Not only due to its appearance but also thanks to inner qualities – the VPS® System - a Barefoot Saddle can hardly be mistaken for a conventional saddle.
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Ridden with a Barefoot, the horse can move on relaxed, round his back and even bend sideways. The horse will not be restricted by any pressure along his back. |
The Barefoot Saddle is the most flexible one in the world, so he can easily adjust to the back of the horse at anytime. The training, different seasons, and the horse’s age lead to changes along his back. But even when being ridden long and low, the back changes – see above illustration. No saddle with a rigid tree can follow this movement – it will restrict at least part of the muscles and inhibit the muscle development, in the long run possibly leading to atrophied back muscles (just think of the “typical holes” next to withers!). Ridden with a Barefoot Saddle, a horse can relax, move forward long and low without encountering pressure from above. Being ridden is possible without pain – and after all it is supposed to be fun for the horse as well as for the rider!
Very often we notice how the entire speed is improved, covering more ground at the walk automatically. Horses reach further underneath, gaited horses will tölt more easily. Whatever a rider has asked his horse to due along months of training, it will suddenly offer automatically.
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