by Saddles | May 16, 2017 | Saddle Blog
This lovely saddle recently winged its way to USA! It was made for our customer, Amy and we just had to call it the “Amy saddle”!
Amy sent us a photo of a saddle she had seen and asked if we could create a similar effect on a Suzannah. It is difficult to convey how gorgeous it is in a photo because it feels so good too….and has a comfort seat.
Amy sent us a great message when it arrived. It didn’t half make me giggle!…..”Little Amy arrived safely today. Major problem….she’s too beautiful and perfect to take to the barn!!! I suppose I’ll eventually bring her out for visits.”
We’re waiting to hear how “little Amy” rides!
The “Amy Saddle’, a very special Suzannah!
by Saddles | May 12, 2017 | Saddle Blog
We’ve just put four lovely jumping saddles on Special Offer:
a Barclay Liberte Monoflap XC saddle (Barclay is essentially what was Barnsby. Ideal took over the patterns but not the name), two Ideal X-ceeds, one with patent blue detailing and a Walsall Riding Integra Mk II Monoflap (Walsall Riding is part of Ideal). All are 17 1/2″ MW except the Integra, which is 17″ MW. All can be fitted or supplied as they are. Not to be missed!
Here is a link to these offers
Ideal X-ceed Jump Saddle
with Cobalt Blue piping and roll
SPECIAL OFFER
by Saddles | Apr 7, 2017 | Saddle Blog
Many new customers in the UK but key countries for us so far this year overseas have been USA and New Zealand. Even more pleasing for us was that quite a few of these orders were from returning customers.
Popular saddles have been the Gazelle and Impala 1450 for jumping and the Suzannah (as ever!) and the Suzannah Monoflap for dressage. The Monoflap is proving a wonderfully successful saddle and to quote Sophie from New Zealand, “I have ridden in my saddle twice now and I’m in love”! That was a while ago now and she still is!
Notable so far this year has been the very detailed spec that was asked for and/or was necessary to achieve the fit. Many saddles were all or part Buffaloe, a few were made with extra detailing for example with patent leather and stitching, many had shorter/longer flaps, different block arrangements and one Suzannah in progress is being made with a very specific cut of the panels to fit a very difficult to fit Danish Warmblood in Norway.
Roll on summer!
PS This lovely Suzannah went to the USA!
by Saddles | Jan 12, 2017 | Saddle Blog
Well, here we are in 2017 and I hope it’s a great one for all our customers and readers! We will soon be busy sending out saddles ordered at the tail end of last year and over the holiday period. As we had thought the Suzannah Monoflap is building a following and the other little observation from our orders is how far and wide our native breeds have flown!….saddles will soon be despatched for an Exmoor pony in Germany and a Fell pony in Poland!
In December, Ian and I visited Ideal which we do quite regularly, but this time we took a camera with us! We thought you would like to see where your saddles are made. More on this soon….I am busy putting something together to post on the web site.
During our visit, Ideal introduced us to their latest new saddle: the Ozelle. This saddle is truly an innovation and to our knowledge has never been done before. This saddle is for wide horses but at the same time gives a narrow twist for the rider! This saddle is for the flatter, wide backed horse….well muscled wide warmbloods, wide cobs, Icelandics and natives. It has a wide gullet, flat tree but narrow twist and deep seat for the rider. More on this soon!
by Saddles | Oct 14, 2016 | Saddle Testimonials and Stories
Echo is a 6 year old racehorse with 5 wins and 12 places to his credit. Not only successful, Echo is “the sweetest horse ever, always tries his best. So genuine & not a crazy racehorse!” says his owner, Victoria. I think you can see this in him from his photos. I completely fell for him!!!
Echo’s racing career has come up against the handicapper. He now has to carry too much weight. He’s not big, just 15.2hh. So he’s off home for a new career as Victoria’s “happy hacker”. I’m not sure this is quite the right description(!) but his change of career is how we had the great pleasure of meeting the lovely Echo. The plan is low level jumping/eventing and Victoria wanted a forward cut, GP type saddle with a good knee block. Discussions led to a Gazelle.
Echo ran his last race at Hamilton in September. He is now to have the winter off, allow him to naturally let down and we will start his saddle fitting in the spring. Enjoy your holiday Echo!
Here he is looking very beautiful
….and also very muddy and comfy last winter!
Echo’s new saddle was delivered in March. Victoria wrote to us “I LOVE IT. It is so comfy”. Echo was so good. He hasn’t been ridden for almost 6 months so I was expecting him to be bonkers but he wasn’t. He must love his new saddle too!”. We hope to have a photo soon of the pair of them with their Gazelle.
