My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
Today’s a fitting day to show the next video in the Schleese saddle fitting video series as today my saddle fitter came to the barn for our spring tune up. I like to have my saddles fit before hunting season begins because galloping in half seat and jumping fences for a couple of hours in […]
Read MoreI enjoyed this recent post on the Equinest, Saddles from around the World. The basic concept of the saddle has been with us for centuries but the variations on the theme are remarkable. Make sure you click through to see some of the more beautiful (but less comfortable) versions. Some of them make me wince!
Read MoreI’ve come across this misconception several times: People who refer to the tree size as the gullet size. Since I just wrote about trees, I thought it was worth clarifying this point.
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The size of a saddle tree makes a huge difference in saddle fit. Readers will remember that recently I bought a saddle on eBay that didn’t work out at all. One of the issues was that the tree, which was described as medium to medium wide, was way too narrow for Freedom. When I challenged […]
Read MoreI’ve bought and sold a lot of saddles on eBay. It’s my way of feeding my “addiction”. I’ve written before on how to avoid getting scammed on eBay, but truth be told, even I buy the occasional lemon. Recently a saddle caught my eye that I thought I might use for hacking out. As someone […]
Read MoreOne of the beauties of going synthetic is that care is minimal and easy. They have all been extremely durable and showed little to no wear. Synthetic saddles are pretty impervious to sweat or rain and they don’t really show dirt. I love having a synthetic saddle for riding in the rain. I’ve soaked my […]
Read MoreWhen you get a new saddle you assume that it will come out of the box with the wool flocking soft and pliant, ready to mold to the shape of your horse’s back. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. It seems like some manufacturers stuff so much wool into those panels that they are hard […]
Read MoreI was looking at saddles on eBay — my favorite form of window shopping — and I came across an auction for a saddle that was a dead ringer of the first saddle I ever owned: A Hartley Galaxie. I bought the saddle when I was 14 using babysitting money. My recollection was that it […]
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