At the beginning of last year, I wrote:
” What will 2023 hold for us all? Have to admit, it has started slowly for us but we are not alone!!!! Hopefully things will pick up as they usually do(!) as the year gets properly into gear! Fingers & everything crossed!!!!
Happily things did pick up but we all find ourselves in a similar position now keeping our fingers crossed for 2024!
Last year our customers were predominantly from the UK and USA and joined by Australia, New Zealand, Canada & Sweden. So our geographical reach was not quite as broad as usual.
It was a good year, as ever (!), for the Impala Pro and the Suzannah Monoflap but also for the Sienna and the T&T (Ideal’s adjustable range). Joining them were the Gazelle, Grandee, Olivia, FWB, 1550 GPD, Ideal’s Polo saddle and the Ramsay Show Saddle. Horses had deeper or shallower rear gussets, a different tree and shorter and/or modified panels. Riders had bigger, smaller or different blocks, longer or shorter flaps and many had patent rolls & piping & some, a patent cantle too!
Amy in the UK, who had an Impala Pro Dressage saddle said:
Just to let you know that I did my first dressage competition in the new saddle yesterday and the difference in the way that the horse goes and how I sit is quite unbelievable. I’m absolutely thrilled with it. It’s beautiful and so comfortable.
Tom is an 18.2hh Shire in Australia who had an Impala Pro Jump in 2022 and a Suzannah Monoflap Dressage saddle in 2023!
Reggae in the UK had a Ramsay Show Saddle.
Leo in Sweden, an ID x ISH had a Impala Pro on a Jessica tree.
Digby, an ISH in the UK had a Grandee Elite.
Natasha, in Australia had an Impala Pro for her lovely horse.
“Love my beautiful Saddle. We won the class! Definitely the Saddle!”
….from Gail & Lazaro in USA
The saddle is a Sienna!