SWE
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Are there any rules on saddles for BE? E.g. Can you use treeless saddles etc? I've looked in the handbook and can't see anything on it.
Saddles - British Eventing Rules
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spacefaer
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The Handbook says.....
"English or Continental style saddles are mandatory, and are to be brown, black, grey or navy. Brightly coloured saddles are not permitted."
I suspect treeless saddles would not be acceptable.
"English or Continental style saddles are mandatory, and are to be brown, black, grey or navy. Brightly coloured saddles are not permitted."
I suspect treeless saddles would not be acceptable.
Red-1
I used to be decisive, now I'm not so sure...
Been eventing in an Ansur, and that was legal at the time. I seem to recollect it had to be a saddle that looked like an English saddle design (so not western, and presumably not a barefoot or similar).
That was a few years ago though, so it may have changed to encompass more saddle types.
ETA - see I have cross posted. So, no change there then!
That was a few years ago though, so it may have changed to encompass more saddle types.
ETA - see I have cross posted. So, no change there then!
ycbm
Overwhelmed
Unless the rules have since explicitly excluded them, they are allowed as long as they look traditional. The husband of the agent for Ansur evented all three phases in an Ansur and I did the dressage phase in a Heather Moffat.
Why did you think a treeless saddle would not be acceptable? Jump jockeys ride the Grand National in less secure half treed saddles.
Rowreach
Adjusting my sails
Solution Saddles have been approved in all disciplines for over a decade. Wouldn't know about other makes.
spacefaer
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Only because the treeless saddles I have seen (and I admit I don't know a huge amount about them) have been huge, shapeless things that you couldn't jump a twig in! If there are ones that look more conventional, then I assume that they would be!
MagicMelon
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There's no saying she'd jump in it, she might just want to do the dressage phase in it. I think you'd be fine OP as long as its nothing massively "different" looking.
ycbm
Overwhelmed
Ah,, that explains it. Yes, there are several treeless brands that look OK for eventing.
Solution, Ansur, some Heather Moffat ones, loads of unbranded (mostly nasty) Asian imports.
paddi22
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there was a couple of studies done (il try and find the links) showing the pressure points that treeless saddles exert on horses backs. We went to a talk on saddles and eventing before, and i think this issue was (as far as I remember) the the weight going into the stirrups caused two huge pressure points, it wasn't spread along the whole saddle like normal saddles do. the physios there said they found issues in all event horses that were ridden in treeless saddles. The science force guy (can't remember his title!) also said they were unsuitable for jumping larger jumps or down drops as the design wasn't suitable.
Street_Skill
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Have a look at the Solution Saddles website, they have done a lot of research and development which includes pressure mapping and the above certainly isn't the case, although I can't speak for other brands. Solution Saddles are FEI approved and are legal for all affiliated disciplines. Simon Grieve events one of his advanced horses in a Solution Saddle and I know there are a lot of other people out using them at the lower levels.