Care, Conditioning of Light-Colored Show Saddles
| Blonde is the trend in the Western pleasure show ring today–and not just on the riders. It’s the most popular color in show saddles, and it takes special care…
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Saddles With Air Power
The Flair system consists of air bags in your saddle panels as the “flocking,” replacing traditional wool. It’s available as a custom option on a number of different saddles or…
Jochen Schleese Saddle Fitting Tip – Female Riders in ‘male’ saddles. That’s a challenge.
These are the facts. The majority of riders today are women, and the majority of saddles on the market are designed for men by men. Sitting correctly and comfortably, persons…
Try A Synthetic. We Bet You`ll Like It
…saddles settled down to a comfortable, close fit. The Western saddles use the same width guidelines as do leather saddles with semi or full Quarter Horse bars. The English saddles…
Olympic Equestrians: Science Saddles Up
…has been analyzed. A biomechanics trainer might have put sensors on a rider to figure out optimal balance or spinal alignment for dressage. There are sensors to place under saddles…
Hard-to-Fit Horses and Saddle Fitting
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Saddle Facts
…another. The Western saddle was designed for cowboys who spent long days riding the range, driving and working cattle. Leather Western saddles are much heavier than English saddles but the…
Dressage Saddles and Rigid Legs
Whenever I teach a clinic or start working with a new student I look first at the rider?s position in the saddle.? Of course, this is relative to the rider?s…
Choosing and Purchasing a Sidesaddle
…activity is English, there is also growing interest Western and period (historical) sidesaddle riding. A “period” sidesadddle ? Jeannie Whited Sidesaddles come in endless varieties, much like cross-saddles. To confuse…
A Hands-On Approach to Saddle Fit
…vast majority of us purchase manufactured saddles from tack shops-or maybe over the Internet. These saddles are intended to be generic, made for “anyhorse USA.” We buy them because we…