Recent content by Louby

I thought I needed new hips 🙈 😄 I was soooo uncomfortable and shifting the saddle left and right as I was all over the place. You may have just beat me with 8 saddles 🙈🤣

Thank you!! Its been an absolute nightmare, hence the saddlegate name 😆

Quick recap 🙈 After a relentless search to find a saddle to fit my Highland Pony, numerous saddlers, lots of £££ and finally going it alone as I had no where else to turn and ending up with a house full of saddles 🙈🤣 even being told by one saddler that I cant have a dressage saddle on a...

Thanks for that, Im new to all this but have moved to a yard where theres no wash facilities and with a hairy native want to get something sorted soon x

The Rambo Fly Buster or Protector is about the strongest I can think of. Mine got a few nicks last year but thankfully not trashed. They dont hold water either so are good when it rains. Sadly they arent cheap :(

Has anyone any recommendations for a portable horse shower please? I dont want to spend a fortune if possible. I believe I need at least 12l. Would love the Hippo but really cant justify... or afford the price! Thank you x

Facebook for me :) theres quite a few groups for selling horseboxes and the 3.5t's are selling for crazy money with what appears to be lots of interest x

Theres someone on facebook who does it, and seems to transform them, Reigntree Equine, Im not sure where abouts she is but worth a look

Id compare it to a trailer, like others have said and maybe reply with its the same dimensions as an IW 510 which says up to..... and then its their decision. A 505 is 7'1 I think and is advertised to take up to 16.2 (I think) My old horse was 16.1 and his ears were squidged in a 505 and he...

Hi, Ive got a very wide Highland Pony with hardly any wither and a forward girth groove. I tried to get a saddle fitted by different independant saddle fitters but no one had anything wide enough or anything that wouldnt move around, forwards or both ... but the common advice was I needed a...

Have you tried taking the partition out and using full length breast and breech bars? They seem to travel much better with more room to spread their legs so they can balance. It would be a lot cheaper than buying something else if it works

Without checking, Im 99% sure its a 4. Im certainly not knocking them, just think the very wide twist really didnt suit me

Well Ive tried a fair few over the last 12 months 🙈 🤣 and tbh with my history of bad luck with horses, a lot of different ones over the years. I do think what suits one, wont suit another and the horse has a lot to answer for too! Im used to Sports Horses, never been any wider than a MW/W and...

Thank you, its awful when you are uncomfortable. I actually have an LM here too 🙈 theres not many I havent tried lol but I think my old hips couldnt cope with the wide twist. I do have a barrel to sit on though!!

Thank you all, it is truely a beautiful saddle and for as wierd as it may sound 🙈 😄 just the smell of it makes me smile, I think thats something only horsey people can appreciate :D All of Rays saddles are handmade by him, the quality and finish shows that. I just wanted to show my...