I just ordered...

[lupinfarm]

... My new Wintec Western

I hope it fits her, It should though I ended up getting the synthetic because of her shorter than normal back and because I don't intend on riding hard in it all the time.

 

[michickenwrangler]

So you found one with a 15" seat? Great!

Hope you get to break it in soon!

 

[lupinfarm]

17" seat! I had to order it, I tried the 15"... awful, way too tight and my thighs hit the front. I tried the 16", still a bit tight. so I ordered a 17"

Wicked excited, it won't be put on Mylie until the snow and ice are gone and I can work with her in the round pen I'm getting in April. My trainer isn't going to be super pleased I bought a western, but oh well! Mylie isn't super hard to fit, so the saddle should fit her.

 

[michickenwrangler]

I'm ready to get conditioning for spring endurance rides, but I just sprained my hand and the trails are icy, so it'll have to wait. It's been interesting gathering eggs and milking goats.

I was given a weird look when I went to a dressage clinic in my treeless Sports Saddle. Your trainer will live.

What kind of horse is Mylie?

 

[lupinfarm]

She's a Friesian/QH, she's more QH through the back, chunky in the legs and a huge butt. She has a nice refined Friesian face too and wavy hair

See what I mean? Not too wide through the chest either. I won't lie, she's got some bulk but I think she lucked out by being a light draft (and actually Friesians are considered light horses, not drafts) cross rather than a conventional draft cross. Her feet aren't even that huge either, which is nice lol. She's about 15.2-15.3hh now, she could get to 16hh.

I'm pretty confident the saddle is going to fit, my gelding was much wider across the back with non-existent withers and he fit excellently into a Medium-Wide noname english A/P with a Medium-Wide gullet My Perch/Paint fit into the same too. I think I've just had good luck with horses and saddles over the years, we've never had a horse that was hard to fit.

My trainer is a dressage trainer But she's a close family friend and I wouldn't trust anyone else with my horse (except for Mylie's farrier, he trained her originally and he has this awesome bond with her, I just can't afford his training fees lol or I would send her straight there right now -- She'd be pretty desensitized in 30 days and bombproof in 90 days, he's a huge believer in Clinton Anderson methods). Daina will get over it She just thinks I'm all back into english riding when really I just want to ride western.

 

[michickenwrangler]

I like her dappling. I bet she just gleams in the summertime after a bath. How long is her mane? You can't really see in the pictures.

Looks a lot like Michigan there in Ontario.

Do the Wintec westerns have the changeable gullet like the English? I have a Wintec 500 dressage as my English saddle with the changeable gullet. Izzie, being an endurance horse, loses about 100lbs every summer getting in shape so I either need a flexible tree or a changeable one for her.

 

[lupinfarm]

the Wintec Westerns really are just like a regular western except they're lighter and easy to clean. No changeable gullet, and as far as I know they only come in Semi QH and Full QH bars... but don't hold me to it!

 

[michickenwrangler]

I know some endurance riders use them for that reason. Abettas are popular too.

Brushed my horse today--left handed, quite difficult, especially currying.

Enjoy!

47 more days until April 1st--warm weather!!

 

[ducks4you]

17" seat! I had to order it, I tried the 15"... awful, way too tight and my thighs hit the front. I tried the 16", still a bit tight. so I ordered a 17"

See--just like jeans. Congratulations, and I hope you WEAR IT OUT HAVING A BLAST!!!!

 

[lupinfarm]

17" seat! I had to order it, I tried the 15"... awful, way too tight and my thighs hit the front. I tried the 16", still a bit tight. so I ordered a 17"

See--just like jeans. Congratulations, and I hope you WEAR IT OUT HAVING A BLAST!!!!

HAHA since you mentioned jeans, I wore super tight jeans out that day not knowing I was going to Wilton Tack and there was a definite struggle to get on that saddle in them LOL