Excellent used black 18″ Total Saddle Fit short girth. Well cared for girth. One of our favorites, as these support saddle fit, open up the shoulders well, and helps prevent galling. Leather girth without removable liner, double elastic with leather behind the buckles, in excellent used condition. Comes with hardly used real wool/fleece girth cover that alone retails for $115! Offered far less than the retail price!
Per TSF:
The Shoulder Relief Girth™ actually changes the position and angle of the billets to prevent the saddle from interfering with the shoulder. The center of the girth is set forward to sit in the horse’s natural girth groove. While the sides of the girth are cut back to meet the billets 2 inches behind where the horse’s natural girth groove lies. This brings the billets from angling forward, to becoming perpendicular to the ground (in the case of a forward girth groove horse), which reduces the saddle’s tendency to be pulled forward into the shoulders. With horses that have shoulder interference without angled billets, it simply moves the billets back to keep the saddle farther away from the shoulders.
The secondary benefit to this shape, is that it is cutback at the elbows. This gives more room for elbow movement as well, and prevents galls in the elbow area.
