Saddle Blog

What is kissing spine and how may it affect saddle fitting? Kissing spine is “overriding dorsal spinous processes” (ORDSP). What does this mean? Two or more of the spinous processes are touching or rubbing (the bones you feel in the horses back). Affected horses are most commonly dressage horses, however any breed or discipline can experience kissing spine. It is mostly found in performance horses and can go easily undiagnosed in horses that are not often ridden. This is likely because kissing spine usually ends up affecting performance. Presenting signs can be but not limited to soreness to the touch...