Dressage Supreme Treeless

[Pink's lady]

Any thoughts on this saddle?

Equinelibruim Dressage Supreme (http://www.equinewhispers.co.uk/dressagesupreme.html)

It looks like a proper saddle and is much cheaper than most. Not too sure about it though - not very much padding to distribute the riders weight and the gullet is very narrow. And the fact it says it basically cheap and nasty.

[No_Angel]

to me it looks very narrow in the gullet and you would need a very good pad with it as the padding looks quite hard.
more pics here on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Treeless-Dressage-Saddle-Brown-17_W0QQitemZ330019809859QQihZ014QQcategoryZ47282QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Jessey]

I looked at them but TBH I don't think I would want to buy a saddle from anyone who advertises it as the budget/cheap/economy saddle where quality is clearly not a priority and perhaps the design may not have been as thoroughly reasearched/tested as others, esp being treeless.
I like the look of it, and had they of gone very cheap on Ebay I would have brought on so I could make a decision once I could see it close up but the price kept going up and I decided it was too much to run the risk of buying blind.

[Pink's lady]

Yep, that's what I thought. I had it watched on ebay and if it'd gone cheaply, I have have gone for it, but went up to £150 or so. It'd have been interesting to have a look.

They say 'cheap' but they're selling them new at £400+ or so - not that cheap. And they've got more 'seconds' on ebay, this time with a buy it now of £250 :eek:

[Showjumper]

I'm not too keen on the look of them for the reasons that No_Angel mentioned. I'd like to have a look at one in the flesh but won't spend that much money to buy one when I really don't need a third saddle.

[galadriel]

One of the significant problems with treeless is a pressure point at the girth. The billet straps on this are supposed to be a "comfort girth strap" setup--the front billet is sewn onto the FLAP. Without a way to get the billet bressure across the spine and distributed front-to-back, those billets will definitely create extra pressure. And being sewn onto the flap is just horrid--it puts way too much pressure on the flap and on the attachment to the flap. You're looking at a major riding hazard; it'll be uncomfortable for the horse and it's likely to eventually just come off.