Wintec with Hart

[holeymoley]

Does anyone have the new style Wintec with Hart? I’m looking to start my youngster and unsure whether to go for the new style wintec wide with hart so that we can adjust as he will definitely change shape. Or whether to get a leather and just keep changing as we go.

He is a traditional gypsy cob and at the moment very flat at the back however front end hasn’t fully filled out. Looking to just have him get used to saddle at the moment and do a bit of groundwork until ready to break in late spring/summer by which point I would expect him to change again. My older boy’s saddles are unfortunately too narrow for him so no joy there. I’m not a great fan of the recent wintecs, I liked their wintec 500 around 20 years ago when I broke my oldie in as a youngster, but he’s been in an Ideal most of his life and the last time I tried the newer style Wintec on him I didn’t find it particularly comfy! I suppose for a changing youngster they are the way to go?

 

[canteron]

I like my Wintec, I have their endurance saddle - which I bought as my horse goes noticeably better in it - and I have come to really like the ‘suede’ finish, leather saddles feel so slippy now! That doesn’t really help with the ‘hart’ question though, but I think the endurance is based on the hart system?

 

[Beausmate]

I've just got a new Arena wide with the HART system. Only ridden in it the once so far, but it is a good fit on a very square pony and I can swap the gullet plates over when she has muscled up a bit in the spring.

 

[IrishMilo]

Lots of saddles have changeable gullets now, Bates, Arena (made by bates), GFS/Monarch, some JW models. I would personally rather spend a bit more on a nice second hand leather one than a Wintec.

 

[Griffin]

I hated the older Wintecs but I have a new one with Hart and it is really good. It's comfortable for both of us and it's very stable on my round mare.