Korrector or Suberpad

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Hope people don't mind me posting in here, I've not competed in ages due to having an injured horse but I find the more interesting replies are often in here.

My new 16.3hh PRE gelding is lacking in topline and has some muscle wastage at his withers due to a poor fitting saddle in Spain.

I'm currently riding him in a Heather Moffett Fhoenix which I would very much like to keep riding him in if possible. Unfortunately he doesn't feel quite right in it so my friend tried him with her Passier today and he went much better. Aside from the fact my budget doesn't stretch to a Passier I'm aware that he's still growing and any saddle which fits him now probably won't in 6 months time.

I either sell my Fhoenix and buy another or I find a way of padding the Fhoenix to cope with his muscle wastage. The best options seem to be a suberpad or a Flair korrector. I'm leaning towards a korrector pad but does anyone have any comments either way?
 
Thanks Baileyhoss.

Can I be cheeky and ask if it does what it says? Is it a right faff every time you ride or can you do it once and then check it every now and then?
 
Sorry I only just found your post!!. Yep it holds the air in 4 seperate bladders like flair, so you would set it up and would only need to be redone if you wished an adjustment.
 
I'm not a fan of either - the Suberpad is hard once compressed, and leaves you very perched. Not all horses or riders get on with air, and again, under compression it does bounce. Some horses love it, many do not. It's also not finely adjustable in the way I like to work - for remedial fits I use only Mattes correction system pads. The shims are thin, dense, stable and trimmable, and can be sculpted just like flocking. The owner can then easily remove one at a time, with saddle fitter advice - I have customers send me photos so I can save them a call out fee whenever possible. The sheepskin is then very kind on the horse's back, encouraging blood flow and absorbing concussion. and any remaining movement, a saddle will still likely move on a horse with muscle loss - you minimise that movement, but protect the horse from any tiny bit remaining.
 
I had a horse with muscle wastage behind the withers. He was fitted with an Albion saddle and mattes correction pad to try to correct this. It never improved at all (neither did it get worse) despite fitter out regularly to adjust things and play about with shims if necessary. I gave in and had him fitted with a wow saddle (same company as the Korrector). 6 months later and he had gone from a -1 head plate (extra narrow) to a size 3 (medium wide) and no sign of hollows behind the wither.

Never used the Korrector, but the flair certainly does work. A friend has a Korrector and don't like how it really perches you miles above horse, plus the fit won't be as good as if you had a flair saddle. Tbh I'd use a mattes shim pad over Korrector as feel a better fit can be obtained. But will always recommend wow saddles for this sort of issue.
 
I have used both and would choose the korrector every time. Having said that I sold the korrector because it was too fiddly to switch between multiple horses but kept the suberpad which does sterling work padding out my saddle rack :D

In the end I bit the bullet and got a solution saddle. Best thing ever - haven't yet found a horse that doesn't go well in it!
 
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