Reactorpanel Saddles

Reactorpanel Saddles The Official page of The Reactorpanel Saddle In 2000 he met the original makers of the saddle and started dealing in new saddles trading.

In the late 90's Dean Woodard was trading in second hand saddles purchased at auctions when he bought a funny looking saddle which turned out to be a Roe Richardson Reactorpanel. Intrigued by this he worked out how to fit it to one of his own horses and was amazed at how well it worked for the horse and how close he felt when riding in it. In the aftermath of the loss of Roe Richardson the custome

rs who owned these saddles had no one to maintain and fit them, Dean now filled this position, driving all over the country fitting the saddles and dealing in any second hand ones he could obtain. Innovation continued in 2002 with the introduction of the FEI weight system for Endurance riders, giving them the ability to add weight into the saddle in a completely balanced way. Designed by Dean for for Christine Hyde who then went on to win The100 mile fei ride at Alfreds Tower on her first outing with the system in place.The system is now widely used by most of our FEI customer. Dean also re-designed the numnahs to make them easier to remove swiftly at the vet gates. As time went on Reactorpanel has gone from strength to strength, a number of new style of saddle being introduced based on custom saddles made for individual riders, for example the Lucinda McAlpine dressage saddle, designed specifically for Lucinda and The Christine Yeoman Endurance Saddle designed specifically for Chris by Dean with the help of the saddle makers.. All this culminated in 2008 when his customer Maria Alvarez Mercades Ponton who became the FEI World Endurance Champion in Malaysia 2008 using her ReactorPanel Endurance Saddle he had sold her in September 2006. Maria then went on to win the European Championship 2009 and then in December 2010 she won the World Championship again 7 weeks after having a baby. This year we are proud to announce we have unveiled not only another addition to the Endurance Range but also an Iberian saddle. ReactorPanel Endurance is now complimented by The Comfort Endurance Range of Synthetic tack being used by the British Endurance Team for The Europeans in Florac 2011.

16/02/2025

Excited to announce a new clinic at Coldblow Equestrian! 🐴🐴
I’ve ridden in this lovely arena and the surface is amazing to ride on.
Sessions are individual and £60 including arena hire.
I’m happy to ride for part or all of the session I just ask to see the horse ridden if I’ve never seen them before.

WhatsApp me directly on 07771365693 to book.

07/02/2025
Sharing in case anyone can help identify the person responsible 😡
28/01/2025

Sharing in case anyone can help identify the person responsible 😡

❌❌❌❌❌PLEASE SHARE❌❌❌❌❌

This is an heartbreaking 💔 post and one we need our followers help with to get out there, one to raise awareness and two for any information that anyone may

On the 25/01/2025 a teenage girl was out riding her horse (Loki) with her cousin in Loft House West Yorkshire, on Lingwell Nook Lane on the old pit stack.

While on the pit stack there was a male in his 50-60, bold head, glasses on and wearing a blue rain coat with black joggers on. He had a chocolate coloured spaniel dog with him that was off the leash and out of control, the young girls asked him to put the dog on the lead while they passed but the man told the young girls “ f**k off this is public land” as the dog was running out of control around the horses Loki spooked and started to buck, rear and kick. The teenage girl was thrown from Loki’s back just before he bolted to try and escape the dog. Loki ended up running out onto Leeds Road where he was hit by a car and suffered catastrophic injuries to his legs, his injuries were truly horrendous and all 4 legs were shattered. Loki fought to get up off the road but of course due to his four broken legs he couldn’t and sadly he had to be put to sleep in the road.
The gentleman that hit Loki is absolutely devastated and his car a total write off.
The incident happened just before 4:30pm .

If anyone has any information on who this dog walker is can you please PM the page or ring West Yorkshire police.

This post is also to make people aware of the disastrous consequences for not putting your dogs on leashes around horses.

We are fully supporting Loki’s family during this devastating time.

Reference -WYP - 20250129-0731
Date 25.01.2025
Incident with Loki
Call on 101 give the date and reference number

RIP Loki, you was a beautiful soul and will be truly missed by your family 💔

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Don’t miss Sally’s next talk via zoom on the 18th of February
27/01/2025

Don’t miss Sally’s next talk via zoom on the 18th of February

Last night we had a special guest speaker - Sally Toye!!

Her talk was titled "Mad or Marvellous?" She told us a story of her first ever Tevis Cup adventure! She went on to do another 9 starts with 5 completions! For those of you unfamiliar with Tevis is a 100mile race and you have 24hrs to finish over the harshest terrain in California!

We were all sat there jaw dropped, it was fascinating to hear. Sally has such a way with words we felt we were there! A truly inspirational story and gave a feeling of 'no risk, no reward' !
If you didn't come out of there feeling motivated and planning your next adventure, there was something wrong with you!
As one member said "its really reignited my fire"!!

Sally is doing a virtual talk via Zoom on the 18th of February. Sign up via clubhouse on the EGB website.

You might not be up for doing the Tevis but what about doing your first race ride or your first 160km. Or do that ride that you've always dreamt of doing but have been putting it off....!
Take the new trail!!

22/01/2025

Put to the desert for saddle fitting this morning 🐪🌵🏜️

Couldn’t agree more Joe ♥️
21/01/2025

Couldn’t agree more Joe ♥️

TUESDAY TARGET.
Staying focused on why I ride. It’s for the connection with these amazing horses who teach you something about yourself every time you get on. We just have to make sure we are listening.

Morning everyone and Happy new year , as some of you know we are on our annual holiday in Bali at the moment and then wo...
11/01/2025

Morning everyone and Happy new year , as some of you know we are on our annual holiday in Bali at the moment and then working in Dubai on the way home . Just a heads up that we are be taking appointments for the south east and a north run for early February so please feel free to send them through and I’ll contact you around the end of the month once we are back in Blighty and anyone else in Dubai please touch base before the 15th of January if you would like to see is as we will be fitting at the endurance village from the 20th. Amazing day in the foothills of the Volcano and then the hot springs, driving around the country in an orange VW with a private driver. Highly recommend this guy if you come to Bali, private car picked us up at the hotel at 8 am, drove us to the volcano and hot springs. Trip included a massage for both of us as well as entry to the springs , a lovely lunch included and he took us wherever we liked on the way back to the hotel , chocolate shop (🤦‍♀️) woodcarving and art gallery got back to the hotel about 6.30 in the evening . All for £131, £105 without the massages , amazing value. Thank you so much 🥰 Vacation tours Buana Vw.

Such a change from our usual saddle fitting and getting our strength back for a crazy busy year as usual 😊

Merry Christmas 🎄
24/12/2024

Merry Christmas 🎄

13/12/2024

Our Christmas Present to our amazing grooms! 🎁🎁🎁

Running a 20 box training yard specialising in young horses and those with behavioural issues means that efficiency, ease of use and safety for both horses and staff are our priority for our haying system. After 25 years in the business, I have been frustrated not to find one that ticks all the boxes… until I came across EzeHay at ! I bought one home to test out, and within a day, we decided we couldn't go back!

We've found them;
👌Well constructed and hardy
👌Light and easy for all our staff to use
👌Makes refilling a quick and easy job
👌Creates very little wastage
👌Space saver in the stable
👌Different sized nets allow you to control intake of feed if necessary
👌A total game changer 🎉🎉🎉

Not only this, founder, Sam and her team, have worked incredibly hard to bring Ezehay to market and been a pleasure to deal with. So, if you want to give yourself a little gift this Christmas, do check them out!

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