Louby
Well-Known Member
Quick recap 
After a relentless search to find a saddle to fit my Highland Pony, numerous saddlers, lots of £££ and finally going it alone as I had no where else to turn and ending up with a house full of saddles
even being told by one saddler that I cant have a dressage saddle on a Highland Pony, I found my knight in shining armour 
Ray Symonds (Symonds Saddlery) went above and beyond to help me and the rest is history! I have a beautiful hand made dressage saddle that smells divine
and it fits!!! He knew exactly what we needed, the problems we had faced and what would work... and not work lol.
I just thought some of you may be interested to see how a saddle is actually made, one made by a craftsman by hand, each piece cut and stitched by Ray, not by a machine or mass produced and he now has a FB page (Symonds Saddlery) showing this. Its really interesting and surprising just how much time, effort and work goes into making a saddle by hand. Hes a perfectionist, a master of his trade and a very good one at that!!! The latest Joshua WH is especially nice
Im in no way connected to Ray or his business, just one happy customer who really appreciated him going out of his way to help me. Credit where credits due and thank you again!!!
After a relentless search to find a saddle to fit my Highland Pony, numerous saddlers, lots of £££ and finally going it alone as I had no where else to turn and ending up with a house full of saddles
even being told by one saddler that I cant have a dressage saddle on a Highland Pony, I found my knight in shining armour Ray Symonds (Symonds Saddlery) went above and beyond to help me and the rest is history! I have a beautiful hand made dressage saddle that smells divine
and it fits!!! He knew exactly what we needed, the problems we had faced and what would work... and not work lol. I just thought some of you may be interested to see how a saddle is actually made, one made by a craftsman by hand, each piece cut and stitched by Ray, not by a machine or mass produced and he now has a FB page (Symonds Saddlery) showing this. Its really interesting and surprising just how much time, effort and work goes into making a saddle by hand. Hes a perfectionist, a master of his trade and a very good one at that!!! The latest Joshua WH is especially nice
Im in no way connected to Ray or his business, just one happy customer who really appreciated him going out of his way to help me. Credit where credits due and thank you again!!!
I was soooo uncomfortable and shifting the saddle left and right as I was all over the place. You may have just beat me with 8 saddles 