Exmoor treefree

I used to have one of these.

Rode it in my wide cob (takes a Wintec 2XW gullet) who's rotund with some wither but not a lot.

Was OK on him, a nice comfy saddle which I enjoyed riding in.

You may be best advised to contact TreeFree direct however, and ask them to come out and see your pony. It may be a matter of choosing the correct gullet and appropriate shimming. They do offer a week's trial service on their saddles, where they will come out (dunno whereabouts you are........ that may depend, you'd need to ask them) and fit the saddle and you can then ride in it for a week and see how it goes. The weeks trial costed fifty-quid when I had mine, and is deducted from the final price if you decide to buy.

They do come up on E-bay very rarely.

Lovely saddles and Andrea and Johan at TreeFree are always very helpful; their saddles are all made at their premises at Buckfastleigh in Devon, and are of superb quality.

The only reason I don't have my little Exmoor TreeFree is because I bought their new TorRider saddle, which is gorgeous.........
 
I'm a huge fan - I use the dartmoor on my 15'2 cob (she does have withers as 1/4 tb) - it's secure enough side to side that it doesn't slip when I mount (always from a block as have fused ankles so no spring but means I'm still putting a decent amount of pressure on the stirrups).
Have just completed 56km over 2 days in hers and no problems in her back etc at all.
Mine is one of the first ones thay made - aparently they made it mid 1990's (found this out when I sent it back last year to have new panels as it wasn't spreading the weight well anymore) and it's only just getting some wear down the flap from the stirrups now so they are well made and last well.

My friend has both a barefoot and a treefree and much prefers the treefree. She does use it on her rolypoly cob and they get on well with it.
The website has good guidance on the correct pommel insert to use - essential to get right, so don't worry too much about being up north.
 
good to know, thanks mynutmeg. They have good reviews but then I guess some like Barefoots and Torsions too and they were ridiculously unstable-although they dont have the spine clearance. we'll see :)
 
I've had mine for about 5 years now and have never, ever known it slip apart from once when mounting cause I might have forgotten to finish doing the girth up properly - it was about 2 holes looser than normal, oops
This is us at our first endurance ride in april
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Some of the early Exmoor saddles (and the Dartmoor's too - they're the ones without knee rolls) which were made, don't have the option of having the stirrup bar in the "Forward" position, later on they made saddles which had this.

The Exmoor saddle I had, was an original one which I bought (and sold on again at a profit!) on E-bay. It was an older version and had the stirrup bars in the "original" position. If I was buying one again, I'd have the "Forward" stirrup bar option, as I'm a (slightly!) older rider on a wide cob, I did find that the stirrup position was a little bit too far back especially on longer rides.

On their "Tor Rider" saddle (looks more like a classic GP saddle, you can also get it in a dressage version) the stirrup bar is in a far better place for me and I'm really comfortable in it, can do long rides with ease.

These are really lovely saddles and IMO far superior to other treeless saddles on the market.
 
thanks for the tip-will check it out. this is a wide pony and I only intend to hack in it-I was used to having a further back stirrup bar as rode in a Wow for years but not recently.
 
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