size of cinch?

[No_Angel]

ive got my eye on a treeless western saddle, tho no one is buying my trekker dressage saddle thats on its second time on ebay:rolleyes:
its just occured to me that she will need a different girth as its got western rigging not an english girthing attachment.
so, how big a cinch will i need?
it it measured the same way as a dressage girth?
i will probably try it on a few horses (if i can), but it will mainly be for ceryn and susie. ceryn is 14hh, and susie is 12hh.

[No_Angel]

bump:)

[Just.Jump]

If it doesn't have any, you'll need to add a cinch attachment to both sides- I don't know if western saddles come rigged over there or not.

You have a lot more room to choose once you've got the attachments (you certainly can't attach a cinch to the rings without them!)- I don't know the absolute sizing, but you can easily go large or small.

Generally, you want something that leaves maybe about a foot or so of strap attaching the cinch to buckle once you've tied everything up (I wouldn't advise using the cinch buckle like a regular buckle)

[Lil Me]

you can get converters for westerns that alow u to use your dressage girth! that may be cheaper and easier!!!

[Just.Jump]

Converters? Are you reffering to something specific? In reality, you can use the cinch latigos (haven't looked up the actual name, so latigo it is!) on anyything with a buckle, which is what I've seen for a lot of dressage girths.

[No_Angel]

the saddle im looking at already has a strap to attach the girth onto, so id just need a girth.
the converters are cashel converers and you can change western to english and english to western
http://www.kmeliteproducts.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=ride002&PHPSESSID=c553eda2f139929642813b5f8265d3e0

[Just.Jump]

I shoulda just looked this up for you earlier- generally 3/4 of the questions here are easily researched :cool:

http://equisearch.com/horses_riding_training/tack_apparel/western/eqcinchg293/

[Jessey]

Yep they are pretty similar to a dressage girth, you need to make sure the buckles sit clear of the elbows, Bo has a 24" dressage girth but its a little short, his cinch is 28" although I can get away with a slightly longer one, esp. in the summer when he is a little rounder :D Do also take into account that the bucles on a cinch are quite a bit bigger so you may need to allow another inch or two to make sure the bottom of it clears the elbow.

J x