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Just found videos on youtube. Thanks anyways!

I just wondered if any of you guys had videos of you doing dressage on your heavy horses? I have a 16hh heavy cob who at the moment is quite lazy at the moment but my friends think that dressage is possible! I'm thinking that it wouldn't hurt either of our fitness levels any harm to practice...

Ah i see, thank you. My inexperience is showing as im showing her with feather but she is around 16hh. I just presumed maxi meant the size. Oops! I use a Le mieux prosorb with shims as she has high withers etc which does protrude so I guess I either just use it and accept it is for fun or...

Hello, I hope I have posted in the right place! I'm hoping to take my 5 year old mare to some in hand shows and possibly to progress onto ridden classes. I just have a few questions please... For a ridden class, do you use a numnah or a saddle pad? For local shows does it really matter...

I know i is an old thread but I am just commenting so I can find it again in the future! Ignore me ;-)

That saddle was such a bad fitting one it is unreal (that is the Stubben) I am now selling now lol! The view is near Ilkley and was taken whilst out on my first hack with him. I am not there anymore but still live Ilkley way! My new Saddle is a right beauty... I wont be getting it til...

My horses are quite problematic haha! Major has a very long back and is quite wide and due to his age, he dips and needs a special numnah. He came with the stubben but the saddle doesnt fit me either. The Swaine is all wrong too and was causing the poor pony pain apparently and she is...

Hehe Major has a VERY long back! We still had a good 2 inches left lol!! This is a terrible pic of him with an 18" saddle on! I am 5ft 8ish with size 8 feet lol! So I think our saddle fitter is doing us proud lol!!! Here he is without a saddle on... I am so excited...

I am about to get a new saddle and it turns out that the best fit for me and my boy is a 19.5" saddle! How many of you have a saddle that length as the fitter said they are quite rare! It is a gorgeous 'Ideal' one too! AM very excited!

Sorry to bothe you guys but you may remember I acquired a Swaine Adeney Saddle when I got my pony. Well the saddle fitter has been out and it doesnt fit my pony at all (she is quite wide). As much as peeps have said it is a good make, what kin of price would you be looking at? I am asking...

Well I have had the saddle fitter out and it doesnt fit so I am now open to offers on it if anyone is interested!

I have heard of Barry Swaine but he must have gone it alone! ANyone else know if it is the same person? I dont know that it is as the company have been about since 1750!

Wowzers! Well I recently bought a pony for my children and she came with this saddle (the previous owner actually apologised for giving me a naff saddle!). I have emailed someone who is a saddler to ask for their advice on it and he seems very excited! I have emailed him the pics too (I think...

I had a Clydey with this problem and I researched all over the place finding out about it. The old operation involved cutting the ligament which was thought to cause early onset of arthritis. The new op involves a small slit in the ligament which causes it to swell thus stopping the leg from...

Hello there, has anyone heard of this make? I have just acquired a saddle of this make and cant for the life of me find another one! I have found the website of the manufacturers and they dont sell saddles anymore. The other products they sell are extremely expensive and I wondered if anyone...