I need a dressage saddle for eventing - Advice please

[lydia2]

I sold my devoucoux dressage saddle earlier this year as it just didn't really suit and the horse really did not move well in it.

I need to get a new one as entering to do intermediate novices and sitting trot in a jumping saddle is not the best experience.

I am filled with dread trying to find a suitable one as you hear horror stories all the time. I am very slight and need a close fitting saddle - I tried a Wintec one and literally thought I might split in two.

Any suggestions would be most grateful, and most importantly I want one that will encourage my horse to go well. We were thinking of Sue Carson saddles???

Thank you!!

 

[icestationzebra]

Speak to Barnsby. They have several different styles and they can modify a design to suit you. Best of all they seem to fit horses well. I'm not an advocate of the SC saddles.......

 

[lcforster]

Yes - Try a Sue Carson. Our eventer goes beautifully in one. Very comfortable. Worth contacting Sue Carson for advice on local supplier - she's very helpful.

 

[kit279]

I'd think about an Ideal - you can have one made to your exact specifications. I have a Suzannah and sitting trot has never been easier!

 

[Sarah_Jane]

The Butet are very good

 

[BigRed]

My Dressage instructor raves about the KN saddles. She says they really let the horses move and they are comfortable to sit on.

 

[KatB]

Butets are lovely. Barnsby and Ideals are fantastic for the horses and lovely saddles.

 

[lucym]

I have an Ideal, its a lovely saddle

 

[trefilan]

I have a Frank Banes and its so comfortable.
Try before you buy. Have a fitter with a load of saddles out to you if possible.
I travelled all the way to oxford (5 hours for me) and its took 4 hours to fit me and the horse for 2 saddles.

 

[SpottedCat]

I am also very slight and have an idea Roella - it is a super saddle, I feel great in it and the horse goes brilliantly in it.

Barnsby do one, the lorenzo I think, which is also designed for petite riders, only ever sat on one on a stand not on a horse, but it is more expensive and to my mind the ideal was a nicer saddle to sit in.