Ben Hobday Badders Saddle

[NaeNae87]

Hey lovelies,

Any eagle eyed, wonderful people out there know what make Ben's beautiful saddle was on the weekend?

In love and want to do some shopping

TIAxx

 

[DirectorFury]

He's sponsored by Spalding Saddles so probably one of them .

 

[NaeNae87]

Awesome. Thank you 😎

 

[VRIN]

Might be worth messaging him through Facebook

 

[joolie]

Definitely a Spalding - my saddler supplies and fits for him

 

[Lanky Loll]

He posted a vid on FB today of his yehboi saddle

 

[spacefaer]

I thought it was hideous - worse than Mary King's dreadful green one.

so far as I know, it also contravenes BE rules
The rule book says " Saddles must be worn and be of English orContinental style and must be predominantly brown, black, grey or navy"

That's not navy!

 

[FfionWinnie]

It's more navy than the red one Buck Davidson Jr had. Think someone else might have had a red one too...!

 

[spacefaer]

It's more navy than the red one Buck Davidson Jr had. Think someone else might have had a red one too...!

Paul Tapner?

 

[DirectorFury]

so far as I know, it also contravenes BE rules
!

As Badminton is a 4* it's run under FEI rules (hence the few going XC in peaked hats). FEI have no rules about tack colour . http://fei.org/sites/default/files/2016 Eventing Rules April2016 - clean version.pdf

 

[Micropony]

As Badminton is a 4* it's run under FEI rules (hence the few going XC in peaked hats). FEI have no rules about tack colour . http://fei.org/sites/default/files/2016 Eventing Rules April2016 - clean version.pdf

I am guessing possibly the OP is a mere mortal though and more likely to be constrained by the pesky BE rules? ��

 

[DirectorFury]

I am guessing possibly the OP is a mere mortal though and more likely to be constrained by the pesky BE rules? ��

OP lives in Western Australia if her location thingy is correct - no idea if they use BE/FEI/some other rule book out there. I guess the onus is on the purchaser to make sure what they're buying is legal for competition?

Edit: I've just checked and the Australian National Eventing rules are identical to the FEI ones.

I'm intrigued about the idea of a navy saddle as mention by BE, I assume they were popular at one point to have been included in the rule?

 

[NaeNae87]

Yep, as spacefaer said it's Tappers who has the red Wow saddle.

 

[NaeNae87]

We use EA, and from what I gather, our rule book is a bit more lenient than BE.... The browbands and bling we get away with here would make a magpie jealous. We can also go xc with peaked helmets.
I am gonna check the rule books, but I was also not the only one in love with that saddle, a few friends who ride at 2* and 3* level are interested in them too
Thank you all for your help.

 

[mil1212]

Spalding saddles is my saddler too - www.thesaddleman.co.uk Although the saddle is probably too blue for me I am going to see if Andy will make me the girth with the blue piping