Solution Saddles or Kay Humphries

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which Jumping saddle?

i have come to the conclusion that my horse would NOT except a semiflex or a treed saddle in anyway, so i need to try a treeless jumping saddle - having ridden dressage in an Ansur for over 2yr (with a different horse) i kinda know what they are like but i have not idea what the Jump ones are like

which would you give thumbs up to? i may then be able to trial one
 
Kay is a brilliant saddle fitter, has lovely saddles and does a great job fitting.
I would not discount all treed saddles... literally millions of horses go very well in them, and treeless saddles have their own major drawbacks imho.
 
Oh, I was going to say the opposite to the above!
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But we all have different experiences I spose!
 
My horse woont except a treed saddle anymore, ears back, sticked legged and tight faced i have his made to measure just reflocked saddle and he doesnt want to know. But when i put the Barefoot London on him hes fine back to being himself, but i can jump in a dressage saddle.

these saddle look to be the oonly ones that could do the job. and any advise would be much appreciated.
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I have a solution jumping saddle and a kay humphries dressage.... love them both.
Got bucked off (totally out of character) while jumping last year... broken wrist resulting in surgery
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That was the end of my years of trying different treed saddles for my oddly shaped, short-backed morgan.
The week my wrist was out of cast I test rode the Solution. He has started PN eventing this year and hasn't considered bucking since, moves much better etc etc.
Managed to find a second hand kay humphries so could do the dressage treeless too
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Two months later he discovered an ability to do medium trot after years of "need to be more forward" comments
 
Personally I would always go with the Kay Humphries saddles, Kay in my opinion is one of the few saddle fitters in the world who actually know what they are talking about and have the interest of the horse in mind. She will not sell you a saddle if it does not suit your horse. I also would not touch the HM saddle at all. I have seen these close up and in my opinion they are not well made, look extremely ugly and I am not a fan of the girthing system.
 
We have 2 Kay Humphries saddles and I would strongley recommend her, and if your horse fills out or loses or gains weight you can take the horse and saddle to Walsall and have the tree tweeked a bit to ensure a good fit. In fact we have a Kay Humphries extra wide saddle(not got the horse anymore) so its redundant. But the master of our hunt has got a very wide youngster who was bucking alot they couldnt work out why, so as a last resort I said borrow our Kay Humphries extra wide redundant saddle, and since the day they put it on him no bucking people off at all!!!!!!!!!!!! As for treeless saddles I know nothing about them.
 
I am now going to hire a Kay Humphries Dressage and a Solution jumping saddle it will cost in the region of 100 but then i can really see what he likes and seeing i do both - well i suppose they are a bit expensive to buy both but then i am selling 3 saddles.

I had no idea that solution would let you hire for a week, its just as well i emailed! and they just replied.
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Bosworth - i toltally agree i hate the look of the HM they are ugly and i saw a girl riding in it the other day and it looked all wrong
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Please be careful, i tried one for 3 weeks and it was a disaster! went ok for the first week then one very sore angry horse! Don't know about KH tho, what are they like?
 
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