Traumatizing Your Horse? Saddle Fitting Tip by Jochen Schleese

The physical signs of saddle fit trauma are more easily apparent than the psychological signs. Signs that your horse is in pain include head tossing, bucking, stumbling, tongue issues, rearing, and resistance. White hair, dry spots, and muscle atrophy are also visual effects resulting from poor saddle fit. Each of these manifestations has as its origin an issue in a saddle that has not been fitted properly to the horse -- either the gullet channel is too narrow, the tree points and gullet plate are not r