Jochen Schleese's Blog – November 2009 Archive (2)

Saddle Fit and the Circle of Influence

In recent years, people are becoming much more concerned that the saddle actually fits, and to this end "master" saddle fitters are cropping up left, right, and centre to do consultations on-site. When I was invited to Canada in 1986 from Germany to be the Official Saddler for the World Dressage Championships (held for the first time outside of Europe), we did an informal market survey which revealed that at that time saddles were treated as commodity items - used, abused, broken, and thrown… Continue

Added by Jochen Schleese on November 15, 2009 at 1:30pm — 6 Comments

Saddle Fit and the Sway-backed Horse

This blog is in response to a member request to address saddlefitting as regards her sway-backed Arab. She is presently able to use only a western saddle on her horse, which she states is the only one that apparently doesn’t bridge.

As in my other blogs, I am going to retain my level of honesty (and hopefully simplicity!) in addressing some of these issues, so please take what I say in the manner with which I present it – I want to honestly help as many riders and horses as possible… Continue

Added by Jochen Schleese on November 2, 2009 at 9:30am — 1 Comment