PucciNPoni
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...and three completely different opinions on saddle fit! Has any one ever been frustrated by this before?! It's not me, but my friend who has a pony that she has a (Jeffries?) Falcon dressage saddle that she'd had checked by a saddle fitter as a back person had suggested that it needed some flocking work done.
Saddle fitter 1 had checked the fit of it last year when she bought the saddle elsewhere. She thought it fit not too bad, but pony's back in poor shape due to a very ill fitting saddle previously that the owner had for years. She did suggest that she needed a slight lift on one side with a soft pad made by the owner herself, and this did correct the fit but also allowed the pony's back to come up better in (and now there is no more hollow where there had been one from old saddle). Over the past year, the pony has come on huge leaps and bounds in his training, and overall his muscle and condition are looking much better. He's older / arthritic and had a broken leg, so will always have some problems...but the rider would now like a saddle wthi a deeper seat/better knee roll due to her own conformational quirks!
So enter Saddle fitter 2 - who took a look at the saddle and told the owner that the saddle was totally unsuitable for the pony, end of. Told her to buy something else and that the saddle was rubbish. Suggested to her a wintec (and plonked another liveries wintec 500 on the pony's back, and said ride in that, much better than her Falcon). So owner of pony has gone on line and bought a new Wintec 500, awaiting delivery as I write.
Saddle fitter 3 on yard to see someone else so pony owner asks his opinion (borrows other liveries saddle again and tries on so he can see). He tells her that the 500 doesn't fit her pony's shape at all - and that she should cancel her order if she can! Tells her that the seat is too banana shaped for her pony's flatter shaped back and that an isabella is much better. He thinks that she will have similar issues with the 500 that she does the Falcon!
I'm so glad this isn't my pony to have to suit. I know this is a random post, but I'm frustrated FOR my friend!
Saddle fitter 1 had checked the fit of it last year when she bought the saddle elsewhere. She thought it fit not too bad, but pony's back in poor shape due to a very ill fitting saddle previously that the owner had for years. She did suggest that she needed a slight lift on one side with a soft pad made by the owner herself, and this did correct the fit but also allowed the pony's back to come up better in (and now there is no more hollow where there had been one from old saddle). Over the past year, the pony has come on huge leaps and bounds in his training, and overall his muscle and condition are looking much better. He's older / arthritic and had a broken leg, so will always have some problems...but the rider would now like a saddle wthi a deeper seat/better knee roll due to her own conformational quirks!
So enter Saddle fitter 2 - who took a look at the saddle and told the owner that the saddle was totally unsuitable for the pony, end of. Told her to buy something else and that the saddle was rubbish. Suggested to her a wintec (and plonked another liveries wintec 500 on the pony's back, and said ride in that, much better than her Falcon). So owner of pony has gone on line and bought a new Wintec 500, awaiting delivery as I write.
Saddle fitter 3 on yard to see someone else so pony owner asks his opinion (borrows other liveries saddle again and tries on so he can see). He tells her that the 500 doesn't fit her pony's shape at all - and that she should cancel her order if she can! Tells her that the seat is too banana shaped for her pony's flatter shaped back and that an isabella is much better. He thinks that she will have similar issues with the 500 that she does the Falcon!
I'm so glad this isn't my pony to have to suit. I know this is a random post, but I'm frustrated FOR my friend!
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