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Wow! You guys know a lot about 24th century saddle technology! 
Fair enough
It's just something I've seen elsewhere too, where writers assume riders have saddles that they can fling on any horse.
I know nothing about saddles, how they work or what the problem is with the saddle Picard has for riding. But it is "possible" it has some piece of future-tech that makes it workable on any horse regardless of appearances.
Take, for example, the S3-onwards uniforms. We all have seen/can see the zipper seam on the backs of them. But we're "not supposed to" we're supposed to ignore this seam (as well as the seams on S2-back uniforms, or the couple times we see characters grope for a zipper) as Gene's "vision"/idea is that zippers would be obsolete in the future. The TOS uniforms were much better at hiding the seam as being just a fold or design-seam in the uniform.
But the idea is for "nano-seams" some system that causes the two pieces of the uniform to join with an invisible-to-the-eye seam that's closed by an invisible-to-the-eye device/method. We see this brilliantly displayed in the episode "Ensign Ro" when Ro visits the Bajoran refugee camp. She wears a standard S3+ female "one-piece" uniform. But she gives her tunic to Bajoran child and we see her take her top off and it opens like a regular jacket (though there's no visible seam on the front) and is separate top. (Although the female uniform variant appears to be one piece with no separate top and bottom.) Under the tunic we see there's an "undershirt" of sorts.
This scene wasn't a mistake be a demonstration of how clothing "works" in TNG's time. With nanoseams. Again, we're supposed to ignore the seam in the back the same way we ignore 20th century production details like screws and make-up lines.
That's a big diversion, yeah, but it all revolves around my basic point. Just because the saddle *appears* to be a certain type/size/whatever of saddle because that's what the actual prop is doesn't mean that's what it was in the show itself. The saddle could have been some fancy 24c device that has features and flexibility to it beyond its 20/21c counterpart.
Most western saddles fit most horses. You just adjust the cinches. It's perfectly reasonable that Picard owns a saddle. Except for the fact he's in space and there aren't any horses besides on the holodeck, which could generate a perfect replica of his saddle if he wanted it.
Not so. Cinches just adjust how tightly the saddle is attached to the horse. If you tighten the cinches on a saddle that does not fit, it will just hurt the horse more. That's like tightening the laces on a shoe that doesn't fit.
My knowledge is limited to UK/classic saddles - for those, the whole body of the saddle has to be fitted to the individual horse, otherwise it can cause sores, discomfort, and even serious back problems. It's not like putting on a sweater that doesn't fit.
ETA: looking at screencaps - yep, it was an English saddle. Should be fitted to an individual horse. But like it was suggested, maybe Picard rides the same horse every time (not quite sure how he would manage that, but it's possible)
ETA: looking at screencaps - yep, it was an English saddle. Should be fitted to an individual horse. But like it was suggested, maybe Picard rides the same horse every time (not quite sure how he would manage that, but it's possible)
If he generally rides on the holodeck there's no reason he couldn't ride the same horse every time.
Not sure about the planet though, maybe he was just hoping to find a horse who would be compatible enough for his saddle. Anyway, mostly he just wanted to get away from the reception.
Not sure about the planet though, maybe he was just hoping to find a horse who would be compatible enough for his saddle. Anyway, mostly he just wanted to get away from the reception.
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