I am having a nightmare getting a saddle to fit my cob. I knew my saddle didn't fit her properly so I called out the saddler and paid her £20 for her to tell me it didn't fit
She then came back with a selection of saddles (thorowgoods and wintecs) The only one the actually looked like it fitted was the Wintec wide. I rode in the school and it felt fine. The problem is it slips really badly. She spooked the other day and it slipped round and because she is hogged I had nothing to hold onto so off we came.
I checked that the girth was tight enough and used the outer of the 4 straps. I am still trying to sell my last saddle (which is only 4 moths old) so don't have the budget for a brand new leather saddle (£370 is about the limit).
I rung the saddler today and she is coming back out (another £20!) but explained that I was always going to have some slippage because she is a round cob.
Liv has given me a bucket load of confidence back but I need a saddle that I can rely to stay on. Plus at the moment despite her being 15.2 and me being 5,9 I have to mount from a gate because the saddle just slips if I even touch the stirrups on mounting.
Does anyone have any advice on saddles or ways of keeping the saddle on her.
Thanks
She then came back with a selection of saddles (thorowgoods and wintecs) The only one the actually looked like it fitted was the Wintec wide. I rode in the school and it felt fine. The problem is it slips really badly. She spooked the other day and it slipped round and because she is hogged I had nothing to hold onto so off we came.
I checked that the girth was tight enough and used the outer of the 4 straps. I am still trying to sell my last saddle (which is only 4 moths old) so don't have the budget for a brand new leather saddle (£370 is about the limit).
I rung the saddler today and she is coming back out (another £20!) but explained that I was always going to have some slippage because she is a round cob.
Liv has given me a bucket load of confidence back but I need a saddle that I can rely to stay on. Plus at the moment despite her being 15.2 and me being 5,9 I have to mount from a gate because the saddle just slips if I even touch the stirrups on mounting.
Does anyone have any advice on saddles or ways of keeping the saddle on her.
Thanks