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| Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 01:52 pm |
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TheBlaze G.O.G Community Member 
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My understanding is that we are allowed to mention other brands of saddles that do not compete for business with Gaits of Gold such as english saddles since GoG doesn't make an english saddle. Brenda herself once recommened Lovatt & Ricketts saddles to me.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 02:22 pm |
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whattarack Pasture Boss 
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Yeh. So enjoy your discussion about dressage saddles and know that Brenda has been asked for years to offer an English saddle by all those who fell in love with the 4Beat but wanted an English version. We don't have one . . . yet. ;)
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 03:11 pm |
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Lakota G.O.G Community Member 
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A Clinton Anderson saddle is not an english saddle.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 03:13 pm |
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SunnysMum G.O.G Community Member 
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Well I have to say I am sure there are others aside from me that are waiting with baited breath for her to come out with one.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 03:24 pm |
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KentuckyMtnBo G.O.G Community Member
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Lakota wrote: A Clinton Anderson saddle is not an english saddle. This thread was started with my question on dressage saddles; Whattarack was not referring to western saddles (CA); she was referring to all the previous posts on dressage saddles and how nice it would be for Brenda to offer an english saddle. hb1 Last edited on Mon Oct 25th, 2010 03:29 pm by KentuckyMtnBo |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 03:34 pm |
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whattarack Pasture Boss
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I totally understand dressage riders needing a dressage saddle. But, personally, I would not recommend trail riding in a saddle that isn't designed specifically to take care of the horse's back first. Keeping in mind that trail riding is usually done for hours or even days over various ground. I would think a horse and rider would eventually get pretty sore after trail riding in a saddle designed for dressage, JMHO about the topic. Brenda has a good knowledge of horse dynamics and how saddles should work for the horse and the rider. She's also skilled in english riding. I'm certain the wheels in her mind are always turning to develop something for every discipline, a crossover or hybrid.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 03:46 pm |
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KentuckyMtnBo G.O.G Community Member
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Thank you, Whattarack. I'm going to save my dressage saddle for ring work and riding on the roads around my house but for trails, I'll stick with my western. I would be interested to see what Brenda would come up with for english saddles; it would be great I'm sure.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27th, 2010 09:40 pm |
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Karen A G.O.G Community Member
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I use the 4-Beat endurance saddle with English leathers for trail riding and a L&R Berkeley dressage saddle for arena riding. Since I ride in the indoor arena here in MN all winter, I wanted to use an English saddle when I rode indoors. (I use the ICB all of the time because there is no way that I am ever going back to a snaffle.) I agree that you do not want to use a dressage saddle for trail. It is not comfortable for long rides like the 4-Beat for either the horse or rider. The weight distribution is much better in the 4-Beat and it makes a difference with longer rides. The English saddle is lighter and has a close contact that I like for arena riding. I use it to work on balance and shoulder in and shoulder out and things like that. Generally, I don't work that long in the arena. I usually ride only 45 minutes to an hour. I had to get a professional saddle fitter to custom flock the Berkeley to fit my A-shaped Racking horse. The saddle fitter told me the Berkeley was the only saddle that would fit him out of the 10 brands that she works with. He needed a wide saddle to fit the bottom of the A shape and the saddle fitter used half a bag of flocking to fill in the top line. The Berkeley has a special S-curve in the front that allows shoulder freedom that other English saddles don't have. I haven't had any problems with it but the price was almost double that of the 4-Beat saddle so it is not a cheaper way to go. I would not recommend buying any dressage saddle for a gaited horse unless you have a professional fit it. If I had to pick one or the other, then I think the 4-Beat would be a better way to go unless you were showing dressage.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 05:11 am |
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Lakota G.O.G Community Member
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KYMtnBo, My reminder was not referring to dressage saddles, but specifaclly to the Clinton Anderson saddle. I really don't care about these other saddles, or if you discuss them, but I figure if I gotta abide by rules set forth by Brenda, it's just common courtesy to refresh everyone so they don't get their posts deleted or worse. So, no problem, just tryin' to help.b1
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