Bareback Pad Advice
(Apologies if this seems like spam, but I wanted to post this question separate from the cooler one so it wouldn't be a lot to read.) Many of you probably saw my bareback post, so this may seem like an odd question. However, one of the horses I train is Paso Fino, which are completely gaited horses (they can't even trot at all). Gaited horses are super hard to fit with conventional saddles, and the dressage one that I've been using has been making her back sore. On top of her extremely PF "crazy" mind, this just isn't a good match as you can imagine. Buying a full saddle would be super expensive, and as I suspect she has DSLD, her riding career is going to be very light until she reaches the point where she cannot comfortably be ridden. I'm looking into Signum Omega's Paddle because stirrups can be attached and it's close enough to a saddle, but it should work much for the mare because it doesn't have a tree. Do any of you have any experience with them, or know of other bareback style pads like SOs? I'm willing to look into the other SOs if you think they're better than the paddle.