High wither saddles

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My friend is trying to fit her TB and doesn't want a synthetic saddle - anyone got any ideas for nice leather GP saddles?

Her horse has freakishly high withers and is ridden in a thorowgood but doesn't like it and wants a leather one now.

any ideas? Hes coming back into work so will change shape a few times I'm guessing....
 
I have the same problem with my horse
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The only saddle I found to fit is a narrow fit Kieffer Jumping saddle with a cut back head and flair panels, and it fits him a treat
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, but they are quite expensive new, and very rarely for sale second hand.
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The new Stubben GP saddles are cut high in the wither (and they have finally stopped using concrete for the seat as well..) or Albion makes saddles with a High Head specifically for high withered horses.
 
My horse is stupidly high withered and I'm yet to find one that fits her as well as I want. I have a keiffer that I bought second hand, which is the best I've got so far. The woman from saddles direct said to look at keiffers, stubbens, passiers and jeffries high wither falcons.
 
I had a passier on my TB which was quite good. I've not got a wow which is exellent.
The danger with 'very' high withers is that often they look so high due to muscle wastage around them. If you fit a saddle to whats there now, the muscle will never build up underneath it
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I had a passier on my TB which was quite good. I've not got a wow which is exellent.
The danger with 'very' high withers is that often they look so high due to muscle wastage around them. If you fit a saddle to whats there now, the muscle will never build up underneath it
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That's a really good point! I tried my barnsby GP on him (as selling it) but it was just too low at the back.....

I guess flocking can be taken out as needed at the side?
 
It might be worth having a play around with an adjustable prolite type pad and a wider fitting saddle. The style of the saddle would prob want to be the same i.e. Kieffer etc but go for a med or wide fitting then pad it out
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Albion or Keiffer would be the best two saddles to go for. The Keiffer has a tree that can easily be adjusted by a Keiffer main agent. The most important points to look for in the fit are a large bearing area in the front of the saddle to support the riders' weight and sufficient depth in the back gussets to keep the rider in balance in the centre of the seat, and making sure that there is sufficient contact through the centre. High withered horses can be very difficult to fit so a qualified saddle fitter would be the best route.
 
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