Saddle cloths v numnahs

@Jane&Ziggy yes, and it's quite ironic that a rider who normally doesn't like jump saddles at all has one on a cob that doesn't jump! He's happier in it than other saddles we tried, probably because it stays still despite his flamboyant paces and cob shape (though he's finally growing a wither - about time too) and given how clear he makes it when he isn't happy it's easier to go with the flow. I have to say that for a jump saddle it feels fairly supportive without trying to put me in a forward position, and with how he is I want a fair degree of flexibility on where and how I sit, it maybe helps that it was made for a rider who's quite a bit taller than me and so the blocking is set to allow some length of leg - my knees and ankles would rebel if I had to ride jump length all the time :eek:
 
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I used to hack Ben in his jump saddle. This was mainly because it was the saddle that fitted him the best when he came back into work, but also because it was comfy for me to ride in.
 
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My every day saddle is a jump saddle. When I bought it new saddle fitter said proper gps were getting less popular so it might mean a wait. However when I sat in the jump (an Albion k2) it was so comfortable and fitted robin perfectly. I also have a dressage (an Albion slk) which I also love. I feel the jump gives me more chance to stay in the plate when he spooks.
 
I am using a goat the moment but it's got super knee rolls on it. With her various moves it's comfy to ride in.
 
@Doodle92 it's interesting you say you feel more secure in a jump saddle because I've always felt the opposite, if I couldn't have a GP I'd rather have a dressage saddle (but not the heavily blocked modern ones) so I can drop my stirrups and wrap my legs round.
 
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@Doodle92 it's interesting you say you feel more secure in a jump saddle because I've always felt the opposite, if I couldn't have a GP I'd rather have a dressage saddle (but not the heavily blocked modern ones) so I can drop my stirrups and wrap my legs round.
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That’s interesting because for me if I doubt I put my stirrups up. Then my lower leg can be stable and the horse can throw me about and I can stay above it.
 
I think with saddles though, they are fitting the horse and fitting the rider with that horse.
I am on a dressage over winter and feel secure in it, but, she shapes changes and we ride different terrain and it just makes me ache. Going up a hole makes me feel insecure and tense and then she won't go forwards.

We are using a Nuumed high wither on this saddle and I might look into pads as I think they will offer more at the rear. Then I get to choose some colour besides black brown and the rare blue.
 
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Numed have a rainbow of colours. Or did when I went to their site. Ella's youngest sharer is crazy about purple.
 
@Skib most company’s do multiple colours!! Think of Lemieux and all that hype. Premier equine have around 10 in their plain range and more in others.
 
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carthorse said:
@Doodle92 it's interesting you say you feel more secure in a jump saddle because I've always felt the opposite, if I couldn't have a GP I'd rather have a dressage saddle (but not the heavily blocked modern ones) so I can drop my stirrups and wrap my legs round.
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I’m the same, much prefer the longer leg of a dressage saddle and dislike the big blocked, high cantled, ones.
 
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@Yogi0124 I'm certainly not looking for a new saddle! And if I was I'd be buying through a saddle fitter not from some internet article that's written in a way that gives me no faith in the sellers.
 
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