Dressage saddle conundrum!

[wingedhorse]

Where are you? I’ve got friends 18 SLK which is flaired and deep gusseted. Too curvy for my 20 year old horse. I borrowed it as was set up for her 20 year old horse! She only wants £300. But suspect you are miles from me in surrey to try it!

I’m also selling secondhand Equipe but for more and didn’t think you were looking for one.

 

[Auslander]

Coming a bit late to this thread but Ive got an Albion slk dressage 17.5 I think it is, was mw but had it changed to w when madam was in full work. Got that due to it having a more curved tree. No idea if that is what Alf needs but it def was sold on the basis it suits a more curved back rather than the flatter treed ones. It’s not been used since.

Damn - wish we'd had this conversation before you came to see her ladyship on Sat! I'm open to trying anything!

 

[Auslander]

Where are you? I’ve got friends 18 SLK which is flaired and deep gusseted. Too curvy for my 20 year old horse. I borrowed it as was set up for her 20 year old horse! She only wants £300. But suspect you are miles from me in surrey to try it!

I’m also selling secondhand Equipe but for more and didn’t think you were looking for one.

I'm near Bracknell, Berks. What Equipe is it? My saddler specialises in Amerigo and Equipe, so she'll know whether it will fit him! Could you PM the model, size (and price), and I'll ask her

 

[wingedhorse]

I'm near Bracknell, Berks. What Equipe is it? My saddler specialises in Amerigo and Equipe, so she'll know whether it will fit him! Could you PM the model, size (and price), and I'll ask her

PM sent. I've friend taking another saddle tonight to saddler near Reading / Basingstoke, so maybe she could also bring Equipe / SLK if of interest. Think thats near Bracknell / Berks too?? Geography not being my strong point!

 

[sbloom]

That makes sense to me -he is quite flat. The problem is the panel sitting too "close" on his back, if that makes sense - he can't bring his back up as there's nowhere for it to go. I do have the saddle as far back as I can get it - but it's an 18, and he's quite short backed.

That's exactly the problem, the tree is too curvy so there is no space at all in the middle of the saddle, imagine a rocking horse on the flat ground, the contact is heaviest right at the bottom of the curve in the middle. A flatter tree would give you more room so a 17.5 might work brilliantly for you both.