There is a straight withers edge and curved cantle edge. The pad is specially reinforced to provide the maximum suppleness and pliability, but at the same time provide the required strength for rugged applications. The reinforced gel is securely fitted into a high strength 4-way stretch polyester cotton twill that lends the pad its remarkable form fitting suppleness. This is the same size pad as the English except that it has an area cut out of the withers to provide additional fit for high withered horses. The composition and construction is identical to the English pad.
Some saddles require extra lift in the cantle area of the saddle.
To accommodate this, we have designed the Gel-Ride Wedgie. The wedgie consists of a English Gel-Ride pad with a foam wedge sealed to the cantle area of the gel pad. The foam wedge is 3cm high and tapers to 0 half-way along the pad. The construction and materials are otherwise identical to the English pad. This requirement is not a frequent occurrence but does affect some horses and saddles.