This horse is a 25 year old gelding that has been used primarily in English and dressage lessens.

The amount of white hairs is very evident on this same gelding along his topline.  This was caused from poorly fitting English saddles that didn’t allow for proper clearance.

I obviously used a western saddle tree to show the problems with fitting this horse.  The bars are way too flat and allow no room for this horses shoulders.

Different tree, same horse but more visible issues on fitting in the shoulder.

See the shadowing under the bars?  These are all pictures of what a BRIDGE looks like.

The bars had NO contact thru the center of the bars.

This is what a bridge looks like from the side. Imagine the pressure points it’s creating! OUCH!