Best Places to Order a Monogrammed Saddle Pad

[Equestrian24]

I’ve decided to get myself a monogrammed saddle pad and would like to know of some good places to order from. I’d like something of decent quality, but that won’t break the bank. I like Dover, but most of their pads have straight spines, which I’m not wild about, and the rest of them I’m just not crazy about either. I do like their hunter green pad with the navy trim and white piping, as well as their competition pad, but both appear to have straight spines.

I’d like something pretty traditional and nice looking with a good variety of color/piping/trim and monogram options.

Has anybody ordered from Wilker’s and did they like them?

Would it be better to take one of my current pads to an embroidery place?

[greysfordays]

If you have a pad that you really love, I would probably just have them embroidered. For me personally, the Ogilvy baby pads are my favorite. If you’re getting them custom, you can add girth loops. They wash super well and are tough and comfortable for the horses.

[PNWjumper]

I agree with @greysfordays! Love the Ogilvys and haven’t found that I needed to add girth loops despite needing them on every other pad I own. I’ve also bought and monogrammed a lot of the SmartPak pads. I think most of the ones I have are also straight spines, but only because I often buy in bulk when they have sales on both the pads and the monogramming.

I’ve been meaning to head over to my local mailbox shop for a couple of years now…ever since they added embroidery services, because I would love to carry in my large stack of pads that I’d like to have monogrammed, but I haven’t ever gotten around to doing it. Seems like that would be a pretty pain-free way to get existing pads done, though!

[BITSA]

Ogilvy baby pad or smartpak

[Peggy]

The SmartPak one that comes in white with a couple color choices for binding is my favorite. Spine is shaped. No top girth loop (that thing that many of us cut off). Nice weight-bit more than a baby pad but not too thick. Binding doesn’t make pad flare out even after repeated washing. Good price point. Embroidery is fast and sometimes even free.

https://www.smartpakequine.com/pt/smartpak-lite-white-ap-saddle-pad--9504

[APirateLooksAtForty]

Do NOT do what I did and order from Haute to Trot Equestrian on fb … almost two months later, no pad! And she said she would send me the tracking info “when she gets home” (that was 5 days ago)

[JenEM]

@Peggy

The SmartPak one that comes in white with a couple color choices for binding is my favorite. Spine is shaped. No top girth loop (that thing that many of us cut off). Nice weight-bit more than a baby pad but not too thick. Binding doesn’t make pad flare out even after repeated washing. Good price point. Embroidery is fast and sometimes even free.

https://www.smartpakequine.com/pt/smartpak-lite-white-ap-saddle-pad--9504

I have several of these and love them. A little thicker than a baby pad, a little thinner than a regular square pad. Girth loops, no billet loops, which is perfect IMO. SP does a nice job with monogramming, and mine have worn well.

I do have one of the Wilkers pads that I use on the rare occasions I do jumpers. I can’t speak to ordering from them (I bought this in person), but it’s worn like iron and I’d buy one again in a heartbeat if I was looking for another square pad for showing.

[HeyJealousy]

Ditto the Ogilvy baby pads! They are all I’ll use anymore.

[OldLadyYoungOTTB]

My favorite is a Lettia Coolmax, but I haven’t tried the Ogilvy. Both are available at Smartpak, which is where I got the Lettia. Their embroidery is great and I love their customer service.

[touchstone]

I love mine from Wilkers.

[Nuggets]

@Peggy

The SmartPak one that comes in white with a couple color choices for binding is my favorite. Spine is shaped. No top girth loop (that thing that many of us cut off). Nice weight-bit more than a baby pad but not too thick. Binding doesn’t make pad flare out even after repeated washing. Good price point. Embroidery is fast and sometimes even free.

SmartPak isn’t knocking it out of the park with these - I ordered one embroidered, the embroidery ended up tiny and crooked, and the pad itself feels really cheap. It’s rough and cardboard-stiff, too long in the drop so bunches around the girth, and doesn’t have any felting or brushed underside, just cotton. The one I ordered wasn’t the white, though, it was colored, so maybe the white ones are better - but I’m not a fan at all. I wish they had given you a proof or somehow shown how large the embroidery would be on the pad - it ended up being less than an inch tall, so just looks like a blur when you’re more than 6 feet away.

[Peggy]

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@Nuggets

SmartPak isn’t knocking it out of the park with these - I ordered one embroidered, the embroidery ended up tiny and crooked, and the pad itself feels really cheap. It’s rough and cardboard-stiff, too long in the drop so bunches around the girth, and doesn’t have any felting or brushed underside, just cotton. The one I ordered wasn’t the white, though, it was colored, so maybe the white ones are better - but I’m not a fan at all. I wish they had given you a proof or somehow shown how large the embroidery would be on the pad - it ended up being less than an inch tall, so just looks like a blur when you’re more than 6 feet away.

The one I linked to only comes in white so your non-white one must be a different model. That doesn’t excuse the embroidery though.

I got got a solid blue pad at the same time that is pretty stiff. Lovely color. But it’s a different model.

The embroidery on both of my pads is fine.

[ktm_here]

Etsy is great place to start as well. Lots of options and very customizable.

[GoodTimes]

Another vote for Ogilvy. I haven’t had to buy a new pad in a couple years because they last forever. Some are 6 years old and still look new.

[Dewey]

I love the Lettia pads.

[Jo]

I’ve worked with Two Socks Designs on gifts before and she is able to source most anything you could want and can custom design and embroider for you. Tons of options and she was able to work with me on a custom idea I had for a gift a few weeks ago. Bonus - she’s a rider too so knows how horse items are supposed to look.

I have had luck with local places, but my go-to suddenly stopped accepting “used” horse items (despite them being clean). I always made sure to take an example of an already-monogrammed pad to show them what I was wanting in terms of location and size.

[pattnic]

I also had a couple pads done by Two Socks Designs… I sent the pads there and they sent them back. They did a lovely job, and the girl to whom I gave the pads loved them. If you go with Two Socks, I would definitely send your pad of choice to them, as I think their “stock” pad is a Tuff Rider pad, which I’m pretty sure is also who is making the basic Dover-branded pads.

I wasn’t super-impressed with the SmartPak pad I ordered embroidered. It was the “Lite” pad; the embroidery was fine, but the pad itself started falling apart (binding coming undone) rather quickly.

I have also sent pads to Integrity Linens for embroidery, which also turned out lovely.

The best pads are definitely Ogilvy pads, though.

[VirginiaBred]

Definitely www.theclotheshorse.com
Katrina makes the best quality gorgeous custom saddle pads in the business. There is also a great Facebook page where you can message. https://www.facebook.com/TheClothesHorseUSA/
She will send you swatches and give awesome suggestions.

[m_m1]

I’m curious why nobody mentioned Dover. (Full disclosure - I work there winters.)

[vxf111]

SP makes those in-between-baby-and-regular pads in both white and gray base with colored trim. I actually quite like the pad itself but have had numerous embroidery issues with SP so I’m through messing with that hassle