The Western Saddler Ltd.

21/04/2025

Happy Easter!! Hope you have all had a wonderful bank holiday weekend!!

19/04/2025

17/04/2025

Easter Break: Maria is out of the office from Friday 18th April until Monday 28th April.
If you have an urgent question or enquiry Eden will be picking up emails and messages.
Happy Easter from Maria & Vauban 🤠

17/04/2025

Next big trip already in the planning....

Please send a message if you might like to be seen, no matter where you live. For those already registered I will be in touch over the next few weeks to get a date in the diary.

How exciting!! Love a road trip! ❤️

https://western-saddler.co.uk/blogs/news/trip-to-all-over-the-uk-tba-2025-space-currently-available

08/04/2025

Trip to Oxfordshire postponed until Tuesday 29th April due to illness. Space available. Send a message if interested. 😊

Photo of our new saddle for our mule to test out fitting these slightly different equines. So far so good, it has not slipped forward!

05/04/2025

Here we have Alison and Nelly

Allison is one of The Saddler's Technique students and is very close to certifying as one of our accredited Western Saddle Fitters. Her passion for horses shines through in her learning and it has been a pleasure to see her on this journey! She has started her own website (although not live yet so keep your eyes peeled) and a page! Go and follow her journey.

www.holistic-saddle-fitter.co.uk
The Holistic Saddle Fitter

Now a bit about Nelly:

‘Nelly is a 13.3hh 8 yrs old RSPCA rescue, I have had her 4 years, backed her myself bitless and she is Barefoot. I never thought she would be able to have a western saddle due to her short back but here we are!‘

We specialise in the more ‘tricky to fit’ so please get in touch if this sounds like you!

Alison and Nelly are modelling a Equiflex Buckaroo with a Mattes Rio Pecos Round Pad and a Mattes Sheepskin Seatsaver

03/04/2025

On our most recent trip we were so lucky to see some familiar faces, one of which was the wonderful Kate McMorris or you may know her better as The Great British Vet Trek.

TWS Custom Buckaroo saddle has quite some history. In 2022 Kate McMorris decided to ride from John O Groats to Lands End. We fitted this to her little QH mare, Marilyn. She was a vet herself and she had regular physio checks over the 3 months. All good.
She recently purchased a new horse. A big cob called Bailey. Kate asked me to go check the fit of the saddle on him - Kate is incredibly lucky as it fits her new horse too! Now whilst this doesn't happen often it can indeed happen on those rare occasions. She loves the saddle so that made her one happy lady!
You can take your horse to Kate’s place for clinics and the most incredible riding! She now runs a holiday let that you can take your horse to. The accommodation is so nice too with the cutest animals dotted around. They have done a wonderful job so please go and check them out, we will be returning ourselves, for a holliday this time Street Farm Horse Holidays

29/03/2025

Can’t wait to join Joe Midgley Horsemanship and The adventures of Bamm-Bamm at this event!

Get your tickets whilst you can ☺️

28/03/2025

Part 2 of our New Forest to Scotland Trip

21/03/2025

I had a wonderful time with The adventures of Bamm-Bamm what a wonderful pair, he is truely a credit to you! What an honour to let me sit on your precious boy too!
Can’t wait to see what you two get up to next!
Wonderful to see the saddle is still perfect after 3yrs, which is just as expected as we aim to fit for the long term ❤️😉

Today the gorgeous Maria from The Western Saddler Ltd. who sponsors us came to visit to make sure I’m still comfy in my saddle. Which I am pleased to report I am. This is a big relief to the hoomum who says she’s all out of kidneys and is very relieved I don’t need another one! It’s pretty cool that Maria measured me for a saddle before I was 4 years old and even after all the growing I’ve done it’s still perfect!
To say thank you, I let her hop on and have a little spin round the school ❤️

21/03/2025

Next trip is full. This time to the South East of England on 13th April. Please get in touch if interested. 😊

https://western-saddler.co.uk/blogs/news/trip-to-kent-surrey-and-sussex-april-2025-space-currently-available

Spaces available. If you are remotely near this route, or further afield, do get in touch as I am often able to expand the trip to cover more areas. If you would like to have your existing western or treeless saddle checked, would like a new or second hand treed or treeless saddle, then please get i...

19/03/2025

Here are some lovely words from a recent client:

‘She goes really well in it. I think she really likes it, which is great as I told you how she is very tricky to make any tack changes with and she had said 'absolutely not' to the western saddle we already had at home. It's really lovely to ride in, feels very balanced and central and very comfortable, Love it thank you!’

Look at her choice in colours, aren’t they beautiful!

Due to the way we fit with bare trees on the horse this often means the client cannot try the saddle before buying as it often needs to be custom made to ensure horse comfort. Historically this horse had been very clear which saddles she would tolerate and the client was rightly concerned that she might not like the Equiflex saddle due to her past behaviour. From our experience, unless there’s an underlying issue or the gout needs tweaking, horses are always more comfortable with this combination of saddle and pad. This comfort lasts long term. These saddles are fitted for life.

Horse: American Paint
Saddle: Equiflex 188 with bucking rolls and a higher cantle.
Pad: Mattes Rio Pecos Square 8 Pocket Pad

15/03/2025

Yea….. eventually you just accept it’s the way things are 🤣🫠

13/03/2025

Saddle Fitting Consultation- Checking the Back for Pain.

Here we have Maria with two of The Saddler's Technique students running through how we look for pain when we do a saddle fitting consultation. thesaddlerstechnique

01/03/2025

Here we have some stunning Turquoise inspo, gorgeous with any colour saddle and horse!

28/02/2025

Interesting explanation of how the pelvis works relating to age of backing.