Oh - what about it do you think galled her? Heat? The thing I've wondered about them is whether they're hot. I'm told they work by making the horse sweat, making the skin slip easier under it. I would think they'd be very hot as a pad... not so much so as a cinch just because it's less surface area.
I've gone so many years with my leather one working just fine, I wonder if I shouldn't just make sure he's clean and the cinch is clean and oiled, and try show sheen right in the pit area.
IMO, they just build up too much heat under them, and the rubber texture grabs hold and pulls.
Didn't ecurbhs saddle come with a neoprene cinch? Heather had an Abetta saddle with a neoprene cinch that came with the saddle. I let her use it one time till she could get a differnt one. Before the ride was over Rocky was turning around and biting at it:). I was pretty sure it was the cinch that he wasn't liking, so we switched saddles and he stopped doing that. He didn't get galled, but I think it really pulls. JMO.
You'd just have to try one to find out if it will work.
Becky