The Saddle Company - Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and the Humber

14/01/2025

🐈‍⬛ The downside to leaving your car door open! 🐈‍⬛

As much as I adore cats especially friendly feral farm cats and admire their ability to find a warm spot, I’d rather they wipe their feet before climbing up onto the dashboard for a nap!

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17/11/2024

29/10/2024

20/08/2024

East Halton Show was a very blustery one.

Nevertheless it was lovely to catch up with folk, meet some new faces and see a few familiar ones in the ring, help others out with a Nervous Rider Remedy and microchip some more saddles.

It was also a good opportunity to get the tools out, between retrieving wind strewn objects from the tables, and stitch on some additional girth straps for a couple of clients.

The next and final show of the year is Lincs Horse Live in October.

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15/07/2024

As frustrating and challenging as last minute diary changes can be, sometimes it’s nice just to kick back for an hour and enjoy a pot of Yorkshire Tea!

It also gives me the chance to catch up on messages, diary bookings and rebookings, ordering and calls. 😅

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30/06/2024

Everything is in full swing here at Eckington Riding Club.

It’s a great little club that I’ve known for a lot of years having competed and been part of the committee with both Smartie and HippoHead.

It’s nice to be back for the day.

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02/04/2024

This weekend I hosted the first fitting clinic at East Dale Farm where I saw a number of horses and riders.

This is the only picture I took though! 🤦‍♀️

Chacoa popping a jump trying out a different saddle.

The next clinic will be Saturday 22nd June so get booked on if you want to take the opportunity to try something different with no obligation to purchase.

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21/01/2024

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19/01/2024

Fifi is a lovely young pony with a grand future ahead of her.

I saw her a few weeks ago as her saddle wasn’t quite right. After showing her owner where and why it wasn’t fitting I provided them with a lovely little Saddle Company small pony saddle which sat on her lovely, and fitted her rider nicely.

I checked it again this week to make sure we are still on the right lines and to check how the flock is bedding in. All was well and there was some improvement in Fifi’s topline too. 🥳

We discussed bits and I had a feel of her mouth conformation as part of my assessment. Fifi has the tiniest mouth whereby I could easily feel her offside bar with my thumbs from the near side. Essentially her bars are no further apart than the width of my phone!

She’s known for being fussy with her bit but as you can see in the picture we found a bit where she was so comfy with it she was stood quite happily holding it herself. 🥰

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06/01/2024

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Thank YOU all for supporting my small and local business ☺️