Alternative to Le Mieux Saddlepad

[JLW123]

I currently have a Le Mieux half lined wool, gullet free saddle pad which looks lovely but rubs my horse. My saddler said that he needs this type of saddle pad but Le Mieux have quite hard stitching around the edge so try a different one but I can’t find one…. Any ideas would be great. She did suggest a separate half wool pad gullet free and thin numnah but I’d prefer all in one ideally. Suggestions would be great. Thanks

 

[Quigleyandme]

SBloom should be able to help you with that.

 

[Shooting Star]

Nuumed do them - https://nuumed.com/14-gullet-free-hiwither-half-wool-saddlepad-gf-sp01-gp

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Was gonna suggest nuumed

 

[Cob Life]

Have you looked at premier equine?

my loan had their half lined pads and they lasted so well

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

If your saddle is a good fit then you should only need a thin pad & that's mainly to keep the saddle clean. Many people spend loads of money having a saddle made for them & once they have it delivered they stick a think pad under the saddle & it screws up the fit of the saddle.

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Nuumed or Mattes pads.

 

[Fieldlife]

If your saddle is a good fit then you should only need a thin pad & that's mainly to keep the saddle clean. Many people spend loads of money having a saddle made for them & once they have it delivered they stick a think pad under the saddle & it screws up the fit of the saddle.

AND lots of decent saddlers fit saddles intentionally with sheepskin pads for increased cushioning.

 

[Cowpony]

KMElite do some nice ones

 

[sbloom]

If your saddle is a good fit then you should only need a thin pad & that's mainly to keep the saddle clean. Many people spend loads of money having a saddle made for them & once they have it delivered they stick a think pad under the saddle & it screws up the fit of the saddle.

Disagree that a thin cotton pad is always best and anything else means an ill fitting saddle but the saddle should be refitted to accommodate imo, though Centaur Bioemechanics disagrees with us both. I SEE the difference in the fit if you arbitrarily add a half pad.

AND lots of decent saddlers fit saddles intentionally with sheepskin pads for increased cushioning.

Yes.

Nuumed is not the same, it's wool fleece, in a knitted backing, which cannot work like sheepskin. Thinner, cheaper, not a bad product at all but different.

Mattes are brilliant pads and all I really recommend but there are other makes eg Christ Lamfellee that also make good medical grade sheepskin pads. Personally I would always recommend half sheepskin lined pads/numnahs, but many people get on well with half pads. Always seems a shame to not have the sheepskin against their skin, Mattes do a system where the half pad goes on the bottom but I'm not sure you gain much from this.