Anyone selling a semiflex saddle? Please Help!

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I'm desperately looking for a second hand Barry Swain Semi flex saddle for my mare who has had a lot of back problems.

Ideally I'm hoping to buy a black, 17.5 inch, GP but would consider a dressage saddle or a brown GP.

Does anyone on here have one for sale, or know someone who does?

Where would be the best place to look for one of these types of saddles or is there anything similar out there?
 
I have a dressage saddle already (not for sale) and was also looking for a GP.

You can find on ebay, preloved and gumtree. Google throws up a number of results...
 
Have you looked at Balance International? Not the same principle, but excellent for any horse and particularly those who have had problems in the past.
 
Thanks sychnant. The dressage one is nice but has short flaps. I'm quite tall and my horse is 16.3 so if I go for a dressage saddle I'd like the flaps to be reasonably long.

I'm watching the one saddle (I can't afford the BIN price of £1250) and the other two aren't actually semiflex saddles. They are the holistic flexitree saddles which aren't quite the same.

I'm not sure where else to look as I've tried all the obvious places! I hope someone on here might just know of one that someone hasn't got around to advertising yet!
 
Thanks arizonahoney, I've contacted a few on this website and haven't heard anything back from any of them. I'm not sure how up-to-date the website is.

I'll keep trying with that (... without pestering :D ) but in the meantime if anyone knows of any others for sale then please let me know!

(Ideally 17.5, black, GP, semiflex but would consider a dressage saddle or brown GP.)
 
Thanks sychnant. That's the website with the people who haven't replied to my enquiries! I'm just wondering whether it's not that up-to-date and maybe they've already been sold :(
 
I did manage to find one on gumtree a few months ago but that was probably a rare find!

Are you in a hurry to get one?
 
My friend is selling the GP one you are watching I can give you her details if you want maybe you can make her a offer..???
 
Thanks Ludoctro, yes it would be good to get in touch with your friend. Should I pm you some details?

My only worry about that one is that it's a 17inch and ideally I need a 17.5inch. I could perhaps speak with Barrie and see if he thinks a 17" will be ok for us.
 
Sorry eventer83, I forgot to answer you. I ideally need one in the next few weeks.

My horse is going to the vets in a few weeks time for further investigations and a scinitgraphy to find out what is causing her KS. The vets say she needs to be in work as the more muscle she has, the stronger she'll be and the muscle will support her joints, bones, spine and any other weaknesses there may be.

The vet suspects that the KS may be a secondary problem to a neck, wither or shoulder issue so I need to find a saddle that is comfortable for her as soon as possible really so a saddle problem won't cloud the medical issues.
 
Yes that's what to do, no idea about sizing though , I know her one is defo a 17.5" if you do want to be put in contact pm your email address and I will pass it on, I tried to on you her email but it won't seem to work but I think maybe because I using a iPhone..??
 
I can't reply to your pm it won't work for some reason, have passed your email , he one is a 17" Havana GP she is selling just checked for you.
 
Thanks Ludoctro. I'll check to see if a 17" will be too small (I'm quite tall!). I'd be really interested to hear how your friend got on with the saddle anyway if she wouldn't mind letting me know!
 
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