The has several major drawbacks. The doe hair packs down very quickly and becomes very dense. The panel can be awled or additional stuffing added. This may help the saddle sit better, but when the dense stuffing becomes wet it takes a long time to dry out and offers little or no cushioning for the horse. Wool wadding or acrylic flock is the preferred stuffing.
Acrylic flock provides superior comfort, resiliency and air circulation.
This keeps the horse cool and dry, and seldom or never needs to be awled or restuffed. Seat sizes range from 14 inch through to 21 inch in some models. To suit riders from 50 to 300 lbs plus. As with people, horses and mules also come in different shapes and sizes. Saddle trees come in several widths to suit ponies to extra wide horses.