Wintec Close Contact Saddles
Wintec close contact saddle?
Hi i was woundering is the wintec close contact saddle would be the right choice for me. I have very long legs and when i use my wintec gp saddle when putting my stirups up for jumping my knee's go past the saddle and makes me feel uncomforable. Is this a right choice ?
i had your exact same problem to! i had a wintec gp saddle and it was fine for jumping small but when was starting to go over 2.9, 3 foot and i needed to put my stirrups up for ballance my nees kept slipping over the front and it was really hard to jump properly. so i decided to by the wintect jumping saddle in tan colour and when i first bought it didnt look very comfy but it was! and the forward cut nee rolls help me keep my ballance and generally give me tones more confidence. so yes it is the right choice below are some links of my saddle and my saddle on a horse!
http://www.trumbullmtn.com/Saddle_Pics/New_ccpics/Wintec_CC_horse.jpg
http://www.uksaddlery.com/usrimage/closecontact240.jpg
(i dont claim any of these pictures for copyright, they are not mine)
hope this helps
good luck =)
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 | WINTEC Close Contact FlexiBloc List Price: $41.95 |
| | DescriptionFrom the original Wintec. The FLEXIBLOC system which allows the thigh block to be moved on a Velcro panel under the flap. It allows a very customized fit, and is particularly helpful for allowing a bit of growing room, or if the saddle needs to be shared by several riders. |
 | Wintec 500 Close Contact Saddle List Price: $499.00 |
| | DescriptionIdeal For Showjumping And Eventing, The Close Contact Is Designed For Serious And Professional Riders Who Recognize The Impact Of Saddle Design On Their Performance, But Don't Want To Spend Hours Of Time Caring For Their Saddle. |
do u like wintecs saddles?
I bought a brand new Wintec 500 close contact and I love It, I have no Idea why people hate It.
It's not HATING them, it's just that they don't hold their value like a regular European English saddle does. Also they don't have the "give" in the trees the way most leather saddles do.
've owned BOTH kinds and the leather ones are still with me. In the early 90's I traded a set of corner plates for a Wintec Sport and grant it, it was a GREAT saddle, BUT the difference in sitting in one vs my now 40 year old Stubben Siegfried is like the difference between owning a Saturn and trying to compare it to a Mercedes. Let's see if the Wintec holds up to the standards of a Stubben nearly 40 years later.
I also ended up with an Abetta western saddle for a bit and ended up GIVING it to my best friend, who also basically ended up GIVING it to somebody else.
Our reasoning behind this is that a synthetic, no matter how they make 'em has no "GIVE", that's one of the reasons for the interchangable gullets in the saddles of the Wintecs. I can honestly say in the decades of owning my Siegfried (Stubben), I've NEVER had it on a horse it didn't fit and I've owned a LOT of different sized/breeds of horses. From WIDE Quarter Horses to Narrow TBs and even a couple of Arabs.
I can also say the same about my Western saddles. My favorite saddles are a 40 year old Circle Y and perspectively my now 23 year old Broken Horn Show saddle and 13 year old Broken Horn working saddle (Both BH saddles were made for me on semi QH trees which will fit the majority of horses I have and will own.). I don't like the fact that the synthetics don't have any "give" to them and you stand a better chance of soring up a horse because they don't shift with a horse's body (They have little or no "give" in the trees, let alone the comfort that a leather saddle does for it's rider if you get a good, quality saddle.).
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