Saddles Worldwide Blog

This new range, Technical & Traditional (T & T), comprises a dressage saddle, a mono flap XC/Jump, a twin flap jump and a GP. Ideal bring their quality and technical/engineering expertise to adjustable saddle design. It's all in the name! Ideal are ideal...

Yes, I've just posted five new special offers: 16 1/2" XW Ideal Impala with Gazelle flaps & blocks in Military. 17" Ideal Suzannah MW in a very dark, Dark Havannah! 17 1/2" Ideal H & C Wide Seat XW Show Cut in Military. 17 1/2" Ideal FWB XXW on a hooped tree...

Nicola from Australia sent us these lovely photos of "our little tiny Ramsay you guys made for our little hunter pony". It was tiny (!), 14" and made to a specific specification. Don't they look a picture!

....made for customers in UK! Just a couple of examples of what can be done! Firstly an Ideal Gazelle for a big man and a big horse. This is a 19", deepest seat version of this comfortable & secure saddle in black and finished with white piping & stitching and...

Just posted a lovely Ramsay, 15" W in Sala on our "Offers" page. Brand new, this Ramsay has hide covered flaps, suede seat, no knee rolls and is the deepest seat version of this classic show saddle.

A notable theme this year have been requests for shorter panels than standard. A decision to be taken with care(!) but it can be done! Here is a good example. It is a 16 1/2" Suzannah made with 16" panels. For comparison, included are photos of a standard 16 1/2"...

Two new saddles available now! A Monkey Jump pony jump GP (15 1/2″) and a show cut FWB for the very wide (17″)

If you are and do, for jumping and cross country then you might be interested to see this saddle. It was made for a young man in Ireland who is tall, very long in the leg and who likes to ride very short across country. This is a Walsall Riding Integra Monoflap made...

The August issue of Equestrian Trade News included a feature on Made in Britain and met some "major players" with reasons to celebrate being British. One of them was Ideal! ETN gave a brief history of the company which I summarise here. Founded in 1986, Ideal today...