16 saddles stolen from Cheshire eventer's yard.

[Tiddlypom]

Charlotte Clewlow (CJCeventing) had her tackroom cleared of all her saddles overnight on Tuesday 12 Feb '19. Her yard is near Malpas in Cheshire, she is a real grafter, and doesn't deserve this. These are mostly high end saddles.

This is a list, please help spread the word.

16 Saddles stolen today please keep a look out
Amerigo Vega jump double flap brown 17 Medium Serial 17N28190415
Equipe Olympia dressage Brown 18 +1 Serial 18N44530714
Equipe Expression jump double flap brown 17 M+2 Serial 17N17010316
Voltaire custom made jump single flap brown 16.5 custom made with “Boots” on the back and Swarovski crystals Serial 3774.18
Amerigo Vega jump double flap 17 Medium Wide Serial 17N10620318
Equipe Synergy brown single flap jump 17.5 medium
Prestige Paris single flap brown 17 medium x 2
Equipe Olympia Dressage Brown 17 Medium
Equipe Emporio Dressage Black 18 Medium
Martin Guliver GP Black Bespoke 18
Brown pony GP 15
Synthetic Black GP 17
Synthetic Dressage Black 17
Pessoa Brown 17 Medium
Brown Dressage Saddle 17.5

Charlotte giving my very green then 5yo homebred a peach of a ride clear XC in her first BE80, probably in one of the stolen saddles.

 

[Rowreach]

Thefts like these make my blood boil, they do so much more damage than just inconvenience. I hope that with all the serial numbers, they'll be too hot to handle.

My tack room was robbed 25 years ago. The police caught them a few days later, twenty miles away, because they'd nicked a bowler hat and had it on the parcel shelf of the car. Eagle eyed Bobby thought it was odd!

Hope Charlotte gets her saddles back.

 

[Tiddlypom]

Horse and Hound magazine have run a news item on the theft.

https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/eventer-feels-violated-theft-16-saddles-worth-18000-679379

The show must go on...

 

[splashgirl45]

seeing her empty tack room bought all my memories back when we had all of our saddles stolen...its devastating as it will cost a lot to replace them and also get the saddles fitting correctly....they are scum!!!!!!!!

 

[Tiddlypom]

It's so much more than just the financial hit, isn't it. It takes a lot of time to get saddles like this replaced and fitted, even if you have the readies.

 

[phizz4]

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This is terrible, and, as stated, is far more than the inconvenience of the loss, replacement costs, fitting etc. But, I can't help feeling that they are stealing this tack because there is a market for it. They must be selling it somewhere and people are knowingly, or unknowingly, buying stolen tack. If there was no market for a 'bargain' saddle there would be no point in this type of theft.

 

[Asha]

Great news on this ! Looks like the police have arrested the thieving scum . So all being well they may just get the saddles back 😊

 

[Tiddlypom]

Great news!

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

That is great news. Having had our saddles taken a few months ago we had little hope of ours returning.

 

[splashgirl45]

fingers crossed for them!!!!

 

[DD]

any updates

 

[Tiddlypom]

Unfortunately, although the thieves were apprehended, the saddles have not yet been recovered.

https://www.facebook.com/484848168239248/posts/2199319706792077