b'DIY 3D Model for Fitting Saddles to Your Fjord4. Tie your horse on a flat surface with its head up in a natural8. While holding the curve in place on your Fjords spine, slide position.Ensureitisstandingsquareandevenlyweightthe level back and forth along the spine until you center the bearing while making measurements and tracings. level bubble. Ensure that your horse is standing square on a 5.Place3longpiecesoftapeoveryourhorsesback,level surface. Hold that level together with the curved blue perpendiculartotheground.1)atthehighpointoftheshape of your horses spine topline, and take them over to withers, 2) at the base of the withers, and 3) where the lastthe paper on the cardboard.rib connects to the spinal column, at the juncture between the T17-T18 vertebrae. This last location is a 45 degree angle toward the head from where the rib disappears under the back muscles as you follow it up your Fjords side. Our red dun stallion, SOS Rurik, is my model for the pictures in this article.9. Carefully, without distorting the shape of the spine topline in the blue curve, lay the blue curve over and along the 7 line, with the location where each end of the level touches the blue curve positioned directly over the 7 line.6. Place 2 more long pieces of tape over the spine, halfway between each of the 3 pieces above.10. Trace the blue curve onto the paper. This is the shape of your horses spine relative to a level line.11.Makehashmarksonthetracedlinewherethetape marks are on the blue curve.7. Place the flexible curve along the spine, approximately12. Using the square and the yardstick, transfer those hash centered over the tape pieces. Mark on the flexible curve,marks directly up to the 14.5 line. This is where you will with pieces of tape, where the tape pieces intersect with therecord the shape of your Fjords shoulders and spring of rib, curve. at those tape locations on your Fjord.Fjord Herald Issue #149Winter 2023 19'