I have ridden since childhood and am a big connemara pony fan. I have a wonderful connemara/TB cross that I bought as a 3 year old. He is now six and we have just started eventing training and went to our first novice event. I also have a purebred Connemara mare, an arab/ quarter horse cross and a donkey.
When your leg is bent as extremely as it is in a jump saddle, your leg is not on the buckle, so the buckle doesn't impede comfort. I think truly it's just a design thing - in dressage saddles it's important that the buckle not be under your leg, which is straight. It is of course, also easier to buckle up the shorter billets! I don't think that this ever really became an issue for jumping or GP saddles for these reasons.
Hi,
Thanks so much for your comment on my video - it's so nice to see, since Treasure and I have been working so hard towards our goal, and now if feels like we're actually getting there! :)
Jochen Schleese
Oct 21, 2009
Alaina M.
Thanks so much for your comment on my video - it's so nice to see, since Treasure and I have been working so hard towards our goal, and now if feels like we're actually getting there! :)
Dec 5, 2009
Dorothy McDonall
Mar 31, 2010