Girths

Several types of girth are shaped to allow ample room for the elbows. The Balding style is a flat piece of leather cut into three strips which are crossed and folded in the center, and the Atherstone style is a shaped piece of baghide with a roughly 1.5” wide strip of stronger leather running along the center. A variation on this is the overlay girth, in which the piece of leather in the center is the same curved shape as the girth. This overlay is often stitched in a decorative design.

Unshaped girths are commonly made of flat, heavy cotton, or padded cotton with nylon webbing reinforcement, or out of leather as in the tri-fold or three fold girth, popular among sidesaddle riders and traditional foxhunters.

Fleece girth covers are often used on sensitive horses to protect the barrel of the horse, and some styles of girth come with attached or removable sheepskin liners that perform the same function.

A dressage girth, or Lonsdale girth, is shorter than the usual girths used on other saddles. This is because the dressage saddle has longer billets, to keep the buckles out from under the rider's leg, and so a shorter girth may be used. Dressage girths can be made of all the materials, and in all the styles, mentioned before, and also can be made entirely of very strong elastic. Source

New & Used Girths

Lot Of TWO Leather English Girths - 52" and 54" Current Price: $ 19.0   Shipping: Seller is located in United States Shipping Cost: $ 10.0 (Flat) (more info)	Used Tack, B. Cook, Weaver, Girths, Saddlebag, 12 Piece Current Price: $ 5.0   Shipping: Seller is located in United States Shipping Cost: $ 20.0 (Flat) (more info)
15" Used Collegiate Saddle w/ Girths, Leathers, Irons.. Current Price: $ 450.0 Buy It Now: $ 550.0   Shipping: Seller is located in United States Shipping Cost: $ 45.0 (Flat) (more info)	Dressage girths - cinches - Lot of 3 Current Price: $ 5.0   Shipping: Seller is located in United States Shipping Cost: $ 7.5 (Flat) (more info)
(2) English Web Girths Current Price: $ 5.0   Shipping: Seller is located in United States Shipping Cost: $ 7.5 (Flat) (more info)	Two Western Girths, size 33 Current Price: $ 5.0   Shipping: Seller is located in United States Shipping Cost: $ 7.5 (Flat) (more info)
EQUESTRIAN NYLON FLEECE GIRTHS- ASSORTED SIZES REDUCED Current Price: $ 25.95 Buy It Now: $ 26.95   Shipping: Seller is located in United States Shipping Cost: $ 7.5 (Flat) (more info)	EQUESTRIAN NYLON FLEECE GIRTHS- ASSORTED SIZES REDUCED Current Price: $ 25.95 Buy It Now: $ 26.95   Shipping: Seller is located in United States Shipping Cost: $ 7.5 (Flat) (more info)
Lot of 2 Wintec elastic girths-sizes 48" and 50" Current Price: $ 10.0   Shipping: Seller is located in United States Shipping Cost: $ 9.8 (Calculated) (more info)	English Girths 40",42" and 50" Half Price Whitman & Silverfox Current Price: $ 24.99   Shipping: Seller is located in United States Shipping Cost: $ 9.8 (Calculated) (more info)