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Author Topic: HELP ME PLEASE!!!! HorsebackRider1578 Member Member # 2496 posted May 15, 2004 04:36 PM         i know this is sad, but when i put on the saddle with the blanket, and i tighten the girth and i get on, my saddle seems sideways. is there anything i can do before i get on to make sure the saddle is on stright so it won't hurt my horse and cause an accident.....sry im just new to this. -------------------- Life without horses? I don't think so! Throw everything you have over a fence, and jump for it! horseback riding isn't a sport or hobbie, its a addiction!!! Posts: 38 | From: MA | Registered: May 2004 Blistering Winds Member Member # 843 posted May 15, 2004 04:43 PM         Cinch teh saddle up. Then walk your horse in a circle, both ways. Before you get on, cinch the saddle tight. After you get in the saddle, if it is still slightly off, stand in the opposite stirrup to straighten up. I use the fence or a mounting block now to mount the horse. Saves their back from the pull from mounting, and my saddle doesn't shift. -------------------- Horses should not be treated as people. They should be respected for who they are and what they are capable of doing! Born Free Now Expensive Posts: 4337 | From: Texas | Registered: Oct 2003 CANDYGIRL Member Member # 719 posted May 15, 2004 04:45 PM         I am pressuming this is a western saddle? If so I am sorry I know nothing about them. If it's English, then I may be able to help(used to work for a saddle fitter) Can someone else help this member -------------------- NO FOOT NO HORSE Proud owner of Hollybush Picollo Posts: 2620 | From: England | Registered: Sep 2003 CANDYGIRL Member Member # 719 posted May 15, 2004 04:45 PM         Sorry BW - posting at same time LOL -------------------- NO FOOT NO HORSE Proud owner of Hollybush Picollo Posts: 2620 | From: England | Registered: Sep 2003 HorsebackRider1578 Member Member # 2496 posted May 15, 2004 06:25 PM         this is a english saddle. i do use a mounting block and im 5'1 so im short....maybe i should stand on a crate or sumthing to check? keep the comments coming! -Ben -------------------- Life without horses? I don't think so! Throw everything you have over a fence, and jump for it! horseback riding isn't a sport or hobbie, its a addiction!!! Posts: 38 | From: MA | Registered: May 2004 Sandra-A1 Member Member # 588 posted May 15, 2004 06:30 PM         If you have to cinch your saddle tighter than necessary to keep it from slipping when you mount there could be a few reasons that you are having this problem that do need to be looked into. The first BlisteringWinds covered...your horse blowing up while cinching. The walking around and cinching gradually should do the trick. Most horses develop this trick in self-defense because of being cinched too tight in the past. I would also check the cinch to see if it is the correct length and width....sometimes something as simple as changing to a different type and or lenght cinch will solve the problem! Another problem to consider is that the saddle does not fit properly...it could be simply because of the type of saddle blankets and or padding you are using under your saddle. So you might want to try less or more and see if the situation improves. If the reason is because of a saddle tree that is not the correct size for your horse then you will have to seek out one that will fit. Another reason should be your mounting style. You are pulling on the saddle instead of using your arms and legs to lift you up and into the saddle. If you have a riding instructor you need to be practicing your mounting as if you were competing in an equitation class. When mounting correctly there is little, if any pulling on the saddle. If this is not possible, because you do not have an instructor available, then do as Blistering Winds suggested and use a mounting aid such as a mounting block, fence, even a nice big bucket. Using a mounting block of some type is my preferred method of mounting since this old body and legs have lost a bit of the spring necessary for springing up...LOL! I make sure any horse of ours is trained to stand by what ever object being used to assist my mounting. It really comes in handy at shows when your in some sort of costume, riding sidesaddle, or just trying to keep your boots, chaps or other show clothes clean and out of mud. -------------------- "It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -Dumbledore Posts: 1863 | From: Alabama | Registered: Aug 2003 HorsebackRider1578 Member Member # 2496 posted May 15, 2004 06:48 PM         k thnx, well the horse(s) i ride at this camp have the tack all set and things so that covers that but befroe we all mount i'll walk him in a few circles and tighten it. i should be bale to figure it out! thnx guys!!!!! ppl can still send more suggestions and comments! Thnx! -Ben -------------------- Life without horses? I don't think so! Throw everything you have over a fence, and jump for it! horseback riding isn't a sport or hobbie, its a addiction!!! Posts: 38 | From: MA | Registered: May 2004

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