Saddle Blog
Spring Round Up!
Many new customers in the UK but key countries for us so far this year overseas have been USA and New Zealand. Even more pleasing for us was that quite a few of these orders were from returning customers. Popular saddles have been the Gazelle and Impala 1450 for...
A New Year!
Well, here we are in 2017 and I hope it's a great one for all our customers and readers! We will soon be busy sending out saddles ordered at the tail end of last year and over the holiday period. As we had thought the Suzannah Monoflap is building a following and the...
Great News for Worldwide Customers!
The British Pound has fallen in value against all major currencies. The % move varies from currency to currency but broadly speaking we are talking about £ being 10%, 15% or even 20% lower than it was last year. So if you buy a saddle from us it will be 10%, 15% or...
A Breakthrough in Saddle Design for the XXX Wide
I’ve just been talking to Ian about fitting the XXX wide! He thinks Ideal have made a breakthrough in design with their FWB GP saddle and says there has been nothing on the market like this saddle until now. It is the answer for wide cobs, natives and all horse and...
New SPECIAL OFFERS
I have just posted 10 new SPECIAL OFFERS on the site. There is a brand new 17 1/2" W Ideal 1350 GP for £1150, a brand new 17" XW Ideal Josephine for £995, a brand new 17 1/2" W Ideal Suzannah 1650 GP for £1150 and a brand new Ideal Lynx Pro Twin Flap for £1150: We...
Lots of NEW SPECIAL OFFERS!
Just posted on this site are 11 "SPECIAL OFFER" saddles. Most are Ian's ex demonstrators. Brands are Ideal, Jeremy Rudge, Keith Bryan, Jeffries & Minster. There are dressage saddles, show saddles, jump saddles, a pony saddle and an endurance saddle. Sizes are 17"...
Long Time No Blog!
Hello everyone, I have been very remiss in not keeping up with my blog! My lame excuse is that we have been very busy looking after customers in the UK, Isle of Man, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, The Netherlands, Norway, South Africa and more. Truly Worldwide!...
Slipping back….badly!
K**** from Nottinghamshire rang us on her way back from a show. Her coloured horse is “all shoulder” and very flat backed and her new saddle which had been fitted and made for her (not by us) had slipped back so badly and rolled about so much that she fell off. She...
Enjoying himself!
Lauren from Worcestershire is thinking about an Ideal Gazelle for her six year old, 16.1 hh Warmblood. The saddle is purely for show jumping. They compete atm at around 1.05 but are hoping to move up through the classes over the summer. She needs bigger knee/thigh...
Dressage saddles for the very wide!
Our topic for today is inspired by an enquiry from Mandy from Lancashire, England who is “desperately searching” for the right dressage saddle for her very wide Irish Draught Mare. “Everything seems to shoot up her neck or lift at the back”. She was thinking of an...
Ian is featured in Chiltern & Thames Rider Magazine
The following is from an article in Chiltern & Thames Rider Magazine. Download the original article here. When Sue Mitchell, editor of Chiltern & Thames Rider Magazine decided to get a dressage saddle for her eight year old mare, Special Print, she thought...
Sway Back
Heidi is a 17 year old Thoroughbred and is a dressage schoolmaster or should I say mistress, for her new owner, Heather in Victoria, Australia. A Suzannah Dressage saddle is on order for Heidi. The key issue fitting this saddle for Heather & Heidi is Heidi’s sway...
