another showing saddle question...

You'd be taking a risk - it all depends on the judge but in my experience very few are happy riding in dressage saddles full stop (especially if they have a deep seat or large knee rolls). Even my dressage trainer doesn't like riding in WOWs so I personally wouldn't recommend it.

Do you have an alternative?
 
I'm having a demo with a wow soon, but we have tried literally around 15 saddles and have found nothing that fits him quite right so far, it has been an 18 month hunt! Showing isn't our main discipline, but we do want to do some locally, maybe a bit of affiliated
 
Have you tried the Jeffries Stamford Working Hunter? I've heard nothing but good about them and am about to buy one.
 
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I'm having a demo with a wow soon, but we have tried literally around 15 saddles and have found nothing that fits him quite right so far, it has been an 18 month hunt! Showing isn't our main discipline, but we do want to do some locally, maybe a bit of affiliated

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Snap!! My boy is a difficult fit and after trying 5 different dressage saddles last Thursday (none fit), Ideal are now making me one from scratch - it's great as I got to choose the panels, seat etc that I like.

If you want to do a bit of everything, a straight-cut GP (VSD) or Working Hunter saddle would be best. Lots of companies now make to measure at no extra cost!

Or if you really want a dressage saddle (like me), go for one that looks traditional, hasn't got huge knee rolls or a very deep seat (the Ideal Jessica is a good example and know lots of people who show successfully in it)

Good luck
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Our main thing is showjumping actually, so if we were getting a normal saddle we'd get a jumping saddle, but if we go down the wow route I'd get dressage flaps too for our flatwork, dressage, showing etc, so as we're primarily jumping deep seats and big dressage knee rolls aren't really our thing
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Wow may not suit us, in which case we'll be having double trouble trying to find 2 different saddles to fit monster
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Ideal are very comfy, we borrowed an ideal jumping saddle tonight (saddle 16) and it was nice!
 
Surely it depends on what level you intend to show at? If you plan on just sticking to local then I've seen all sorts of saddles at local level, so long as it fits the horse. Affiliated you probably still won't have too much trouble, unless its a high level affiliated show you should still be ok, again well fitting functional tack is the key.

However if you were looking to show at a high affiliated level/ county I'd say you need a show saddle. Its at this point you get ride judges so thats when you'll experience people saying no to a saddle.
 
bless him Flash is never going to be a county level show pony haha! He'd like to think he is, but he's far too lazy and dopey!
 
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