I am sorry to dissapoint at present, but I will be unable to fit saddles for 4 weeks from 12th February. I will be able to answer queries, and put you on a waiting list if you wish for limited fittings in March. Hope to be around and up to speed by April!

VAT reg. 9423 786 03 

Fully Mobile, 40 yrs Experience  Saddle fitting. I come to you! and Bring around 80 leather Saddles of all sizes and prices!You try and experience different shapes and sizes!

Leave the horse for me to fit - Find what you are most comfortable riding in. Let me help you to improve.

A good horse a balanced saddle and you can ride correctly without effort!

Teresa Longdon (international rider) Won bronze in only a trial effort at the Golden Horseshoe! 50 miles and her horse still wanted to go on! This with our New designed and customised ENDURANCE saddle. A joint design with Teresa who has ordered 2 more!  truly balanced and enabling horse to carry rider effortlessly.   Sold fully customised At £925 light weight and in leather. Teresa comment " been trying saddles for years that cost a fortune and this does it all!"

Jan Prettejohn Puts her winning endurance horses success Down to balanced level saddle fitting at breaking from Saddlewise and the new endurance saddle, Made to fit. And Also regular visits from  Louise Garton, Musbury House Axmouth. To keep their backs supple and moving well.          Megan Cross, aged 12,from Sidbury riding Jan's CSA Demi won The Novice Trophy, The Junior Rider trophy and The Blue zephyr Trophy, for the novice junior member gaining most points in all EGB rides. Also The Peter Hawkley Forage Trophy, Megan was also presented with the two EGB trophies at the annual awards Dinner, of South West Group of Endurance that she won - the Collee Award as the best junior rider in their first season of competition (on a horse only broken that season! ) and the trophy for her 5th place  Nationally in the best junior rider category.

Now that's what riding in balance can achieve!

Saddle pages show just an example of current prices, stock turnover is fast 10 -15 each week. I have current stock of 170 saddles to suit all sizes shapes of rider, styles of riding. Leave the horse size to me I will make sure he has a saddle that carries you in balance and will do no harm.

Please note I do not sell or buy adjustable saddles, synthetic, serge lined, air filled, or 'tree' less. Part exchange is one for one, if it is a saddle I can sell.

 I only sell whats best for your horse a decent balanced "treed" tried and tested  saddle. That the panel under level weight bearing, moulds itself to your horse getting fat ,thin, fit or unfit! One saddle for life!  I do not believe a horse changes shape with regards to tree width. I have customers fitted with saddles 15-20 years ago with same saddle! One Example, was "Diamond White" show champion.

You also have to ask yourself, What is a normal topline for a correctly muscled horse? I only now see 1 in 10! Damage is done with wide fitted saddles in as little as 4 weeks! See my FAQ page "Saddles and balance".  Watch a few stripped off show class winners this season - They move best BECAUSE THEY CAN!  Learn to recognise a good topline.

Now selling GFS, Anky, Pessoa, Jaguar, Harry Dabbs as well as old favorites Saintlourdes As well as good value used safe leather saddles . from £200 upwards

• A new Experience in saddle Fitting. Logical level saddle fit, fully explained.
• Try Differrent saddles, Its not what they look like its How they FEEL, and How well you can apply the leg aids or even turn your horse by balance! Basis of all riding. 
• Leave the horse fit to me! I will be watching for level balance of saddle, for the horse to be free in movement and if there is a final choice of 2 or more, I will advise which saddle puts you in best riding position, which of course will only improve you both. 
• I will also help you regain topline and true potential, however good you think your horse is now!

A Selection of used and new and excellent value saddles. Some end of designs. some ex demostrators. Some saddles barely 3 months use. I can get you expensive named saddles at a price to order only. But If you are looking for value on a budget. My usual top price is £750 (can be English best quality custom -made). I have a good Used (Secondhand) saddles, a good selection.  Why not trade them back again later for a saddle thats caught your eye! Prices start around £250. Some luxury finish hide covered saddles at unbelievable prices. Quality speaks for its self! Examine the workmanship, Individually hand made not factory !  Design your own saddle.  Difficult horses a speciality.  Remedial fitting  "get that top-line back". Have your horse use all his back muscles in unison for peak performance.

• White marks? Dips behind wither /shoulder? Might not be your fault but a previous bad fit needing urgent correction, for recovery of muscle wastage. These dips  do not recover  even after months of grass fat turnout. It is why everyone thinks thoroughbreds need dropped panels ! All racehorses are canter worked with the weight on the fore- end of these weight carrying muscles. So all raced thoroughbreds will only recover a correct topline, with correct remedial saddle fit,  using the correct tree size (frame). All else is cushioning. Dropped panels prevent recovery! This applies to all horses previously fitted with incorrect 90% too wide saddles. I can help RESTORE THAT TOPLINE.
• NEW See FAQ page re Saddle balance, correct and remedial fitting.

HORSES FOR SALE / PRIVATE SADDLE SALES DIRECT,     Private sales  / wants are free to existing customers for saddles, (synthetics) Horses or accessories. Use my contact page.

• If your saddle is not level, you cannot be riding in balance! you will not be able to sit in correct position, or help or communicate with your horse. You will notice the differrence if your saddle has been wrong when given the chance to ride on a correct fit. Your horse will improve in movement, topline, tracking up and rear end muscle developement, and WILL move more freely.
• I travel to you because fitting several saddles is traumatic enough for your horse especially if you have had saddle problems. So I come to you where your horse is relaxed. A saddle cannot be said to fit until horse is totally relaxed and carrying weight, which shows his TRUE back profile, and that your saddle is level, still, and your horse moving correctly, tracking up, and in balance.
• A true horses' back profile only shows when in ridden mode carrying the weight of the rider!  So it follows it will change with different weights of rider and with muscle developement anything else said is nonesence! This is the only reason a horse can change shape. 'Under' saddle the pannel  is a cushion only that is very pliable when damp and warm. From 10 months to 30 yrs his shoulder point of rotation will stay the same or his front legs might drop off!. Older horsemen (horsewomen) Know one saddle fits one horse for life. Been there done that, rarely used a numnah so that the wool flocking moves and adjusts and is pliant to every muscle movement of a horses back, it moulds to fit. The perfect saddle, in extremes of obesity and fitness, would be Correct width, have a flat pannel stitched on when fat and replaced by a fatter higher panel when thin or fit. Width of saddle never comes into the equation it should always be the same for level weight bearing as the trees  are made and balanced at each size. To fit a skeletal shape. The saddle tree fit is within 2 1/2" of his shoulder topline, or higher to avoid conflict with movement. If your tree pocket when girthed and mounted is lower than this then you are pushing tree points into the back of his shoulder at every move!.
• Travelling all South and West. I visit Penzance across to Southampton, And along M4 M5 corridor.  Counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Gloucester, Warwickshire, and Berkshire.  Visits also by request to Hertfordshire, South Wales 
• Wide selection of new and used saddles (90 carried). Care with fitting, two hours usually needed. You can ride on the road, or in a field, to relax your horse. If you are jumping you should have jump available to determine if saddle is comfortable for you! I will fully explain fitting to you and answer any questions or concerns re saddle fit. I will encourage you to try differrent saddles to get the best 'feel' for you. As long as it takes on the day.
• Friendly, efficient, personal service, assured saddle fit to horse. I will not leave a saddle unless I am sure of the fit. I expect, encourage, customers to keep me informed of any concerns immediately they occur. So I can explain if necessary or advise.  Within 1 week of fitting! (If there is a problem this is more than adequate time to let me know! it may not be the saddle, but talking about it helps!)– any return call is subject to half callout fee. Money back on New and Used or exchange (conditions apply) if it causes a problem,  Very rare,I have had lots of experience, so 99% of my fitting of saddles is now correct. Problems that occur are mainly the result of the previous ill-fitted saddle, and the adjustment of the horse to carrying the weight "correctly" now, which has to be a gentle experience because his muscles on his back will not be fit, as the balance is shifted. You have to give your horse a chance to adjust, not rush off to next hunter trial before gentle working in. Think New SHOES!
  
  
• I try to come when it is convenient to you - evenings and weekends I try to come out of work hours.
  

Call-out charge: - Please Give POSTCODE. or Village name.

 Plymouth £20 / Penzance £30 / Exeter £25 / Bideford £35 / Barnstaple £35 /Okehampton £25 /

 Honiton £35 / Taunton £35 / Bridgewater £40 / Bristol £45 / Gloucester £50 / Weymouth £40 /

Dorchester £40/ Hampshire border £50 / Winchester £50 / Swindon £50 / Basingstoke £60/ Warickshire £70

others please ask.

However this is per venue, not per horse, ask your friends if they want to share this cost.

No obligation fittings or saddle checks.

80+ NEW & USED SADDLES CARRIED
PART EXCHANGE WELCOME
(traditional saddles only - no synthetics or adjustables!)

Any saddles can be custom, hand made to horse profile and to your design. From best hide, choice colours. knee rolls, Pigskin seat, calf leather finish knee rolls. Buffalo leather, scrump. Reversed hide.? Have your favourite saddle remade for £750. 

Browse this website for some of our current stock. Always changing. please telephone any queries or by contact page.

Please view our Guide on Saddle Fit and why it may be your saddle, and not you, affecting performance. Are you getting the best from your horse?

Links:  - Saint Lourdes Saddlery 

Recommends :-Teresa Iommi ESEBT (REG)
Registered Equine Bowen Therapist
Tel; 07952 160508
Email: tiommi@hotmail.co.uk
Web: www.bowenforhorses.co.uk
Areas: Herts, beds, Bucks, Essex, Northants. Oxon and Surrey.