Probably this has been discussed in a myriad of other threads, but I haven´t found the answers I was looking for yet...
Since I sat (albeit very, very shortly
) on Mucki now, I started to ponder all the ways I could start to explore riding with him. I´m hesitant to buy a saddle due to his age, although I guess there´s no getting around it. I will need stirrups for the faster gaits to stand up, won´t I?
Anyway for the very start I was wondering whether riding bareback will be best, or if I should buy a bareback-pad like
this one. I´ve tried it on a horse of a friend of mine and it was quite comfortable. The question remains, what´s better for Mucki? Pad, or bareback? Or should I better start with a proper saddle anyway?