Tag: Ainsley Chester

Zelda and the three saddles

July 6, 2013.Reading time 7 minutes.

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, Zelda sometimes bucks. While some of it is probably testing boundaries, I also worried that it could be related to saddle fit. I haven’t had a horse the size and width of Zelda ever, and while I have a “library” of saddles, I wasn’t sure which one was the […]

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Another saddle for my tackroom

August 25, 2012.Reading time 3 minutes.

I was sitting in the parking lot of the CVS in Waltham with $275 in cash waiting for a woman named Linda who told me she was driving a gray van;  I felt a bit foolish. It’s not the first time that I’ve bought a saddle this way but it does feel slightly illicit. This […]

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