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not overly happy with mine tbh and jay is not either judging by him biting me when i girthed him up and the refusal to walk out, then the 20 mins of rearing:mad:
 
I've had one and loved it. My old mare went for 3 months without a saddle as ever saddle i tried she hated. She went cold backed etc. Then i called the saddle company up, someone came out and measured her, then did one for me with a plastic tree inside so when she changes shape they can reshape the tree by heating it up. Also my old hores had a sensitive back so i had synthetic underneath and leather on top. She loved it and i never had a back problem again.

Unfortunatly she sadly passed away. The saddle is the only thing i kept and i am never getting rid of it. My new horse came with his own Jefferies saddle, but i do prefer the saddle company saddle.
 
I recently tried one on my daughter's table top pony who has virtually no wither and it was a no go on him. Asked saddler if he could reflock or fit to him and he reckoned that the tree was not a suitable shape?? Also tried a Griffin Thorowgood cob on him - pony was happier in that one but saddler still not happy with the fit. So its back to the drawing board :rolleyes:
 
I'm happy with mine too :) And I have two, shortly 3! I'm sort of trying to sell my WH saddle but only because I'm getting a SC dressage saddle & it's a bit extravagant to have three saddles for one horse :cool:
 
I am torn now between the SC GP and a TG T6.

I have to say I will get sho down but I didnt get a fitter to my saddle when I got Kia was just kinda DIY :o

Essentailly it fits it just needs flocked at the mo.

I like the look of the SC saddles but as people have said I am not sure if I could get one to fit Kia the way his TG does.

Nikki xxxxx
 
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Nik-n-Kia said:
I am torn now between the SC GP and a TG T6.
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So was I. I went for a chap with the saddle fitter before she came out to visit to discuss my needs and I really wanted to go down the SC route because of the good reports I'd had on here. Luckilly she had a SC GP and the new T6 on the shelf and they have a plastic horse so you can pop the saddle on to see if it is comfortable for you.

I was really disappointed that I didn't like the SC GP. I was so sure that if it fitted Joy then it would be 'the one' and had done so much research when making my decision about what I thought would suit.

I much prefered the T6 but she still bought both out with her when she came to see Joy. As it was the T6 was better for us.
 
i havent any experience of them.

one thing I wanted when I got my new saddle though was a saddle fitter who wasnt affiliated to any one make ;)

the saddler fitter I got let me try umpteen differnt makes and styles of saddles... Im a fussy bugger and it was only at the very end I found one I was happy with. Its a Hastilow GP ranger, http://hastilowsaddles.com/ and is quite close contact.

She was happy for me spend as long as i wanted riding round trying different saddles, and did a very thourgh fitting assessment first as well. I was very impressed. I have heard good and bad things about the person i used, but in my opinion , she is a qualified master saddler and yes, I had to pay £60 for fitting, and £15 for travel (which is what ive heard some gripes about) but if you get a professional service from a properly qualified, non biased person, it's worth it IMHO.

Am sure she would come out your way, PM me if you'd like the details.
 
I had two and eventually gave up on the second one after 12 months. Brys confirmation and other issues did not help either. The only thing I miss about my SC saddle is the knee rolls for jumping, I fall off alot more now;)
 
i really like mine and my instructor loves it too.

My horses did have a saddle that didnt fit him and we had issues to overcome with that, we put the SC saddle on and he was changed from that very minute. No head in the air 'this is going to hurt', he was very happy and has been going very well in it since then. I do find it comfy and the leg position is great.
Also seems to give them more freedom in the shoulder.

I do find though that my girth needs checked twice as when the horse warms up and the saddle moulds it must bed in a bit, so i need to check it before any faster work.
But as we discovered today you can do some canter and jumpies and the saddle doesnt move (even when the girth was loose :o:o oops!) not that i recommend this i might add.
 
Both horses have taken reactions to them - be it rearing or bucking and I haven’t been able to use the saddles for more then one sitting for voltan since feb and Skyla thankfully had 3 sittings. Its now been 4 months and after 3 fittings for sky and 4 for vol still not able to use them. I can't spend this kind of money all the time.

Voltan just coils up and refuses to move if not rear. Has a wild eye and looks very scared. He is normally a very forward going horse eager to work. Bit by bit this has stopped with the saddle to now he just refuses point blank to work.

Skyla has resorted to bucking and reversing upon mounting. Just not my horses anymore. The worst i have ever seen them since owning them both. So the saddles must go.
 
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She was happy for me spend as long as i wanted riding round trying different saddles, and did a very thourgh fitting assessment first as well. I was very impressed. I have heard good and bad things about the person i used, but in my opinion , she is a qualified master saddler and yes, I had to pay £60 for fitting, and £15 for travel (which is what ive heard some gripes about) but if you get a professional service from a properly qualified, non biased person, it's worth it IMHO.
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wasn't my experience of her i'm afraid! i won't use her :o

I've heard good things about the chap at nimrod saddlery, perth but getting hold of him is a nightmare! my eventer friend swears by Louise at Stirlingshire, don't know if you've tried her? Lady i got my last saddle from is excellent but i don't think she'll travel down as far as you guys :( I hope you manage to shift the saddles quickly, what an awful waste of money for you :(
 
I am happy with mine so far. I found it 'firm' but then I had been using a freeform which is devine on the bum. I use a heather moffet seat bone saver on my SCS now so its very comfy :)
I think the wool underside is quite forgiving and therefore kinder to pones back.
 
Only thing I find about it is the pommel seems high on mine could be because of my hi-withered warmblood... like it thought but havent had a huge amount of use to be honest.
 
I find my very uncomfortable. I have to sit out of the saddle 45 mins into a hack. I have serious bruising and rubbing in both areas....:o

Mine slips a lot too....:confused: I got non stretch stirrups but still it slips. Ive also padded out the area that is wasted from a badly fitting saddle. But the area is still not good a year on. So Ive gone back to long lining to see if I can help Captain more. I will also get a Chiro out to look at his back as he doesnt seem to be very forward going at the moment. :confused:
 
NN did you not have it fitted properley??? ive been researching them and they seem easy in the idea of them but not so in reality!
 
I don't think they can be made to fit any horse - they are little different from wintecs. They have a metal bar in the front, like a wintec gullet, which is adjusted to give different widths. And like wintecs, they can ONLY be changed at the front - the back cannot be altered. The only real difference is a better designed tree (suits most horses, unlike wintecs, who suit few horses) and better shaped, more mouldable panels. They therefore can't be adjusted to fit any horse.

Nookster - did you ride with yours directly against their back, with no numnah? Serge feels a bit odd to the horse so they may not like the feeling. Kalli doesn't like hers without a numnah on.
 
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