Signs Your Saddle May Not Fit Properly

Does your horse demonstrate any of the following characteristics?

• Unwilling to stand still when being mounted
• Sensitive to being brushed along the back
  
• Objects to being saddled or girthed
  
• Muscle atrophy along the spine or withers
• Sores or white hairs along the back
• Temporary swellings after the saddle is removed
• Unable to stride out
• Stumbling or tripping regularly
• Rushing at fences or refusing jumps
• Difficulty traveling straight
• Resists gait transitions
• Bucks or rears frequently
• Pins ears or swishes tail during riding
• Unable to engage hind end
  
• Resists rounding his back or neck

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