https://www.statelinetack.com/item/equiroyal-pro-am-dressage-saddle/E002386/
not so sure the guy who wrote the article would approve, but these work for me just fine.
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Thanks. I thought you were talking about really flat.
Like this:
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Wow Inwasnt even aware that some dressage saddles are that flat. interestingā¦.
Many decades ago Stubben SchultheiĆ were a thingā¦. They for sure gave you freedom to move wherever you wanted to.
Lately I changed my priorities regarding saddles. I donāt care about me anymore because I can make any saddle work but I care for the saddle fitted to my horse. So I switched to a saddle maker who shows up once a month in my barn to check the saddle.
My whole barn has his saddles. They do fit well for my horses but I am a little annoyed because I have two identical saddles from him. One I love like crazy, itās the most comfortable saddle ever for me and it gives me an amazing feeling and the other saddle is ok but doesnāt thrill meā¦
no idea why identical saddles feel so differentā¦.
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Iāve known Jeremy since he was a child. He is and has always been a beautiful and exemplary rider (and trainer). I canāt think of anyone who has a better position in the saddle, whether heās riding a 4 year old or a GP horse.
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The Tad Coffins, if you develop a taste for them, there is no going back to another saddle. I am waiting for my most recent horse to develop enough carrying strength to make it work for my own riding ability, and then I am hustling off to order one.
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Whoa ā thatās like dressage flaps on a jumping saddle. I like it!
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That is in fact what it is, the seat is the same as the one on the A5G (can also be made with the TC2).
Itās an acquired taste, but I had been riding in TC jump saddles for years, and I found going to the CCD to be totally natural. It would be very foreign to someone who is used to something else. The horses seem to really like them.
Iād love to try one, but considering I live in the middle of nowhere and most everybody here is a barrel racerā¦
I do like the idea of the open, flat seat. Some of the older Butet dressage saddles were very similar.
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that is lovely. i want it. Iād probably cut out that knee roll if it landed in my hands tho. Do you have a link?
It literally doesnāt have a knee roll, it has a very small roll at the top that comes off the jumping saddle.
Also, that saddle is $7,000 new so I would recommend having it made without rather than taking a knife to it. The used one shown is $4700. Or at least have Tadās shop do the job.
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what is that shiny part at the forward 1/3 of the flap? It looks like itās protruding. Is it flush?
And, is this a Tad Coffin?
It is a Tad Coffin, and is on the Highline tack website. There are more pics there, showing different angles.
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looks like they are flexible tree? Have you tried one? Do they distribute weight evenly or sink with riderās weight?
I have one flextree ā¦an endurance saddle, and it tends to pinch withers on my wider horses. I never use it anymoreā¦i just donāt trust it to not hurt them.
On a dressage saddle, itās not a knee roll, itās a thigh block. And the one on the saddle in the photo is quite minimal. I donāt think you would be bothered by it, or even notice it.
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iāve made contactā¦ wondering how flexible the flexible tree is. Though most of my horses are around 15ā, some are wider than others but not by muchā¦and seems my ātypeā has big shoulders, short back. I think iāll try one if i can. It would be great if all i had to do was pay two way shipping and not a deposit/down payment. Iād hate to get locked-in. So, investigating alll that.
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Highline/Fineline are great to work with. Iāve both bought and sold through them. I donāt know anything about the tree as I havenāt ridden in one (would like to!) but Tad Coffin builds a good saddle and knows what heās doing.
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This comment is not about riding in deep seated saddles.
I cannot dismount from them without great difficulties with lifting my right leg over the cantle. Then, when I succeed, I end up with hip bursitis. Getting on is no fun either for me, but at least when I get on my hip muscles are not tired yet and I can barely manage to lift my right leg enough to slither over, often irritating the horse.
Just a suggestion that if you have hip pain to consider a saddle without a really deep seat so you can get on and off without triggering more pain.
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I had my saddle made with the lowest possible cantle for this very reason. Itās not as low as the Tad Coffin pictured, but itās low enough that I can swing my rapidly ageing leg over it to dismount without getting hung up.
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That looks like a pretty typical open seat in a dressage saddle.
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Agree. Heās also an excellent teacher. Very clear and precise.
