Dressage saddles for the short of leg

[Kylara]

As title really. I have teeny weeny legs. I wish to put my leg on horse not leather flap. Any suggestions that aren't custom made saddles, but simply saddles with shorter flaps?

 

[HufflyPuffly]

I am ahem short of leg and have a dressage Equipe Olympia which is great for me!

 

[Wheels]

Wow and prestige are two that come to mind where you can specify a shorter flap

 

[Kylara]

Thanks. I'm not going to be able to get a new one so am looking for second hand. Hence trying to find saddles which tend to have shorter flaps already! I doubt a saddler would be too pleased if I was suggesting saddles with flaps way too long!

I've also been thinking about maybe buying a second hand juniors dressage saddle, as they will have smaller flaps...?

 

[Bernster]

Ah I was going to say that they can make em with shorter flaps, eg Albion and Black Country are two that I know of, but not helpful if you're after second hand unfortunately! I have an Albion k2 dressage with normal flaps and I don't notice it being too long even with my diddy legs. I think the fact that it has smaller knee rolls and is less deep and less straight/long cut helps it fit to my legs.

Never tried juniors cos my a33 is too big haha but might be worth a go !

 

[sbloom]

Any bench made saddle can have shorter flaps, but unless you find a good junior type saddle most will have flaps that are too long. If you go for a smaller seat size but in a flatter seat you might be able to get a correspondingly shorter flap as the whole saddle will be smaller. You could possibly have 1/2"-1" removed on a second hand saddle by a very good saddler, depending on the length of the sweat flap, panel at the front and knee block.