Ros, could you explain about the pressure points, I bought a humane girth for Breeze, must admit it wasn't used much as I use a western saddle now. But I thought the humane girth would be far less restricting for the horse as it moved with them, as opposed to a girth that was ungiving.
Surely if there are pressure points, they would be more pronouned with a girth that had no give as the saddle is fixed. Ideally we are talking about a saddle that fits the horse, the reasoning behind the humane girth is that the saddle is held at the same tension all the time, as one leg steps forward, that side gives, but the tension is counteracted on the other side.
The ones that were stitched wrongly are by the by anyway as they had a fault in thier manufacturing. Would they not have been the equivalent to a normal girth as the give and take was eliminated due to the error?
I am not favouring the humane girth, just interested in your reply - I have never been a lover of the elasicated girth, I feel these can be over tightened far too easily.
Lesley
Surely if there are pressure points, they would be more pronouned with a girth that had no give as the saddle is fixed. Ideally we are talking about a saddle that fits the horse, the reasoning behind the humane girth is that the saddle is held at the same tension all the time, as one leg steps forward, that side gives, but the tension is counteracted on the other side.
The ones that were stitched wrongly are by the by anyway as they had a fault in thier manufacturing. Would they not have been the equivalent to a normal girth as the give and take was eliminated due to the error?
I am not favouring the humane girth, just interested in your reply - I have never been a lover of the elasicated girth, I feel these can be over tightened far too easily.
Lesley