How straight you sit makes a difference for the horse, but you have to realize you move anyway... We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website. In part one about rider… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/effect-rider-part-two/
Yup, the rider affects what the horse feels too. It's not all just the saddle... Subscribe to RSS Feed Daring to walk into a lion’s den here… When discussing “big picture saddle fit”, we have to look at more than just the tree and the saddle. There… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/effect-rider-part-one/
Telling a story on ourselves, but with a point... When Rod learned from Julian Tubb how to build trees, he was given this pattern. It was to make leg cut on cantles to give riders a bit of relief if the front edge of the… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/its-not-pattern/
Where is the rider's weight really centered under a saddle? Maybe not where you think... Subscribe to RSS Feed We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/center-pressure-under-saddle/
