More importantly, my horse is super unhappy with it. I initially purchased the Raavun, which exerted tremendous pressure at the back portion. I was sold a model that positively was a bad choice for him. It felt like it was shoving me up high in the rear, which in turn shoved down into my horse’s lower thoracic. It caused actual swelling in his spine per the x-rays taken after he went lame in it in less than 3 months. The company has been generous at least and has allowed me to trade it for a different model, no refund, so I have to choose from this same line of saddle. I also switched reps. I tried several different saddles and my horse was fussy to the point of tossing his head in all of them. After about three saddles, we put his Horobin saddle in him that I bought since I was having so much trouble with the Aviar and the first rep I started with was dragging this out for MONTHS so I got desparate and bought another saddle. He began to settle down and relax in the Horobin, which I will admit needs to be rebalanced as it has flocked panels and the flocking is new and extremely soft. Regardless, we continued on to another Aviar model and he went right back to running through the trot and throwing his head. In the end I put the Horobin back on him and he started to settle down again. My horse has spoken. So I did take home a new saddle because otherwise I would be empty handed after a large purchase. I got curious when I got home and sat it on his bare back, no pad and can now see why he got so angry. The panels contact down the spine channel side, but then are too flat from side to side and stick out off the sides of his back causing too much pressure along that inner edge. So now I have a very, very expensive saddle that I will not use on him. It was even worse on my second horse.
The saddle is supposedly more free in the shoulder because of how the tree is built in the front with very short points that are not really points. On my horse, once the saddle is girthed up, the panels still clamp down tight behind his shoulder blades. Now, my horse has enormous shoulders and is not quite as wide behind them, so saddles do tend to cause him problems in the shoulders. I had the same experience with the saddles I tried during my saddle replacement fitting as I had with the first one I purchased, he would not move out in the front because those foam panels were restricting him. He was short striding considerably. That went away when I put my Horobin back on him.
That is not to say you might have an entirely different experience. My horse has been a difficult fit and several brands have failed. This is just my own experience. I have heard that they are a better fit for warmbloods. I have an Arabian. The foam panels just do not match him and that cannot be fixed.
I do want to emphasize, the company has been very helpful in trying to find a fair solution.
They are completely off-the-rack, no customization available, and are reasonably priced for a new saddle.