Jumping saddles for banana shaped backs

[googol]

Hi everyone
My ISH has high withers, broad shoulders and is v short coupled, so my saddler describes him as having a "banana shaped" back requiring a fairly curved tree
He currently has a kieffer GP which I love and we both find comfortable
My OH has started to want to jump him more ( not sure how I feel about sharing!)
He has MUCH longer legs than me and the saddle really doesn't suit him so I'm pondering changing to a close contact / jumping saddle
Do any of u have similar shaped horses to my description? What brands seem to suit? I haven't even spoken to saddler yet but they have a vast selection of saddles so it's likely they would have something but I'm just doing some research first

 

[old hand]

Yes but as most close contacts are foam filled they just do not fit. Prestige are more banana shaped but not enough for him. have had to settle on a flocked wintec for now, the saddler has adjusted the flocking and at least it fits. however far too straight for my long legs to jump in. He has had Stubben, Bates, Prestige, Albion and non fit for long. I suspect that if I had had the cair taken out of the Bates and had it flocked it would have fitted, but thought of that after I sold it. Lol.

 

[googol]

I was ️️soo hoping stubben would fit my sister has a bates gp I think, it's nice. The good thing about my kieffer is that it is adjustable too

 

[wench]

Think wintecs are meant to be bananaish!

 

[Firefly9410]

Why does your OH not buy his own saddle and you keep the kieffer? Otherwise the saddle that suits him might not suit you and if the horse is difficult to fit it makes little sense to get rid of a saddle that does.

Edit. I would get a Stubben they are great for jumping. As long as the saddler says it fits.

 

[NaeNae87]

Bates saddles are good for horses with flat backs. they are the only saddles that fit my two horses that are both really flat backed.

Prestige, Riviera and Amerigo are all more banana shape than flat paneled

 

[ozpoz]

Solution Smart jumping saddle will fit to your horse.
But, if you and your OH both want to ride in the same saddle and have vast difference in leg length and body type there is no saddle in the world that can accommodate you both perfectly.

 

[Bernster]

Mine has quite a curved spine and is in an Albion kontrol jump saddle.

 

[sbloom]

You may want to approach it very slightly differently and go for a flatter tree for stability but a very upswept panel, that follows the line of the cantle and has no gusset giving it shape. I find this approach can work on even pretty curvy backs.