that so it was good to hear from a respected saddlemaker that my thoughts were correct.
