At times, I almost felt as though I was moving too much. Spending more time riding in Old Faithful, I began to notice a huge difference in my ability to flow with the saddle. You know those moments in life when a task that was once difficult is suddenly easy and you have a true eureka moment? I mean, the skies opened up and everything became clear in the most unexpected of ways. My trainer introduced me to her Baum (aka Old Faithful) several years ago after I had sold one saddle and was patiently waiting 6 weeks for my new saddle to be made.Īnd so, as the story of my life goes, I once again was in need of a saddle for my mare’s ever changing back and I found my bum back in Old Faithful. Along the way, I have also had the opportunity to ride in many other brands and styles, one of which was a very old (20 + years) Passier Baum. Some purchases were to trade up, one was to replace a saddle that had been stolen, and others were simply because I needed a better fit for my horse. If you include my jump saddles, I have, at one time or another owned a total of ten saddles. To give you some perspective, over the years I have owned at least six dressage saddles by two different manufacturers. Ah, the lure of the shiny page! I was utterly clueless, and this became the first in a long line of saddles that I would own, and the rocky start of my saddle education.
That is to say, I picked out a saddle from a sales catalog that I could afford and in a shade of brown that I was partial to. I purchased my first saddle completely unsupervised.
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