If money was no object.....

[hdonna]

What saddle would you but if money was no object?


If you had a budjet of £500?



Will be looking for a new saddle for Marlie some time soon and would like advice

cheers

[fairlady]

I love the 'look' of my Barefoot Cherokee, but I haven't actually ridden
in it yet;)

[Sparky Lily]

I'm not sure whether I would buy one, but if money were no object I would love to try out the new Quantum saddle I saw at HOYS. Otherwise, I don't think I could do better than my Spalding saddle.

I've not been looking for another saddle, so I don't know what £500 buys these days. We did buy a good second hand GFS Event saddle for £400 a few years ago, and were very pleased with it.

[eventerbabe]

If money were no object, it would be a semiflex or a WOW. I also really like the native pony saddle company saddles, next year i'll be hopefully getting one for my welsh. I splurged on a Jeffries, and am rather happy with that aswell :)

£500 wouldn't buy any of those though, you'd need to quadruple it for my dream saddles :rolleyes:

[Mimi + Me]

Yes some of the really lush saddles can cost a couple of thousand pounds. I really don't get excited about expensive saddles though, so I'll just stick to my Wintec :)

[Yann]

If I had a budget of £500 I'd look at the more expensive Thorowgood range, they're really well made, look nice and are fully adjustable for width, something far more expensive saddles still often aren't.

[cinammontoast]

Thorowgood for about £450 if that helps.

If money were no object, a Cardanel leather GP-normally under a grand so not too bad, or maybe a Saddle Company GP.

[Kit&Holly]

I am very happy with my choice of Thorowgood T4 dressage saddle :) £340 :)

[B.O.B.]

I guess it depends on the horse, but I love my Kieffer Venedig. If I was looking for something around the £500 mark, and it suited my horse, I'd either go second hand or synthetic. I love the Wintec 2000, but it just didn't suit my horse.

[Trewsers]

I would love a new Bates eventing saddle - cos I have a second hand one atm which does not polish up well and has a screw thingy missing. Am ashamed to say it needs re-fitting at some point as madam's weight has fluctuated over the last 12 months. To be honest, I'd love (if money were no object) the lightest saddle poss (cos I am very weight conscious) and I'd love to be able to have it fit and re-fit as and when necessary without having to save up / count the costs!!
I do have a lovely Derby House saddle which is gorgeous to look at but sadly quite heavy - if only it were lighter...........
If I had a budget of £500 I'd prob end up with another Bates second hand (if I needed one)

If I were really really rich then I'd also get a dressage saddle for Storm. OH has one for Joe and its soooooo comfy!!!!!!! (I think its a Ryder and its splendid to look at).

[Mary Poppins]

If money were no object I would get a saddle fitter out with a variety of saddles and pick the one that I liked best - regardless of cost. I may end up with a cheaper one but then i would have more money for other fun stuff.

[Skippys Mum]

If money were no object I'd get a WOW. Hopefully they would be able to fit one to my odd shaped boy:rolleyes:. As money was an object I got a Freeform which still set me back just over £1000 by the time I got the pad:(.

I'd expect to get a reasonable second hand saddle for £500 or one of the better synthetics. I wouldnt expect a new decent leather saddle for that sort of money - and would be wary of one that was!

[greymare]

If money was no object a WOW or Quantam Saddle.

With a budget of £500,a T6 GP

Jen
x

[Joyscarer]

It wasn;t a case of what I liked best, it was a case of what fitted Joy best and the Thorowgood T6 3D Cob GP fitted the bill.

Unless she changes shape then I see no reason to change. :)