A saddle question here

[Horsesaddle]

I have allways what is the difference bwteen a jumping saddle and a riding

school saddle

p.s does any one still use a wintec saddle

[xloopylozzax]

a jumping saddle has forward cut knee rolls
a General purpose saddle (GP usually used in riding schools) is slightly round but not as much as a jumping saddle or as straight as a dressage saddle and is suitable for low level everything (jumping, dressage, hacking etc)
hope this clears it up a bit :)
lots of people use wintec saddles- i dont have one though so cant comment on them (sorry not much help on second question)

[Horsesaddle]

cheers can you get diffent sizes of jumping saddles?

can u use a wintec saddle for jumping class or do you have to use a jumping saddle?

[Bay Mare]

You can use whatever saddle you like for jumping classes but at higher levels you'll probably find a jumping saddle easier to use :)

Jumping saddles are fitted just like GPs, dressage saddles etc (is that what you meant?).

[xloopylozzax]

you can get different sizes of every saddle.

[Horsesaddle]

yes that is what i was meaning for BayMare


Its just that a RS horse that i had a few lessons on had a GP saddle and a

wintec one but all the other horses and ponies had normal saddle why is that?

p.s xloopylozzax what kind of saddles does your riding school use?

[R_Andy]

it could be that the tack came with the horse, over here in ireland, you will find riding schools have a huge range of tack, and i'd its same across britain!

[xloopylozzax]

i dont go to a riding school i have my own horses.
we use dressage or straight cut saddles because we do showing and hacking rather than jumping
(but do occasionally jump logs and ditches while out)