In Argentina this type of saddle is called a 'recado'. Although sometimes a bit wide if the horse is quite fat 😂 If you have to spend many hours in the saddle when working with or driving cattle, or riding long distances it is very comfortable. You do not slide around and your seat bones do not get sore.
Comfortable for the rider but what about the horse. Not impressed by not pulling the pad up into the gullett to stop it stretching taut across the withers when rider gets on. I ride my criollo in a Wintec Western saddle. I have one of the very few crillos in the UK, bought her from Germany.
What is the difference between tightening up the cinch on the belly between behind the front legs? I feel like having it on the belly wouldnt be too comfortable
It's a great question! I also thought it was very different and Im sure my horses at home would not react well to it (but they aren't used to that!) It goes around the belly because of the way the saddle is designed. It just isn't possible to put it where we usually do. I also felt like it was similar to a camel saddle, you sit very high above the horse and have no contact with his back!
it definitely rubs and isn't comfortable so the gaucho pants you wear are quite thick (like jeans but more flexible) so I can't imagine riding it in thin riding breeches
The only way I can describe it is like riding in a camel saddle because your very high off the horses back and have no real contact with them! It’s very strange but an interesting thing to see how their culture rides.
it's definitely odd and I know my horses would not approve. But somehow these horses seem used to it! Their saddle is also very high up off the horses back and it felt like riding on a camel more than it did riding a horse.
Its quite common in South America for polo horses as well. For polo I can understand it because you don't want the mallet to tangle in their tails. For endurance I wasn't really seeing a purpose for tying up the tails but maybe for the "ranch work" its more relevant... I think a lot of it is just tradition as well!
. Que bosta de xergão. Carona muito grossa. Lombilho tá mais-ou-menos. [Poderia ser um basto (mais leve) ou um serigote (em desuso, muito pesado)] Pelegos pobres. A crina foi tosada curta demais; o animal precisa de uma franja que lhe faça alguma sombra. De resto está bem: cinchas, estribos, rédeas, freio, cabeçada, etc. Como gaúcho, passa, mas precisa melhorar.
Deixa a guria com oq ela tem pra mostrar, vc gostaria que alguém falasse que o teu xergão é uma bosta? Pelo menos ela tem e sabe oq está fazendo, diferente de muitas pessoas que exageram apertando a sincha...
This is not my horse or my saddle and equipment. This horse belongs to a well respected gaucho in Brazil. I borrowed his horse and his saddle and xergão for this horse only for the purposes of filming this video.
Este não é meu cavalo ou minha sela e equipamento. Este cavalo pertence a um gaúcho respeitado no Brasil. Peguei emprestado o cavalo dele, a sela e o xergão para esse cavalo apenas com o objetivo de filmar este vídeo.
So interesting! Thanks for sharing
In Argentina this type of saddle is called a 'recado'. Although sometimes a bit wide if the horse is quite fat 😂 If you have to spend many hours in the saddle when working with or driving cattle, or riding long distances it is very comfortable. You do not slide around and your seat bones do not get sore.
Comfortable for the rider but what about the horse. Not impressed by not pulling the pad up into the gullett to stop it stretching taut across the withers when rider gets on. I ride my criollo in a Wintec Western saddle. I have one of the very few crillos in the UK, bought her from Germany.
No one cares what horse you have
wonderful! Now you can get your gaucho certificate!
Yes please!!! I have the outfit at least and the skills :D
Loving the breed in real
They are incredible!
Thanks for sharing So how much does thet saddle and Xtra sadlle pads,+ sheepskins weigh?
I would love to this endurance rides
It’s definitely an adventure
What is the difference between tightening up the cinch on the belly between behind the front legs?
I feel like having it on the belly wouldnt be too comfortable
It's a great question! I also thought it was very different and Im sure my horses at home would not react well to it (but they aren't used to that!) It goes around the belly because of the way the saddle is designed. It just isn't possible to put it where we usually do. I also felt like it was similar to a camel saddle, you sit very high above the horse and have no contact with his back!
These horses are used to it though since its the traditional saddle and none of them seemed to mind the girth there.
@@EquestrianAdventuresses thats so cool. Thank you for the video🙂
But how did the top strap feel under you.? Did it pinchs or rub on you?
it definitely rubs and isn't comfortable so the gaucho pants you wear are quite thick (like jeans but more flexible) so I can't imagine riding it in thin riding breeches
Looks practically like a treeless saddle, does it ride like one too?
The only way I can describe it is like riding in a camel saddle because your very high off the horses back and have no real contact with them! It’s very strange but an interesting thing to see how their culture rides.
Would you say that the Latigo is made of Rawhide or leather?
Great question! This one was more rawhide than leather. It was definitely not the same feeling as western saddles in the USA!
I don’t get how having that cinch back behind the sternum can work for a horse. Pressure on their guts? But there’s a lot I don’t know in life.
it's definitely odd and I know my horses would not approve. But somehow these horses seem used to it! Their saddle is also very high up off the horses back and it felt like riding on a camel more than it did riding a horse.
It’s still around the rib cage, not pressing into the organs like it would if it was farther back
That's odd tiring up a horses tail..sure different.
Its quite common in South America for polo horses as well. For polo I can understand it because you don't want the mallet to tangle in their tails. For endurance I wasn't really seeing a purpose for tying up the tails but maybe for the "ranch work" its more relevant... I think a lot of it is just tradition as well!
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Que bosta de xergão.
Carona muito grossa.
Lombilho tá mais-ou-menos.
[Poderia ser um basto (mais leve) ou um serigote (em desuso, muito pesado)]
Pelegos pobres.
A crina foi tosada curta demais; o animal precisa de uma franja que lhe faça alguma sombra.
De resto está bem: cinchas, estribos, rédeas, freio, cabeçada, etc.
Como gaúcho, passa, mas precisa melhorar.
Deixa a guria com oq ela tem pra mostrar, vc gostaria que alguém falasse que o teu xergão é uma bosta? Pelo menos ela tem e sabe oq está fazendo, diferente de muitas pessoas que exageram apertando a sincha...
This is not my horse or my saddle and equipment. This horse belongs to a well respected gaucho in Brazil. I borrowed his horse and his saddle and xergão for this horse only for the purposes of filming this video.
Este não é meu cavalo ou minha sela e equipamento. Este cavalo pertence a um gaúcho respeitado no Brasil. Peguei emprestado o cavalo dele, a sela e o xergão para esse cavalo apenas com o objetivo de filmar este vídeo.