StretchTec Shoulder Relief Western Cinch - Neoprene

Description from Total Saddle Fit

With a foundation rooted in the ultra-effective Shoulder Relief Cinch™, the StretchTec Shoulder Relief Cinch™ brings the next level of intuition to functional cinches. It is hands downs the most technologically advanced cinch available. 

As you'd expect the, StretchTec Shoulder Relief Cinch actually changes the angle and placement of the latigo on the horse to prevent the saddle from being pulled into the shoulder blades, resulting in a free shoulder and better saddle fit.  Additionally, it has a one-of-a-kind patented (US Patent No. D843,666) triangular center elastic feature for additional performance. 

The triangular center elastic allows the StretchTec Shoulder Relief Cinch™ to expand with the 1.5 cm chest expansion that horses experience while breathing. Its design also allows it to stretch in a more anatomically friendly way to contour better to a horse’s barrel and provide even contact through the sternum area.

The StretchTec Shoulder Relief Cinch™ features our new “V-Stretch” D ring design that still allows all the functionality of a front and rear D ring, while allowing the center of the cinch to stretch. The StretchTec Shoulder Relief Cinch™ also features a removable liner system to allow for easy cleaning of the liner, as well as the flexibility of swapping between liner materials (as we release more liner choices).

Why Red Leaf loves this product

I first purchased a Total Saddle Fit girth for a mare who is very "round", which caused my saddle to tend to roll a bit on her back. After using it for a couple weeks, I noticed she became less cinchy when tacking up and overall truly felt as though she was moving more free. Previously I saw a cinch as sort of a commodity, but it blew my mind how this cinch truly made a difference. 

I then began using the cinch on another mare of mine who didn't have much wither. A "regular" cinch had been working fine on her, really, but I found I had to cinch it up so tight. That went away with the Total Saddle Fit cinch. 

I now use these cinches on all my horses, and have several personally. They were a pain to get though - I could not find them anywhere in Canada. Nearly every time someone sees me saddle they ask me where I got my cinch, and how it works, so this was an obvious product to make accessible for the Canadian market through Red Leaf Trading Co. 

NOTE: Other liner options can be ordered.