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Thanks everyone! I will definitely have to look into the solution. I'm after a dressage saddle and I love the solution's traditional look. Do you know where they are made? Anyone ridden in a Philippe Fontaine??

Hi, I was wondering if anyone on here had any experience with flexible tree saddles?? Any brand recommendations? I know Philippe Fontaine saddles are flex trees, has anyone ever ridden In one?

Oooh sorry Im from Australia, Its just a habit to use kg!

I never used to be this thin... when I was a teen, I was a tubby little thing lol. When I hit 17 I grew 3 inches and my metabolism sped up - so much so that people frequently told me to see someone about my anorexia!!!! When you think about it though, you see 100kg men on 14.2 quarter horses...

My neighbours got a 5yr old connie welsh cross wasting in the paddock. She really wants him to be broken and get the attention he deserves but she hasn't got the time and she's too heavy. So she asked if I wanted him. I thought my pony riding days were long gone but she told me I wasn't too...

I absolutely adore my two Maxflex saddles. They are a german brand that make a beautiful range of saddles. They have fully flexible trees that move with the horse, fit a variety of shapes (also have changeable gullet) evenly distribute weight and look just like traditional saddles!!! They also...

Hi all, Just wondering what the difference was between an Icelandic saddle and dressage saddle apart from the difference in seat deepness. Aren't they just flat seated dressage saddles? Could they pass as a show saddle? I have heard something about them seating the rider further back and...

It is unfortunately protected by a preservation order. We have 70 other trees within that area, do you think the council will really notice? We would just plant a couple more.

I personally don't start them until they are 6 when they are more physically and mentally mature. In the mean time though I do lots and lots of ground work with th

I have a bit of an odd question. We are looking to get an arena built but we just have soooo many trees and there is very little room to put it. So we have the option to build a 30m by 20m arena or a 50m by 20m with a tree in the middle! I know it sounds bizarre, it's not often you see a tree in...

If you really are 5 stone, theres no question that the pony could carry you, many 8-10 year olds are that weight. If you were 8-9 stone, I would think a pony of that size could carry you too. I hope for your healths sake you are not 5 stone. When I was 15 and was 5 foot 7 and 7 stone, people...

When I said I don't love him, I really meant I don't like him at all. He has the movement, the looks, the potential and on paper he seems perfect but our personalities clash. In saying this Most people think he's a lovely horse. I think of them as people, some you like, some you don't. I know it...

I have 3 geldings and a mare grazing together and they all get on fine. It's not so much the gender but whether the horses get on with each other in general. Sometimes mare and mares don't get on. Like wise with geldings. Try it out and see.

I've recently purchased a young horse and I find we just don't "click". After 3 months I find I just don't love him as awful as that sound. It's weird, every now and again a horse comes along that I just don't seem to work with. maybe our personalitys clash. others i feel an instant bond. So I...

Sorry to hear about the fall. It happens sometimes I guess! Try filling a bath up with icy cold water (literally put ice in it) and run a hot shower at the same time. Now sit in the bath for a few minutes and then Hop into the hot shower straight away. It's going to sting but this is what all...