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Liz100
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 Posted - 17 Feb 2015 : 12:43:53 PM
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I'm so disappointed - I love the saddle and find it extremely comfortable, but unfortunately it slips forwards. Having another go with the next size down next week.
Was really hoping to be ready to start the new season of pleasure rides in March. Not looking too good now!
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Silver
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Posted - 17 Feb 2015 : 2:53:38 PM
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That is the problem we had with our LM saddle on one of our horses it kept slipping forward and has now created small pressure lumps on our horses back that will not disappear we were told they were blocked sweat glands.
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Callisto
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Posted - 25 Feb 2015 : 4:12:27 PM
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Only just caught up with this thread, I did try a friend's Strada and liked it, but Lily shied at some black tyre marks in the road at a trot and I disappeared over her shoulder  . It was a show style one though, so minimal knee rolls. I then tried an Ideal Jessica - v. comfortable and secure, but Lily wasn't quite right. Then went to a master saddler with a vast array of second hand saddles and a good reputation, tried a number of different dressage styles but ended up with a Silhouette Working Hunter (no I hadn't heard of them either). It didn't have the knee rolls I wanted to make me feel secure, but Lily moves noticeably better in it, I have hunted and hacked in it and haven't parted company with her (yet). Am praying that this one is the right one, as our saddle saga would fill a short and depressing book..... |
  Zahkira (GR Amaretto x Taffetta)
Linda
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glo
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Posted - 25 Feb 2015 : 5:55:24 PM
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Sorry you haven't managed to sort your saddle problem, years ago I had a mare on loan, she had a wide back and rib cage but was very narrow between the front legs, more like a tringle shape, my saddle would slip forward. Never managed to get a saddle to stay put. She was show bred and very pretty but no thought had been given to her career as a riding horse, I would say a huge conflation fault. I used to ride her up hill most of the way and lead her back!
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glo
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Liz100
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Posted - 25 Feb 2015 : 10:07:23 PM
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Thanks ladies. I had kind of gone off the idea of Strada, but might be revisiting it, as the Lavinia Mitchell idea doesn't seem to be working out too well.
Callisto, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you! Hope you have found 'the one'.
Glo, I wonder whether that's Raf's problem as he has big shoulders with a big movement, but is quite narrow at the front and wide at the back, with a forward girth groove. I wouldn't say he was the pretty show type though! |
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Misper
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Posted - 26 Feb 2015 : 10:00:26 AM
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Hi Liz100,
One of my mares has a Strada saddle,fitted by Ilga 18 months ago. Since then,she has gone from a Novice to Advanced endurance horse and seems to be comfortable. Having said that,Ilga is coming to check the fit in a couple of weekends time. Stradas are definitely worth trying,they might not work for all,but the big bonus is that Ilga is a very knowledgeable and honest fitter and certainly in my case,was prepared to leave a demo saddle with me for a couple of weeks so Lantana and I could get a good feel for it.She also is accepting if the owner feels that the saddle is not right for the horse.
Callisto,it is possible that the tree size was not right for your horse if it had not been professionally fitted,hence the slipping? If the Strada saddle really fits it should not slip,particularly as it is recommended not to do the girth up too tight! |
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Callisto
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Posted - 26 Feb 2015 : 10:49:06 AM
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| Hi Misper, the saddle didn't slip at all, it's just that Lily can teleport sideways really quickly whilst slamming to an instant stop, and I shot off. I have nothing against the Strada - I really liked it, but I found a saddle that Lily moved better in before I went further with having a Strada saddle fitting. On the saga with saddles, my sister has been through 5 in the last 12 months with her new boy, they are now in an endurance style reactor panel saddle, which they are both very happy with so far, but the proof of the pudding will be when they really start covering the miles again during the 2015 endurance season. |
Zahkira (GR Amaretto x Taffetta)
Linda
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Misper
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Posted - 26 Feb 2015 : 11:51:11 AM
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Hi Callisto,
Sorry,I misunderstood. My Strada has no knee rolls,and I must say,that is the one thing I would change if buying another,as there is very little to help you stay on. Good luck to you both for the new season! |
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Silver
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Posted - 26 Feb 2015 : 2:22:33 PM
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| Misper why is the girth recommended not to be done up to tightly ? our mare hated the Strada from the first moment she was sat on she broncoed round the school and bucked every time she was asked to canter and we were told she was being Diva and was then asked what we did we do when she acted like that ! She never acted like that before at all.Our other mare was fine in it for a few months but then developed a sore back behind her withers. |
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Misper
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Posted - 27 Feb 2015 : 06:00:30 AM
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Hi Silver,
I was told this by Ilga and I believe the reasoning is that the Strada is a close contact saddle. As I say,I know of people who swear by these saddles but others whose horses have not got on with them at all - horses for courses.My three horses are in different makes of saddles and I have found saddle fitting a very tricky (and expensive!) business - would horses could talk! |
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glo
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Posted - 26 Aug 2020 : 07:59:47 AM
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| Just found this three again! All these years later, I now ride in Strada saddles! And I love them! Strange how things change. How is everyone else getting on! |
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