Guide · Saddle and accessories
Girth size: how to measure your horse
A girth that is too short will not buckle. A girth that is too long ends up under the saddle flap, with the buckles under your leg. The right size takes 5 minutes to measure.
Long girth or short girth?
Check the length of your saddle's girth straps before choosing.
100 – 140 cm
Long girth
Show jumping, general-purpose and trail saddles. It buckles under the saddle flap, on short girth straps.
50 – 75 cm
Short girth, or dressage girth
It buckles below the saddle panel, on long girth straps: the buckles stay well away from the leg.
Measuring with a piece of string
- Saddle the horse with its usual saddle pad and half pad.
- Take a piece of string or a dressmaker's tape measure.
- Start from the middle hole of the girth straps on one side.
- Pass under the belly, where the girth sits, just behind the elbows.
- Come back up to the middle hole of the girth straps on the other side.
The length you get is your girth size.
Ask us for advice: the shorter one may be too tight on a horse that blows out when girthed up.
The easiest way: measure your current girth
If your current girth fits and buckles roughly in the middle of the holes, measure it from one end to the other, including the buckles. Choose the same size.
Signs of a poorly fitting girth
The buckles are not at the same height on both sides: the girth is not centred.
There are no holes left to tighten the girth : it is too long.
You can’t reach the first hole once the horse is girthed up: it is too short.
Rubbing or skin folds behind the elbows : an anatomical girth, cut away at that point, may help.
Which material?
Neoprene or gel girths (T de T gel girth, HKM Pro Gel PVC girth) can be hosed down. Leather is more durable and softens with use. A stud guard girth protects the belly from the hooves when the horse tucks its legs up over a fence.
Girths in the shop
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Anatomic girth
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