Has anybody had any trouble with neoprene girths cauising cinch sores?

I've tried a few different kinds on one of my horses and he keeps getting irritated.  I'm thinking he may be allergic to the material. I went back to a horse hair rope western cinch with no problems.

Thanks.

We used to always have trouble with girth sores. Did not matter what kind of girth. Especially at the start of riding season. We switched over to the supra cinch girth. It is made like an x. Some call it the x girth. NO MORE GIRTH SORES. I am sold on the these girths. We now have one for each horse. The problem though is you can only use them on saddles with a d ring. Don't know if I can give out the name of the seller. IF you want more info, email me or pm and i will give you the website.

Another way to prevent girth sores is to v rig. This keeps the girth further back and not get up into the elbow. we ride with several people who v rig.

                                                    Debbie

http://crestridgesaddlery.com/CRSSupraCinch.html

This is a website I have found on the X girth. I might give it a try.

We got our x girths from crestridge. here is another website that has them too. They are made a little different.

http://www.ciwtrailers.com/.

Yes, not just trailers, there is tack there.

 Since we have started using these, we won't go back to a regular girth. Debbie

Also wanted to say that Healex and Bickmore gall salve are both very good to put on your girth sores. Debbie

I absolutely LOVE using neoprene girths!  have a girth I got probably 10 years ago from Teddy at Running Bear Farms.  it wasn't that expensive and she'll make them to fit.  I did endurance for years so have LOTS of miles using this girth and never had a problem on 100's, multi day, and 50 mile rides on 3 different horses and all kinds of terrain/weather.

apparently there are different types of neoprene.  got a girth that looked good on ebay but it was a piece of crap. 

just ride with whatever works.  some horses are definately more sensitive than others.  I had a horse once who got edema from nylon billet straps.  go figure.  the good thing about neoprene is you can rinse it off and instantly reuse. 

good luck!

I have rode a lot of miles in my neoprene cinch and have never had any problems, but my sister bought the neoprene cinch with pvc coating and had a lot of problems.  So I think it may have to do with what type of neoprene you use.

I have a crest ridge X girth that I'll sell for $25 plus shipping. Used twice. I got a saddle with center fire rigging and don't need this girth anymore.

-Betty

 Alot of the sores are caused after I ride him.  I think the cinch area becomes "itchy" and the horse  is biting the heck out of the girth area after I turn him out.  Rinsing doesn't seem to help.

One thing that I had success with was to cover the girth with a pair of wool socks.  These stretch nicely over the girth and are inexpensive.

My conclusion is that the horse is irritated from the sweat and the neoprene doesn't breathe like the natural material.  Covering it makes all the difference. 

BTW, I have a Crestridge saddle. I will look into their girth.

Thanks to everyone.