I was watching a show on the horse channel about saddle fitting; it turns out Parelli has broke into the saddle business including English saddles:
http://www.naturalhorsemansaddles.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=PRODRESS
It sounds like a great concept and the saddle pictured looks lovely but a bit out of my price range.
Has anyone ever tried a Parelli Dressage saddle?
You’ll never hear me say this about anything Parelli, but… I WANT THAT!! Or at least sit my butt in it and try it out, it looks REALLY nice. I better start buying lottery tickets lol I’m curious too if anyone has tried it or owns one.
There appears to be nothing they won’t try to make money on.
For that kind of money, I want a custom saddle - do they even ask for tracings?
[QUOTE=dotneko;7807799]
There appears to be nothing they won’t try to make money on.
For that kind of money, I want a custom saddle - do they even ask for tracings?[/QUOTE]
Of course not. You just need to know his horsenality. Everyone knows that right brained introverts are a MW 17" with rear gussets.
Thigh block coming out of a knee pad (it appears to be padded, not just stitching) and at an angle nothing like anyone’s leg is shaped, ever, based on where they should be sitting? No, thanks.
It really looks like a sofa made to put you in a chair seat from the pic. I prefer my less expensive saddle custom made for me and my horse, including the blocks measured and placed according to my conformation and extra short flaps.
http://www.doversaddlery.com/pds-showtime-xch-dressage-saddle/p/X1-15740/
Their saddle looks a lot like this one for half the cost:)
I imagine they’ll have a team of “Natural flockers” too?
[QUOTE=dotneko;7807799]
There appears to be nothing they won’t try to make money on.
For that kind of money, I want a custom saddle - do they even ask for tracings?[/QUOTE]
They’ll sell you a special carrot stick that will magically trace the horse and make him forever bombproof!
Note that they have special pricing for club members only 
One of their disciples that I used to board with bought a saddle promoted by them- not sure if it was the same as this as the link won’t open for me. This was at least 5 years ago. It was supposedly custom fitted and came from England. It took her forever to get it and if IIRC the fit was less than perfect when it finally arrived.
[QUOTE=heronponie;7807816]
Of course not. You just need to know his horsenality. Everyone knows that right brained introverts are a MW 17" with rear gussets.[/QUOTE]
lololol y’all are the best :lol: morning made
[QUOTE=dotneko;7807799]
For that kind of money, I want a custom saddle - do they even ask for tracings?[/QUOTE]
But it isn’t a saddle. It’s an “extraordinary performance tool”.
[QUOTE=Elkie;7807850]
I imagine they’ll have a team of “Natural flockers” too?[/QUOTE]
Yeah…for “Special Member Price” of $5K+ I think they are all a bunch of “flockers”.
Non-Special Non-Members pay $6K+.
Let us not even discuss the prices of the Speshul Parelli fittings :rolleyes:
And anyone spending this kind of money w/o having a saddle fitter see the actual horse it is intended for may consider themselves flocked.
There’s only two gullet options, “standard” and “super wide”…
So what happens if your horse is neither? No speshul Parelli-blessed saddle for you?
uh yeah. I have seen this saddle in person, and a certified, trade marked, logo apparel wearing Pepperoni trainer ride in the “fluidity saddle” (I think that was the first one - hadn’t seen this new mono flap version…)
If you have dreams of riding in a chair seat, and placing at schooling shows at intro level - this is the saddle for you!
Notice that the saddle is “custom made for you” and asks the rider’s height, weight, inseam - oh the horse? oh yeah… the horse, well the tree comes in standard and “super wide”!! Because you know, it makes sense to have a saddle “custom made” with zero consideration for the horse you will be putting it on
I write for a living and have to say that whoever wrote their copy for this ad did something that is unintentionally funny. I have to get all technical on you, but here ya go…
Copy says: for people who love to ride “English”
I’m sure they meant those quotes to be for emphasis, but they misused them, so it’s irony. So this statement actually means whoever rides in the saddle is riding sort of English. How appropriate is that considering the context??? :lol:
They also do that with “grippy” (so I guess it isn’t) and “twist” (so I guess it isn’t).
Reference: http://news.distractify.com/people/the-30-most-unnecessary-uses-of-quotation-marks-in-history/
ETA: Looking at some of the other copy, we’ve got saddles that are “rommier” too. Beats me! LOL!
I think the price for their stuff is ridiculous, as is the wait time. IMHO of course.
So, why is the deepest part of the saddle so far back (can you say “chair seat” with irony?) plus, I can’t wrap my brain around that thigh block. I can’t figure out if it will hit my knee cap, or just sit about 6 inches in front of the top of my thigh or what. Or be under my knee. Just wrong in so many ways.
[QUOTE=riderank__makebank;7807755]
I WANT THAT!! Or at least sit my butt in it and try it out, it looks REALLY nice.[/QUOTE]
Oh no, you aren’t actually supposed to sit in Parelli saddles. You just admire them from the ground while you do the Parelli games
Eegads. Head * Desk, repeat. :disillusionment:
My brand new County Perfection doesn’t cost that much and is CUSTOM fitted to me and my mare! Gaaaaahhhh!!! (ChocoMare runs screaming into the night).
[QUOTE=Ambitious Kate;7808075]
plus, I can’t wrap my brain around that thigh block. I can’t figure out if it will hit my knee cap, or just sit about 6 inches in front of the top of my thigh or what. Or be under my knee. Just wrong in so many ways.[/QUOTE]
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