In professional equestrian sport the set of accessories for ensuring the correct riding an animal is used: a bridle, a saddle, bandages on legs, etc. Some of them provide additional convenience and as a last resort they can be neglected, however existence of a saddle is obligatory.
Instruction
1. At first sight can seem that the saddle needs to be chosen for convenience of the equestrian - to pick up to it the necessary size and a form. However the saddle is necessary first of all for health of a horse - it provides uniform distribution of weight of the equestrian on a back of an animal, thereby preventing a horse from injuries and excessive loading. For this reason the saddle is chosen individually for each horse, and good shops have to allow to take away a saddle on fitting.
2. Before going to shop behind a saddle, measure a horse - its volumes and length of a back. Consider that seasonally, the weight, volume of fat and muscles of an animal change therefore the saddle needs to be bought with a stock. Besides, the good saddle has to serve many years during which the animal will grow. For this reason it is optional to make a saddle to order specially by the standards of your horse. It is rather simple to find a qualitative saddle, at the same time unreliable expensive.
3. Try on a saddle to the horse. Put it on a back of an animal without shock-absorber and a saddleblanket. See the most important characteristics of a saddle. The bend of shelves (two pillows which are located on all length of a saddle) has to repeat a bend of a back of your horse. Check it, having undertaken hands front and back onions. Shake a saddle here and there. If the bend of shelves is picked up correctly, the saddle will be densely recorded on a horse, but not to move after your movements. At the same time sitting will exactly be over the center of a back of a horse.
4. Look also at length of shelves. Too short, they will press on the center of a back of a horse, but not to distribute pressure evenly. Too long, they can injure kidneys and cervical vertebras. You watch that the saddle was located between a waist and a neck of a horse.
5. Look at a saddle behind. You have to see a gleam in 2-3 cm between withers of a horse and the beginning of a saddle. The same arch has to be traced and behind even when the equestrian sits on a horse.
6. Wings of a saddle should not adjoin densely to a horse and constrain her movements. Lay a hand to shovels of an animal - they have to be free and relaxed.
7. Perhaps, the choice of a saddle will take you a lot of time and it is necessary to try on several saddles, will not find necessary yet. However it is a necessary measure for ensuring health of a horse and sure trainings of the equestrian.