Editing Sidesaddle (section)

===Fitting===

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The saddle must fit horse and rider. The sidesaddle tree differs from an astride tree, most notably by the structure of the pommels but also due to a much longer saddle point on the left side of the saddle.<ref>[http://www.sidesaddle.com/reference_pages/tree_types/whippy_tree.htm Whippy Tree<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702202332/http://sidesaddle.com/reference_pages/tree_types/whippy_tree.htm |date=2012-07-02 }}</ref> Horses are fitted in a manner similar to that of a regular saddle; the gullet must clear the [[withers]], and the bars of the saddle should be the proper width to be comfortable on the horse.<ref>http://www.sidesaddle.com/reference_pages/tree_types/fit.htm{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The seat is measured for the rider in three places: Length, from the front of the fixed pommel to the end of the cantle; width across the widest part of the seat; and the distance across the narrowest part of the seat, called the "neck". To determine the correct seat length, which is based on the length of the rider's [[femur]], a person sits on a stool or chair with their back and hips against a wall or flat surface, and the length of a saddle is ideally one inch longer than the distance from the wall to the back of the person's knee. Riders can more easily manage a saddle that is a bit too large than one that is too small, though a too-large saddle may leave the rider with an insecure seat.<ref>[http://www.sidesaddle.com/reference_pages/fit.htm Measuring a rider<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820124021/http://www.sidesaddle.com/reference_pages/fit.htm |date=2012-08-20 }}</ref>
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