Conformation, Saddle, and Tack Fitting with Tim Barton

CONFORMATION, SADDLE AND TACK FITTING with TIM BARTON is a 1 hr. and 40 minute video that covers saddle and tack fit with horses and mules. A great Christmas present for yourself!

Tim has spent over 30 years working with mules and horses, outfitting, packing, riding and driving. Besides being a farrier, Tim has a Bachelor of Science and Educational Degree and for 20 years instructed Equine and Comparative Anatomy at the Olds College at Olds, Alberta. He presently spends his time running his remote mountain retreat, The Outpost at Warden Rock, west of Sundre, Alberta and teaching Tack fitting clinics.

The front cover of Tim’s video features original artwork by Bonnie Shields. Bonnie has made Tim’s Camp a "must" holiday for the last 4 years. To find out more about his mountain retreat visit www.outpostatwardenrock.com

Topics included in the video are:

• How conformation is relative to use and performance
• Learning to see individual back shapes
• The importance of free shoulder blade movement
• Learning about symmetry and proportion
• How rib spring affects cinching
• Using the back cinch
• Saddle rigging positions
• Uses and types of saddle pads
• Learning to fit saddles to individual backs
• Modifying the saddle tree
• Modifying saddle tree fit with pads
• How to level the saddle
• Fitting breast collars, crupers and britchens
• And many more tips to help you get the best out of your horse, mule or donkey

Of course we could not condense everything that would be covered in a 2-day clinic into a 100-minutes of video, but the basics are there and should really help those of you who are looking for tack fitting solutions. For anyone who has already taken a clinic, you will find this video a useful refresher.

The video is available on VHS and DVD, and sells for $49.99 [Canadian funds] plus $10.00 shipping and handling. I am not set up at this time to handle Credit Card payment so please send a check or money order.

U.S. orders remember to pay in Canadian funds. For those ordering from the US, the total cost with shipping and handling is $48.00 [USD] [a good deal for you!!]

Thanks so much for getting the tape to me. I have watched it three times. I will definitely be looking for the next one. I live in the Mts. So everything in the tape will apply, it brings three questions to mind for every one it answers. Having been an instructor for 25 years, I understand how great that is. Thanks for having a quality product and thank everyone involved for a job well done.

W. Killebrew, USA

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Marlene Malcher
Att. Conformation, Saddle, and Tack Fitting Video (please specify VHS or DVD)
Box 29, Site 5, RR 2
Ponoka, Alberta
T4J 1R2

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