well, my horse cisco has been really good once i get a saddle on him. thing is he's been hard to saddle of late. moves around a lot and has lately gotten side shy. i have a new saddle right saddle pad on him and it seemed to work well for the first couple of rides. not moving around at all while saddling. mostly he is fine until i tighten the cinch. then he starts to move and sunday he even reared a little. i'm using a 30" justin neoprene roper style girth and have been since day one. the problem has manifested it's self within the last month. i thought the good saddle pad would cure the problem, but now it seems as if it is more of a girth problem. once saddled he has not shown a problem. sunday however he was a bit "spooky". but only when tied and me not in the saddle.

any help or suggestions would be appreciated. esecially from someone that has combated this problem before.

i thank you in advance.