'My personal preference, having not ridden western much is that in a Western saddle I felt the horse was stiff and plastic, like a merry-go-round horse. I'm not saying the horse actually was stiffer, only that I couldn't feel the horse as closely, which includes feeling the coiling of developing tension before a horse moves, in order to anticipate the next move. I also felt like the horn was in the way of leaning forward or even petting the horse on the neck."
That's why I use a bareback pad on Tuffy and always rode bareback growing up. It's so funny that you said that, I was just talking about that exact thing last night with Mandy.
The stiff plastic part, or the horn being in the way?
Well I'm buying me another bike today. Since I quit riding my weight inching back up too. We went to the island last night. Saw how the rich and famous live. Eddies boss gave us his condo for the weekend. It's right on the beach and gorgeous. We went swimming in the pool last night and watched a movie. We got up this morning and nothing really to do so we came home. I've been mowing and playing the piano. I'm going out to the stables when it cools down. I guess we are just not the relaxing kind of people. Not having anything to do stressing:')