Anyone have a treeless saddle?

[clairel]

I have been thinking of trying one on my eventer as I think my saddles are restricting his shoulder movement and pinching.

Does anyone have one?
What are your thoughts on it?
and what level do you ride at?

Thanks!

 

[Serephin]

I have a barefoot cheyenne

I am a happy hacker

I love it! very comfy - I would imagine you would require something a little more specialised for eventing though

 

[hellspells]

MY YO had some as her youngster was maturing. It did the job brillaintly for what basic work but once asking for a little more collecting, medium its not over supportive - let alon leg yeild and half pass. She has done so so well with it, but cant wait for her tree'd saddle to arrive!!

 

[Tinypony]

There are so many different treeless saddles! I would suggest that you contact someone who fits Heather Moffet saddles (have a look on the Enlightened Equitation site, and try those. There is no problem sitting correctly in them! They aren't cheap, but you can trial them, which is very useful.

 

[maggiesmum]

i have a Heather Moffett saddle and wouldn't ride in anything else now, my horses go really well in it too.

 

[Donkeymad]

I have a Torsion - the original treeless saddle, Wouldn't use anything else now - or any of the cheap makes!

 

[Queenjude]

I've ridden in the Ansur (sp?) one and hated it!

 

[cbmcts]

I have one of the trekker treeless...and love it. No good for jumping though but puts you in a lovely position for dressage and really comfortable. You can remove the "handle" over the pommel btw and it just looks like an ordinary saddle.

http://www.treelesssaddles.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=73&products_id=435

I really liked the Heather Moffat saddles but they were sooooooo expensive.

 

[cjdjivanovic]

I used to have an Ansur on my broad withered dressage horse and it worked well on him. They don't really work on horses with a high or narrow wither as the pressure over the wither is too great - so really depends on your horse's conformation.

 

[Booboos]

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I used to have an Ansur on my broad withered dressage horse and it worked well on him. They don't really work on horses with a high or narrow wither as the pressure over the wither is too great - so really depends on your horse's conformation.

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For what it's worth I have a horse with really prominent withers and the only saddle he will tolerate is the Ansur (Total Saddle Solutions)