DRESSAGE SADDLE STIRRUP LEATHERS

[dizz4]

I have just purchased a lovely dressage saddle it is a Bates Caprilli dressage saddle.... I put my old leathers from my GP saddle on them and I could feel them digging into the top of my thigh and was not comfortable at all....... are there different leathers on a dressage saddle, if so what ones are there.....??

I have never bought one before and this one didn't come with leathers.... Excuse the ignorance, I have been riding for many, many years but you never stop learning do you.... I am still ignorant about a lot of things but I freely aknowledge this and never think that I know everything and am happy to learn but if you have only had GP saddles then dressage saddles are a whole new ball game...

Eager to learn more... Can anyone help...

Dizz4

 

[Gluttonforpunishment]

Yup - there are special dressage leathers

heres an example.

http://www.thesaddleryshop.co.uk/P/Bates_Webbers-(348).aspx

I too have ridden for many years and only found out about these 3 years ago (only really been a happy hacker so never had the need)

 

[katherine1975]

You need some Bates (leather) or Wintec (synthetic) webbers.

 

[rhino]

All our Bates saddles have the Bates 'webbers' (leather not webbing!) to reduce bulk
http://www.equestrianclearance.com/weatherbeeta/leathers_webbers/index.html#placeholder

 

[Cortez]

I have a Bates also, but I think the reason you are feeling the leathers is because the stirrup bars on a dressage saddle are set further back than they would be on a GP saddle, thus putting them in place you're not used to. You don't "have" to use special leathers, but the ones with the buckle at the ankle might work better for you.

 

[mrsbt]

I have some stubben mono dressage leathers which are great