i don't think you can, sorry "tangolove". check out my stories! "Raven:wild stallion of the North", "Polar North" and "willow love"
May 21, 2011 Rating
Saddles by: Unicorn
Hi Tangolove, Like the others said - I doubt the girths are interchangeable, but girths can be very cheap, as long as they don't chafe or gall the horse. More importantly, make sure the saddle fits on Tango and on you. An ill-fitting saddle can cause pain and discomfort. Worse, it can be very dangerous - if I dare to use my English saddle on my pony, it slips onto her neck - no matter how tight the girth is - and catapults me over her head. Not nice. Also, saddle sores and girth galls can be very nasty things. It doesn't need to fit him absolutely perfectly, for the moment. So long as it's not dangerous or harmful, it's fine. You can quite comfortably teach the English basics in a Western saddle. Just don't try to jump. The saddle horn will make things SERIOUSLY uncomfortable :) Above all, be safe and have fun. Happy riding!
May 19, 2011 Rating
Answer to your question on girths by: Horse - Girls page
You can't put an Western girth on a English or an English on a western... Hope this helped!
May 17, 2011 Rating
Sorry by: Kaitlyn aka Horserider
I really wish I could help... but to tell you the truth I'm sure you can't use a western girth for an English saddle. But I'm not 100 percent sure either, but when you think of it I really can't picture a western girth on an English saddle.
(Oh btw I ride both English and western, but I have been riding western longer.)
May 17, 2011 Rating
i love the horses they are pritty by: lakelizz
ya i think that would be fine or just look on e-bay to find a cheap girth.
May 16, 2011 Rating
Western to English by: Carrigan
No, I don't think you can. English girths can be found cheap though.
Jun 30, 2011 Rating
reply by: Keely
Western girths only have one buckle because western saddles only have one billet (which is very wide). English saddles have three billets, but most English girths only have two buckles, which are positioned how the horse fits the girth. The basics of English and Western are in a sense the same, but when you transfer from Western to English or vice versa, the horse must learn to hold the rider in a new fashion, which in some horses causes more damage than training, a horse I ride was an ex-race horse and his previous owners decided to make him a western horse, and when my riding instructor got him, his back was ruined, so my instructor had to spend a lot of money of veterinarians and horse chiropractors. And he's still sore. Not saying it's impossible to train a horse to do a new discipline, just that you should have some one with the expertize to do it with out ruining the horse. Hope this helps.
