I like my english for trails, and I ride some pretty rough ones. It's got knee rolls and a pretty high cantle as you can see. It's very secure. I have a crupper for it that I use if the going gets really steep. I've ridden western before, but to me, english is more comfortable and a whole lot lighter.
Your saddle is cool for trails... it's almost like an aussie saddle... or is that what it is?
Wow, that saddle does look secure. What's the brand on that?
That looks very nice and comfortable, and secure.
I'll take some pictures of mine with it on the horse now. I've had to replace the fenders and stirrup leathers once. The leathers were wore out. When I had Okie, Cindy's horse, saddled and tied to my tree one day, he reached around and I think got his chin stuck in a stirrup and completely ripped the fender in half:). When I had them replaced I just had them use rough out leather. My old ones were all tooled to match the rest of the saddle,like I said, at the time I ordered it, I was looking for pretty:). Now, I want functional, comfort and as inexpensive as I can get. Heck the fenders don't even show when you're riding anyway.
Becky
