- Saddles are major problems for all horses. Here's why:
- Saddles just can't fit horses correctly.
If you look closely at your horse's back, you will see signs of atrophy in the back and hip muscles (Muscle shrinkage.) These muscles must build and develop under saddles. Every time I examined horses, I almost always found the trouble in withers and surrounding areas. The low side must be allowed to build up and even out the top line.
In human athletes, pelvic girdle and leg muscle problems stem from neuro lymphatic reflex centers and acupuncture meridian connectors. These centers are located on our upper spine; on horses, these sensitive spots lie exactly where saddle bars rest.
This constant pressure over-stimulates muscle groups, reducing muscle efficiency, especially in pelvic girdle muscles (rear end), forcing horses on the forehand, favoring leads and diagonals, among other things.
Decreased circulation is only one problem that can be caused by using wrong saddle pads. Check your horse using these simple tests:- Look at your horse. Sit on him bareback and look down at his upper shoulders (below hollow of withers). You will see that one shoulder is more developed, with larger muscles.
- Place your hands on his shoulder blades, (left hand on left blade, right hand on right blade). Have someone lead your horse off. You will feel one shoulder dropping lower as your horse moves. Now get off and have someone lead your horse away from you.
- Observe your horse's hip action. Do both hips rise and fall equally? Does one side remain lower with each step? (Unequal hip action gives you early warning of Hock, Stifle, Leg problems.)
Even worse, with riders mounted, saddles ROLL, placing more weight on lower shoulder muscles, which are very large, important muscle groups. This constant stress interferes with proper blood flow and blocks certain reflex centers, causing impaired function.
Trying to escape this pressure, horses pull affected shoulders further down. This unnatural motion not only promotes muscle shrinkage, but causes mechanical imbalance, stressing the entire equine body (especially the rear -- again, Hocks, Stifle, and Legs).
A stressed, unbalanced horse can no longer be a free flowing, supple mover. It might tire quickly, leads may not come easily, and its attitude could deteriorate. These effects are especially serious in strenuous competitive conditions. Your horse can never reach its full potential, and problems started when that first saddle was cinched on.
- Only ONE Saddle Pad Solves This Problem!
Other materials pack, settle, conform to unequal development, then aggravate muscles. Our exclusive material retains its original form, even after thousands of compressions. We've encased ˝” of this high impact, energy deflecting material in supple, specially tanned leather, so that everything breathes. This process produces the only saddle pads that can protect any horse's vital systems under all conditions.
Early
fatigue, unexplained body soreness,
crankiness, tail wringing, refusals,
uneven leads, uneven diagonals, weak behind,
(Hocks/Legs again), loss of
lateral flexibility, among other problems---
All can be caused by the same muscle stress
that causes problems in humans.
If you put constant pressure on your own muscles (crossing your legs, resting your arm against the window sill while you're driving, sitting too long), you lose normal blood flow. This loss of flow causes temporary anemia, called ischemia, in muscles. When you try moving them, they tingle, ache, feel "dead." You can't use those muscles until they regain normal circulation ("wake up").
- That's how saddle pressure affects your horse. Saddle bars cut off normal circulation if his saddle pad packs down, bunches up -- no longer provides protection. Asymmetrical conformation (one shoulder/hip lower) makes common saddle pad materials pack even faster. Your horse can get in trouble very quickly with conventional saddle pads.
SaddleRight Pads NEVER Stop Protecting Your Horse
That's why I designed our SaddleRight pad.
Our material constantly distributes rider weight away from saddle bars, effectively relieving steady pressure every horse would otherwise suffer. Our pad's high rebound properties guarantee that it will always resume its original shape.
Why gel, air, fluid -- any other pad-- just won't work
The latest in mattress structure.Initially, we tried to compartmentalize (create small cells), however,
this just created a hard surface under the saddle bars, basically just a hard extension
of the bars! It simply does not work.
Note where the shoulder and hip is
forcing air or liquid down and away.
This may be comfortable for the person, but
the pressure below the
shoulder and hip would be increased!
The shoulder and hip represent the saddle
pressure directly below the
SADDLE BARS on the horses back.
A saddle pushes down against a liquid or air
pad, pushing it away from the
pressure, giving some comfort to the rider
but over stimulates and increases pressure
on the horse’s back.
Other pads just pack down or compress
prematurely, offering no protection.
This was the problem we successfully worked
to overcome in 1986.
This is why we state "a saddle pad should
NEVER allow a saddle and rider’s
weight to press steadily against the horses
back". With our pad, horses experience less
pressure,
horse and rider receive less shock!
The success of our pad is due to the complex densities of this one of a kind material—produced by only one company. Yes, it costs more to produce than inferior products on the market today. But, SaddleRight pads are Guaranteed to improve your horse - and remain effective FOREVER!