Posted 2009-08-17 10:00 AM (#109479) Subject: Cinch
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I am shopping for a new cinch and would like to know your opinions.I have a Professional Choice neoprene roper style and it has always worked well in the past.I have since bought a new horse that gets sore every time I use it.I was thinking of buying the mohair roper style cinch, but I was concerned about the buckles.
Posted 2009-08-17 12:01 PM (#109486 - in reply to #109479) Subject: RE: Cinch
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Originally written by Nicki on 2009-08-17 10:00 AM
I am shopping for a new cinch and would like to know your opinions.I have a Professional Choice neoprene roper style and it has always worked well in the past.I have since bought a new horse that gets sore every time I use it.I was thinking of buying the mohair roper style cinch, but I was concerned about the buckles.
Thank you for your opinions
What part is getting sores? around the buckles, under the bottom?
You might check other things first, make sure your cinch is clean, make sure the buckles is not rubbing, maybe cinched to tight or too lose, etc!! We have used the PC brand neo cinch for years with NO issues at all. On my paint mare everybody at the roping pen was talking about how I needed to use a mohair cinch blah, blah blah, so I bought one, used it 1 time and sold it! Horse hated it she would not work for me and made her sore.
About the buckles, they are the SAME! You can buy them with the old style or the newer roller buckles.
Posted 2009-08-17 12:23 PM (#109491 - in reply to #109479) Subject: RE: Cinch
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I have a horse that seems to gall easily in the girth area. I have used the Classic Equine Soft Touch Cinch with good results and just recently have used a cinch with the hospital felt against the horse with good results as well. I also make sure I stretch my horse's front legs after cinching up to be sure no excess skin is under the girth. Having said that, the galling on my horse had nothing to do with buckles but the material against his skin.
Posted 2009-08-17 2:38 PM (#109501 - in reply to #109484) Subject: RE: Cinch
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On the neoprene cinch the neoprene goes under the buckles. On a rope cinch there is nothing under the buckle. I would think the buckle on the rope cinch would dig into the horse.
Posted 2009-08-17 2:41 PM (#109502 - in reply to #109486) Subject: RE: Cinch
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She is getting sore just behind her leg. I do stretch her out, but after we ride up and down some steep hills the cinch seems to crawl right bach up against her leg.
Posted 2009-08-17 3:13 PM (#109505 - in reply to #109479) Subject: RE: Cinch
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Just behind the leg is also where my horse would get galled/raw. Try that Soft Touch cinch. It worked well for us. I have used both the roper style and the straight style. It is really smooth and soft. Also does your saddle have different rigging options? If so, you might could alter your current rigging position and see if that helps.
Posted 2009-08-21 9:54 AM (#109767 - in reply to #109479) Subject: RE: Cinch
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I am using the Pro Choice SMx Neoprene Western cinch and like it much better than the mohair ropers that came with my saddles. I have the ropers hanging in the tack room....maybe I'll sell them at the next trail ride.
As suggested above maybe you can rig the cinch diff on your saddle or maybe you have the saddle too far up on her withers. check you saddle position and rigging.
I've had better luck with the neoprene and I see some new and improved ones that breath more for sale now too!
Posted 2009-09-18 3:04 PM (#110843 - in reply to #109479) Subject: RE: Cinch
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If your saddle is slipping back and forth on the hills then it isn't on tight enough. When going down those steep down hills and the saddle slips forward, so does the cinch, ends up behind the legs and galls your horse. You might stop at the top of a steep climb and tighten your cinch before going down, making sure the cinch is not making contact with the legs or that the skin is folded under. I have found that if I tighten the rear cinch snug, the saddle tends to stay back better on those steep down hills. Some horses or mules are so mutton withered that a croupper or breeching is needed to keep the saddle back. Sometimes just setting your rigging up so the front cinch is closer to the 3/4 position than the full position is all that is required.
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