Porky pony
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♥Apr. 10th, 2014 // 04:19 pm♥
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The saddler came to visit this morning, which was well timed: I booked it about a month ago, and about a fortnight ago GB starting whinging about his saddle being uncomfortable.
She had a feel around and swapped the metal gullet plate from a black one to a blue one, the next size up. Given that a year ago he was in a green, the next size *down*, and that I've never known him go above a black, I was rather boggled by this. However, when I jumped onboard he did feel freer when he stepped out, and when I asked him for a canter he didn't throw in the little buck he's lately got so fond of and that, thank you hind-sight, was apparently an early warning that his saddle was pinching.
We think it must be a combination of the start of the spring grass, the Cushings pills and the fact that our new riding instructor is having me do work that pushes him more, so he's muscling up: he has put on a little on the weigh tape, but he's still well below where he's been with the black plate in, so it must be better muscle development around his shoulders.
The Baby's saddle is unchanged, but she was very complimentary about how well he's developing. She's of the opinion that we'll think about getting him a new saddle around this time next year: he's just in a cheapo one at the moment (the same as GB has, so not bad, just cheap!), and while it's not an actively bad / damaging / painful fit, it's also not a brilliant one. There's no point in spending a fortune on a saddle for a horse that's still filling out, though, so we wait, and bits of extra padding are used. |
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