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Check out these important tips on how to avoid saddle fitting issues and skin irritations caused by improper girthing.

Watch this hilarious video, starring Jochen Schleese, explaining the importance of purchasing the correct size saddle for You and Your horse.

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Master Saddle Deborah Witty explains seven saddle-fit points so you can become an informed consumer.

The history behind the upper-level dressage bit configuration. By Gerhard Politz for Dressage Today magazine.

Find out how to measure a saddle's seat size and find the perfect fit in this edition of Ask the Vet by Dr. Joyce Harman on EquiSearch.com.

Have a question about equestrian fashion? The experts at Dover Saddlery and Smith Brothers can help.

The stories behind some of equestrian fashion's top 'designing women.'

Before you ride, use our chart to evaluate the condition of your equipment to reduce the risk of breakage and malfunction.

Time for a little consumer consciousness about halters, the most commonplace piece of horse-control equipment. By Joanne Meszoly for EQUUS magazine.

Just for fun, next time you're in a horse tack store, take a look at all the different kinds of horse bridles and horse bits that are available. You can buy curb horse bits, walking horse bits, gag horse bits, snaffle horse bits, hackamores, sidepulls, kimberwickes, pelhams, the list goes on. The common denominator among all this horse headgear is that bits and bridles of all types allow us to influence our horses by applying pressure to sensitive areas of their heads and faces and then releasin

Dr. Joyce Harman lends her saddle-fitting expertise to a saddle seat rider's very sore Arabian in this edition of EquiSearch.com's Ask the Vet.