equidstar11
Active Member
Hi! Interested in buying a wow saddle (well, 2 actually, 1 for each horse) after having some bad experiences with a very popular French saddle with foam panels and short tree points.
I’m very new to wow - both saddles would be jump saddles with forward cut flaps / flat seats. Since I don’t need to change the flaps, should I be looking at the DMK range instead? Are the DMK trees different?
Are they worth buying new? (I don’t have the budget to buy both new, but could perhaps stretch to 1 new, 1 used) or am I better off collecting parts from the fitter/wow/online after finding out what I need?
Also those that jump in wow saddles / saddles with flair, do you use a shock absorbing half pad underneath? I have a Winderen (with the proven tech foam) / vip available to me which I could have the saddle fitted with, but I in general find half pads a bit annoying if they move so would prefer to avoid, unless the shock absorption is really necessary. I read that the air panels are generally better than flock / foam anyway?
Just some general info / gotchas would be useful! Thank you
I’m very new to wow - both saddles would be jump saddles with forward cut flaps / flat seats. Since I don’t need to change the flaps, should I be looking at the DMK range instead? Are the DMK trees different?
Are they worth buying new? (I don’t have the budget to buy both new, but could perhaps stretch to 1 new, 1 used) or am I better off collecting parts from the fitter/wow/online after finding out what I need?
Also those that jump in wow saddles / saddles with flair, do you use a shock absorbing half pad underneath? I have a Winderen (with the proven tech foam) / vip available to me which I could have the saddle fitted with, but I in general find half pads a bit annoying if they move so would prefer to avoid, unless the shock absorption is really necessary. I read that the air panels are generally better than flock / foam anyway?
Just some general info / gotchas would be useful! Thank you