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ARE YOU EXPERIENCING THIS?Difficulty Sitting to The Trot and Going With the Movement  So Focused on Trying to Maintain Your Position That You Can’t Just Focus on Your Horse  Can’t Find Your Seat Bones Because Your Saddle Tips You onto your Pubic bones. Can’t Sit Properly Because Your Saddle Slips Forward or Shifts To One Side in the Rear Don’t Feel Close to Your Horse Because Your Saddle Sits So High Off The Back Difficulty Maintaining a Secure and Stable Leg Posi …

1 THE PERSON BEHIND THE SADDLE DESIGN As owner of the British custom manufacturing firm, County Saddlery Inc. (saddles.com), Gene Freeze has, for over 30 years, designed saddles for many of the world's leading riders in all three Olympic disciplines including triple Gold Medalist, Edward Gal of the Netherlands, U.S. Olympic team multiple Bronze Medalist, Robert Dover, U.S. Olympic team Bronze Medalist, Lisa Wilcox, U.S. Olympic team Gold Medalist, Will Simpson, U.S Olympian Margie …

The Problem with Spreading or Narrowing Saddle Tree Points Using a vice-like tool to open or close a tree can result in some of the problems previously described. Other problems that can occur are broken, weakened, or uneven tree points. Spreading or narrowing the angle of the legs/bars of the tree can create a fulcrum at the base of the withers which can cause pressure and rocking. Changing the angles of the points and the legs of the tree after a tree has been finished with …