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PaintedMare
Sep. 28, 2011, 10:53 AM
I really only need one answer, but since I don't even know what the thing is called Google isn't working for me.

I'm super, super new to dressage and English riding in general, and the horse I ride uses a "normal" saddle pad and a smaller one on top. It's not shaped like half-pads I've seen; one end is round, and the other is square. Laid flat I guess it's shaped like a tombstone.

My silly question is: which way does the darn thing go? Does the rounded end go on the withers? Or does the square end? I've done it before but I've been corrected too, and I have a lesson today and I don't want to get it wrong again!

*slinks back into anonymity*

joiedevie99
Sep. 28, 2011, 11:07 AM
It sounds like a gel pad. The flat end should be by the withers, just in front of the saddle. The rounded end should be behind the back of the saddle.