Finding the Best Dressage Girth
Dressage girths are an essential piece of horse tack for the dressage horse. Specially designed to work with the long billets of a dressage saddle, dressage girths are short when compared to a hunter/jumper girth.
Leather girths are very popular in dressage. Leather is strong, beautiful and traditional. Shaped leather dressage girths are available in shoulder relief, straight or recessed and anatomically fit. Leather dressage girths are also available with sheepskin lining.
Fleece lined dressage girths offer extra protection and padding. Fleece may be of either synthetic or genuine sheepskin on leather or nylon webbing.
Originally just straight girths, dressage girths are now available in different shapes to better fit the horse and provide a full range of motion. Anatomical fits and shoulder relief shapes are now part of the dressage rider’s choices in girths.