HKM saddle clothes - sizing?

[NativePonyLover]

I've always said 'posh' and coloured stuff will look silly on my hairy, native pony who mainly does light schooling & light hacking *but* I recently bought him some rhythm beads which I thought would be brown. They are most definitely not brown. They are actually purple/lilac & clash with absolutely everything else he has!

I've seen a HKM GP saddle pad which would match nicely with said rhythm beads, but I'm not sure what size to go for?

He's a 13.3/14hh (chunky) New Forest pony & his saddle is either a 16.5 or 17 inch - would pony size fit him? The other option is cob/full - but I'm worried a full size pad would absolutely drown him!

Or is he an ' in-between size' and neither would work & we walk away, narrow avoiding an inappropriate matchy matchy moment?!

 

[holeymoley]

I have a native and he has. 17" working hunter saddle . I use HKM saddle pads on him and I'm sure I go for the cob/full. I'd much rather have excess that not enough. Just means you have more of the nice colour in show!

 

[NativePonyLover]

Oh, that's great! Thank you I'll order him a purple saddle pad on payday - I'm sure he won't thank me for it, but I'm excited at least

 

[JJS]

My gelding has a 17' saddle and HKM cob saddle pads are the perfect size for him.

 

[WelshD]

My pony (only 11.2) has a pony sized one he could wear as a rug and his 15 inch saddle is lost on it! I am off to see him in a mo, will run a tape measure along the spine of it for you

 

[NinjaPony]

I use cob/full on my 14.2hh Connemara who has a 17 inch saddle and they fit well on him- nice cheap matchy matchy!

 

[NativePonyLover]

If you wouldn't mind measuring your pony sized pad , it would be much appreciated WelshD. Although he's technically only just 14hh, people think he's 14.2hh as he's full up & chunky (he was gelded late I believe, so he has a huge neck), so perhaps a cob/ full might be better.

Now, my other dilemia is do I go lilac or a darker purple on a bay?! He has quite a ginger tint to his coat.

 

[Nutsaboutnags]

Firstly I would go lilac! Secondly I have a full size on my 16hh mare with her 16.5" saddle.... It fits fine, they don't come up that big IMO.

 

[WelshD]

My pony sized saddle pad is 20 inches along the spine and 18 inches from spine to bottom. Mine is the classic black with gold piping pad

 

[Challaborough Christmas Tree]

Can't help with sizing, mine is a similar height but very fine so I always just go for pony sizes. I would go for dark purple though I think on a bay

 

[JJS]

I would go for dark purple though I think on a bay

I'd choose dark purple too.

 

[EquiEquestrian556]

I have a 13.3hh light weight New Forest mare who has a 15" saddle (she's not fat either) and she fits a cob size saddlecloth fine. I was going to go for a Pony size, but the supplier didn't have it in stock so I got Cob. I also bought a saddlecloth back in August, which says Large on the label, but it's smaller than her other Cob sized saddlecloths & numnahs. I'd go for dark purple too!