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Post by hj49 on Jun 19, 2011 18:54:13 GMT
depends what you want to do? showing?
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Post by cholderton on Jun 19, 2011 18:54:42 GMT
Black Country Saddles ;D
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Post by Louise Dixon on Jun 19, 2011 20:05:22 GMT
When I used to have tbs, I had some very oddly shaped horses, and I always used Berney saddles, they were brilliant, they would tell me what bits to measure with a flexi curve, I would trace the curves onto paper, fax them to them, and in a few days a perfectly fitting and reasonably priced saddle would arrive from Ireland, they are so comfortable too. www.berneysaddlery.com/saddles.phpModified to add: don't forget, prices are in Euro |
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Post by victoria (highhill) on Jun 19, 2011 20:15:03 GMT
an older style stubben!! not very fashionable i know but ...
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Post by merrymooxx on Jun 19, 2011 20:25:04 GMT
i have a tb but we found every saddle we tryed bounced on his back so in the end we ended up with a wintek
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Post by mountainsandhorses on Jun 19, 2011 20:29:53 GMT
I use an Albion dressage saddle..but her withers are not so high...TBs are such different shape that I don't think you will find a brand that suits just that breed. x
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Post by FF on Jun 19, 2011 20:42:29 GMT
Jeffries VSD. I got a nearly new one on Ebay in Feburary for £200. My best ever ebay buy. Love it.
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Post by tuppence on Jun 20, 2011 14:29:30 GMT
I'd suggest a wide fit Ideal VSD or Jessica.
Believe me - when you put muscle and condition on a TB they are actually quite broad in the wither area.
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Post by jacksprat on Jun 20, 2011 14:41:56 GMT
we have a cb/tb who is very tb looking , he is in a derby house samber, fits great
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Post by tbmare on Jun 20, 2011 21:16:36 GMT
My tb is very chunky being a wide in the back with very high withers, so hard to find a saddle that truely fits.. she had a drssage med-wide fit the saddler sadi it fitted nicely... after using it around 10/12 times tha saddle had been pinching her shoulders causing her to buck and each time i rode her they got worse.. after finding the problem and 3 psysio sessions( £50 each) she is now right,,, i now ride her in a wintec 500 gp wide fitting and use a pro-pad under neath to keep clear of the withers.. she has not bvucked once.. and i dread to think what might of happened should i not of realised that it was the saddle that was causing her to buck from the pinching.
I also have heard that GFS now do a TB saddle, i love the gfs pro exta range worker/showing saddle... and if they ever do one of these for the tb then i would seriously think of buying one...should they do it in a wide fitting ;D
heather
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Post by sbloom on Jun 26, 2011 9:33:48 GMT
Show saddles to tend to be low in the wither fitting - some are flat, some are not (the flatness is mostly in the middle of the tree, the deepest part of the seat) but the wither clearance is a separate issue. If you don't find a tree with more wither clearance you could end up with too narrow a saddle which will obviously be unhealthy for the horse's back. Many dressage models have an option to have a higher wither tree shape. For showing...well, I've not seen one inthe flesh but the Ideal Josephine might work.
We make the Native Pony Phoenix Lux WH/dressage saddle with different panels to fit narrower or wider horses and this should fit the bill, we also have just developed the Symphony, a showing saddle with slightly deeper seat and deeper rear panel but still with a very minimal flap design.
If you end up having to get a new saddle you should be able to specify a deeper panel, front and back, to give you clearance for a TB shaped horse. You may be struggling a little more with used as this shape of saddle is not common.
I found one pic of the GFS showing saddle on the SaddleWorld website - it looks like it has SOME pommel height, so might be worth a look. They are made in Argentina, but that may not be important to you understandably.
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