I have heard great things about Thinline pads and their ability to absorb pressue. You should do a comparison to see if it is all hype. Your results are impressive and very interesting. We need more imperical testing and data.

Very interesting!

This is fascinating! Thanks for the information.

What about those people that have a good saddle that fits their horse just fine with no issues and then they add a fleece pad or gel pad and it ends up being too much padding in certain areas, for instance, at the withers where the fleece pad is thicker and then ends And is just adding extra thickness in an area where the saddle had already fit correctly. I’ve seen this so many times where people want to add a nice fuzzy colored pad and extra padding to try and make their horse comfortable but they end up adding too much or more than what their horse needed for a saddle that already fits well. You can see where the hair is rubbing and breaking off because it’s pinching right there or dry spots. What do you recommend when someone wants to do that? Do you recommend that they have the saddle adjusted if they want to add a fleece pad or a different type of extra pad? I would love to see more of this really good information, backed by technology in science with saddle fitting and adding extra pads to saddles that already fit well and other situations that are really common. Thank you so much great video.

Great information. Have you compared results from a good rider, like the one in your video with an average rider with less skill? I wonder would the results show the squish pad to be better for the horse when the less skilled rider lands heavier in the seat. Thanks

Great information, can I ask about the analogy of a shoe that fits and then you put an extra sock on and it creates tightness and pressure points. This analogy is used a lot in regards to saddle pads. If a saddle is correctly fitted to a horse would a pad then affect the fitting and make it tighter? I use pads all the time but I do worry maybe sometimes I am causing pressure points

Never mind the pads! The breeches that woman was wearing were sensational. What brand are they?

Can you do these tests for Western horses also? More specifically Western Performance horses like Cutting or Reined Cow Horse?

Does that mean that saddles simply need just more flocking and cushioning? Just like directly integrating the pad in the saddle.

But you didn't test the normal square pad? The blue pad was above it. For the sheepskin the squish, the blue pad was below?

I don’t understand. Your may 2023 video debunks the differences between the pads. Now a year later you are saying there is nearly 100% difference between the standard and the more expensive saddle pads? I’m not trying to be critical. I know I’m missing something as I’m new to horse world.