Saddle Fitting - The Things You Should Know.
I just heard about a really good book about saddle fitting. It is a book by Joyce Harman called "The Pain-free Back and Saddle Fit book" "The Pain-free Back and Saddle Fit book" and has excellent information on saddle fitting for both horse and rider. It includes information on treeless saddles as well as western saddles and critical things you need to look out for when assessing the manafacturing quality of saddles. This aspect is often overlooked and it is useful to have a reference of things to keep in mind when saddle shopping.
Many horse spine and other structural health problems are caused by ill-fitting saddles with perhaps uneven girth attachment, different sized panels, or even twisted trees, so it is essential that you remember to look out for these things when selecting your new or used saddle.
Even expensive ones can have these faults occasionally and you never know the real reason why someone is selling their used saddle – it maybe because the saddle has been found to cause just such problems for both rider and horse.
This book is really recommended and is just about the best book on saddle fitting currently on the market which covers all these things. It should be one of those reference items in your library of essential horse books. If you are not convinced, see what others say about this book by reading the reviews on Amazon.
