Saddle to right and right canter???

[miggy]

Would a saddle that was sitting to the horses right, at the back, cause problems going into canter on the right rein?
Am having problems with P bucking going into canter on the right rein, left canter is great and its just not her to do that, its not a naughty whoppee type buck its a buck scrunch up dont like can we stop this kind of buck (make any sense?)
Her saddle is definitely not straight at the back, it sits to the right and is up a bit on the left.
Would that make sense? Have never been any good with spatial awareness :)
Dont tell me to contact a saddle fitter as believe me I have tried!

[Bay Mare]

Yes, if the saddle fits as you have described it will be causing problems and is probably the cause of the bucks. It will also be causing pressure points and can adversely affect the back and general musculature over time.

In your shoes I would be looking at getting a different saddle and definitely a different saddler who actually knew how to fit rather than just sell saddles.

Do you have any piccies?

[Remmy]

Agree with Bay Mare.... sounds as though the tree 'may' be twisted! Not really fixable despite what people might say.

[joshes mum]

Sounds to me like you need the help of poohsmate.;):D

[miggy]

hi, tree isnt twisted, its a new saddle, think its the horses back thats wonky!

Dawnhaytree-believe me I would love the help of Poohsmate :D

[cvb]

if you could see me sitting here trying to pretend to be a horse :rolleyes:

anyhow - if there is some kind of issue with the straightness in the spine or pelvis, or problem with a hind leg joint - this could both shift the saddle *and* cause problems in the canter transition.

My mare has a left hock problem. She doesn't shift the saddle sideways - as with her what tends to happen is the pelvis is also affected and doesn't move as much as it should. But she does struggle more with right canter, both up and down (much better *in* the canter).

[unicornleather]

One of the main causes that a saddle slides over to the off side(other than a twisted tree or rider is riding wonky) is that most equines (though not all) muscle up more on the near side than the off side, the extra muscle (trapezius especially) acts as a shim and pushes the saddles over to the off side. We, as saddlers, have to add more flock in the off side to compensate, as you do with side saddles.
Oz :)