Tough 1 Felt/Neoprene Wither Pad Black

This wither pad is well made, well priced and arrived fast. My older geldings saddle was not fitting as well, I was looking for some help to lift it off his withers, this did the trick! Love it!!

I purchased this wither pad to use on a 3 year old 14.1 hand tall gaited mule. He does have withers but he's still too narrow for most saddle. So far, I've only used it on top of a 1" thick Diamond wool saddle pad. It brings the saddle up to the proper position. The only thing I don't like about using it, is that I can't seem to get the girth tight enough, which leads to the saddle shifting when I mount. I know it's due to all the shimming with pads that's causing the problem and I plan to try a different type of pad underneath next time to see if it prevents the issue.The quality of the wither pad itself, seems good. I was concerned that the webbing material connecting the 2 pads would be too long, causing them being too far down on his sides, but that isn't the case. This mule probably would take a 5 1/2" gullet if I were going to buy a custom saddle for him at his current size. The saddle I'm using with this pad has a 6.5" gullet.Be aware that if you have a really sensitive horse/mule, you may want to desensitize them to the squeaking sounds this pad can make when you tighten the girth.

My horze is medium through the wither and extra wide through the body making saddle fitting very tough. This pad gives a lot of support through the front of the saddle (more than a foam riser) and really fixed any rocking motion. I ride dressage, and it does stick out quite a bit in front of the saddle, but I'm not showing right now. I may take it to a leather worker to see if it can be made more compact.

This pad had worked great for me. I show my horse in speed and action shows so his comfort is important. His saddle was pinching his shoulders so I had to do something and this did the trick. I now have a full hand of clearance between the saddle pad and pommel. I would suggest however placing the withers pad BETWEEN your horses saddle and the saddle pad, with the tightening of the saddle and sweat given off by the horse during work the squares of stitching at the top of the pad left raised square bumps on my horses withers when I put the pad UNDERNEATH the saddle pad. It wasn't a serious problem and it didN't seem to hurt him but with continued use in that way it would probably rub and cause discomfort. It can look a little goofy if it shifts and sticks out from under the saddle skirt, but just push it back under and you hardly notice. It's been a great tool thus far and I'm very happy with its performance.

My horse is high-withered with very little shoulder musculature, so every saddle sits low on her, slides backward, and leads to saddle sores on the top of her back. I tried several products before getting to the Performers 1st Choice Neoprene pads, and these are by far the best of the bunch. They're thick enough to build out her thin shoulders, grippy enough to remain in place between the saddle and pad, and good looking enough that I'm not concerned about hiding them from plain sight. Since I received these build up pads, I haven't ridden a single time without them. Definitely worth purchasing!

I don’t know which side is to be up and where do I place this ? On horse under pad, over pad under saddle? It is super thick , if I figure it out it will be too thick for my horses withers

This product does exactly what it is advertised to do: lift the front of my saddle off my horse's wither. The felt and neoprene seem to be of decent quality and the webbing that holds the two pieces together is sewn in well and is of the same quality as the nylon webbing that my off-billet and latigo are made of. I can't yet speak to how it will last, as I've only had it a little over a week, but, for this price, if I had to order another, it wouldn't bother me.

Works great. Perfect for our older horse with thin, high withers.