Shape change in wow saddle

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Curious as to how much, if at all, those with wow saddles, horses changed shape.

Pony working at medium level dressage prior to new wow saddle. 8 weeks with the wow saddle, and fitter has already changed the size of head plate. I didn’t expect that, as she was already looking tip top.
 
Loads!

So my little cob (ex broodmare) was the kind of shape that gives every saddler nightmares. We only have slight asymmetric air now (about 2 years) and she's pretty stable at a 3u headplate but the first year i was flicking between that and a 2u with air adjustments

My other cob is young (7) and over 2 years he's moved between 2u,1u 2v and 1uu as his body has developed. When he had an injury and downtime he lost muscle mass very quickly and was fitted to 2v then very rapidly moved his way back through my stock as his back came up. We also had significant asymmetric air on him which is no longer needed. Now it isn't needed to such an extent I've actually changed panels.

They are marmite saddles and I've been underwhelmed with HO recently but with a good saddler they can really get results. Learning when a headplate needs changing and doing it myself does save ££!
 
ycbm said:
If the horse is one of the many who really need the shoulder freedom that the carbon fibre joint in the tree gives them, or were very hampered by their previous saddle, then they can need a gullet change in as little as 2 weeks and I would certainly expect one by 8 weeks.
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This ^^^

My younger cob is bred to trot and when we first changed to a WOW and he realised he could properly move his shoulders i struggled to stay in balance.
 
If a horse changes the way it works in the new saddle, even better if the rider is better able to sit and help the horse to move better, then you'd expect change pretty quickly. Sadly most owners don't want change to happen like that as it's expensive!
 
sbloom said:
If a horse changes the way it works in the new saddle, even better if the rider is better able to sit and help the horse to move better, then you'd expect change pretty quickly. Sadly most owners don't want change to happen like that as it's expensive!
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That's reassuring, thank you sbloom. I was sceptical about going down the wow saddle route, but so far its been the best decision I've made for both the horse and myself. I have found an amazing fitter, which I think makes a big difference.
 
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ycbm said:
If the horse is one of the many who really need the shoulder freedom that the carbon fibre joint in the tree gives them, or were very hampered by their previous saddle, then they can need a gullet change in as little as 2 weeks and I would certainly expect one by 8 weeks.
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Yes, that makes sense. She's pushing more from behind than I've ever had before, and I think its because she has quite a lot of movement in her shoulders and can now get them more up and out to enable her hind leg to come further up underneath her.
 
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