I wanted to send you a huge “Thank you!” from myself and Scooter for our new bareback saddle. He loved it, and as you have heard from others, moved much better in it than in his dressage saddle. A few minutes into my lesson, my trainer said, “I’m not going to be able to get you back into your dressage saddle, am I?”. 😉 When we went to canter, I was just going to do some short straight-aways to start, and I felt so comfortable that we just cantered forever… to include simple lead changes. I think my trainer is seriously thinking about ordering one for her beginner lessons.
Scooter used his back much better, and stayed up underneath himself rather than being on his front end. For an off-the-track Thoroughbred with huge amounts of impulsion, he was so comfortable to ride bareback. And I felt more secure when I took the stirrups off than I do in his dressage saddle without stirrups.