AH Saddles provide specialist native pony, cob & wide saddles. All our saddles are designed by Andrea Hicks who has over 20 yrs' experience.
AH Saddles Ltd was previously called Native Pony & Cob Saddles. Despite the name change we are still the same company, re-branded to reflect our extended range of saddles catering for a greater variety of wider horses. In addition, we noted there was some customer confusion due to other companies having similar trading names and we did not want our customers to get confused. We take great pride in
our saddles and in our customer service and would not like to be confused with anyone else. Please be assured we still offer an extensive range of saddles for native ponies and cobs. All AH saddles are designed by Andrea Hicks (owner of AH Saddles Ltd). Andrea has been designing saddles and fitting difficult to fit breeds for over 20 years. Her designs are so good at resolving fitting issues that at AH Saddles we feel that once you’ve tried one you simply will not want anything else. Our range includes Pony Saddles for the smaller native pony, along with dressage, jumping, working hunter, showing and endurance saddles for larger native ponies, cobs and wider horses. TEL :01934 622044 Mob: 07792 405045
Fitters
Stephanie Bloom
Has over 5 years saddle fitting experience, she covers Southern England East Anglia and Midlands. Mob: 07799 628057 [email protected]
Clare Molyneux
Show judge, Highland Pony breeder and riding instructor with over 12 years experience in saddle fitting. Covers North East Scotland, Fife, Highlands, Central West Scotland
Tel: 01309 651253 or
Mob: 07789 262898 [email protected]
Further fitters can be found on our website ahsaddles.com
26/11/2024
AH used saddles in stock, all come with a 14 day trial. Saddles always wanted .
16” AH Sienna WH £1095
16.5”GPX black £1496
17” GPX brown £1295
17” Sport GP £1395
16” WH £1295
17” Affinity dressage £995
17” Ultimate jump saddle upswept panel £1295
19/11/2024
We have internet issues until the 25th November, so if you are not getting a response on email please WhatsApp me on 07792405045
09/11/2024
AH Saddles is moving house on the 14th of November. Please check before you post any parcels back they arrive before that date or that you send them after the 14th and they come to the new address. Any parcel return labels booked by me are ok.
31/10/2024
Vanessa Grace & Merlin from Flinders Island , Tasmania Australia on an AH 16.5” Compact Sport GP.
29/10/2024
Used AH saddles in stock, come with a 14 day trial . Widths can be adjusted by one fit before posting .
16.5 Super cob GP upswept panel .
16.5” optimus jump covered £1395
17.5 Elite VSD xw, endurance kit older badges £995
17.5 GPJ Memel xxw£995
17” Ebony GPX xxw £1295
16.5 GPX xw-xxw £1295
16.5 GPX black ex demo £1495
17” Elite VSD xw/xxw £1195
17” Sport GP £1395
17” Affinity xw-xxw Velcro blocks new reduced £1995,00
2x 17” Affinity dressage for external blocks £995 and £1195
16.5 Traditional WH xw/xxw new reduced £1895
15/10/2024
06/10/2024
Saddle fitting Stoke on Trent 14th October, if you would like booking in contact Sharon Downes
Tel: 07815 015864
02/10/2024
Used AH saddles available with a 14 day trial .
15” xw sport GP upswept panel £695
16.5 xw Harrier jump £995
16.5 w-xw GPJ £1395
16.5 GPX brown £1295
16.5 ex demo GPX black £1495
17” Luxe WH £1295
17”Affinity with Velcro ex demo £1995
17” Affinity external blocks £995
17” ebony jump black £1495
17” ultimatum jump upswept panel £995
16.5 Traditional WH reduced new £1895
16.5 compact sport GP
02/10/2024
Reduced new AH Affinity dressage saddle 17”xw can be made xxw with Velcro blocks slight ex demo been girthed up twice . New price £2595 bargain at £1995.00 comes with 14 day trial .
10/09/2024
AH new custom mono flap dressage saddle, they have soft hide cover finish, close contact mono flap panel, webbing for 4 girth strap each side, for maximum fitting adjustment options, flocked panel with long fibre Jacob’s wool, front and rear gussets also for maximum adjustment. These are custom order saddles that can be made on a tree to suit your horse.
10/09/2024
AH new custom mono flap jump saddle, they have soft hide cover finish, close contact mono flap panel, webbing for 4 girth strap each side, for maximum fitting adjustment options, flocked panel with long fibre Jacob’s wool, front and rear gussets also for maximum adjustment. These are custom order saddles that can be made on a tree to suit your horse.
03/09/2024
Saddle fitting Somerset area 26th September, BOS, Mark, Lympsham there are few spaces left please message to get booked in.
27/08/2024
14/08/2024
Saddle fitting in Gloucester on 27th August and Salisbury on the 29th of August. Please contact Sharon Downes to get booked in .
Call out/Travel costs
£0.50/mile travel, both ways from CF37 1HY
Consultation charge £65
Flocking will start at £40
Tree adjustment £50
Tel: 07815 015864
05/08/2024
Used AH Saddles in stock:
16.5” compact sport £1395
16.5 classic dressage £1295
16.5 sport GP xw upswept panel £995
17” Traditional WH xw £895 on trial
17” Luxe WH xw £1295 on trial
16.5 GPX black xw £1695
17” Ebony jump black xw £1695
17.5” Ebony VSD xw £1495
17” Affinity dressage xw and xxw £995
15” pony WH xw £995
16.5 Harrier jump £995
17” show saddle xw £995
16.5” brown GPX £1295
29/07/2024
My saddle slips why ?
Your saddle is not a magic wand. If your horse is a barrel shaped, and there is a bit of asymmetry in the horse or rider or if your horse has a short back, asymmetry is much more likely to show up and that shows up in the form of Saddle slip to one side, your saddle isn’t necessarily to blame. Instead, get your saddle fitter to check it’s ok and if it’s ok, work on making you and the horse straighter so there is less unevenness. This can be done with groundwork for the horse and chiropractor, if required . For the rider there are many YouTube videos on body straightness , most human asymmetrical issue in the body that are not injury induced start in the pelvis with unevenness, basic exercises that help with sciatica will help strengthen and straighten your pelvis, palates are also good for this . Along with sleeping symmetrically ! Most very crooked riders sleep in a very crooked position and hold their pelvis crooked while sleeping, no amount of chiropractic treatment will help keep you to get straight if you don't break bad habits.
Anatomical girths and correction pads can help . But if you or your horse is uneven and we pad the issue out with flocking, without addressing the straightness issue especially if it’s rider straightness issues, flocking the saddle to hold the rider straight can is some cases lead to the horse being sore. When its horse straightness issues like arthritis in the horse hocks or an unlevel pelvis which leads to uneven gate, when a horse has one of these issues the rib cage hangs more to one side causing slippage, forcing the saddle to stay straight can lead to lameness or refusal to work.
If you or your horse is uneven, then we can pad/flock/shim saddles to help. But… working on levelling them up is much more beneficial and shimming should be a temporary measure unless the rider or horse has a permanent issue that can’t be resolved, then uneven girthing and regular checks to keep on top of the issues will be needed.
20/07/2024
SUMMER SALE limited number of new reduced saddles available. With 14 day trial.
AH 17” 4,5,6 fit Classic dressage new price £2595.00 sale price £1995.00
AH 16.5” Traditional WH 5f, 6f new price £2395.00 sale price £1895.00
AH Ebony VSD 17” 6 fit , Velcro blocks, new price £2495.00 sale price £1895.00 slight ex demo .
18/07/2024
AH Anatomical girths dressage limited number available while stocks last, sizes 26” x 1, 3x28” new price is £195.00. These are available for £99 postage £5
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Aren’t wider horses and ponies tricky?! We’re here to help you solve these problems. Our saddles fit these wide shapes brilliantly leaving you stable in the saddle and confident to crack on with all your riding plans. With flatter, wider trees and well constructed panels our saddles are also beautiful quality and as you can tell from the scarcity of them available second hand, people hang onto them!
The saddles are made from beautiful soft, hard wearing English leather and will give you that feeling of security that you might have lacked in other saddles on wider backs. You can choose from almost any discipline saddle as we make all sorts of models on each of our specialist tree shapes which means we can please both horse AND rider. If our standard range doesn’t quite have what you want we can tweak our designs as custom orders.
Buying from AH Saddles means you always have a 14 day ridden trial on all saddles, new and second hand but excluding custom models, so that you can be absolutely sure that everyone (trainer, bodyworker etc) is happy with the purchase.
If you’d like to find out more contact us at head office on 01934 622044 or contact your local fitter, details below, all will be delighted to chat you through how they think they can help you find the perfect saddle:
Stephanie Bloom
Has over 5 years saddle fitting experience, she covers Southern England East Anglia and Midlands.
Mob: 07799 628057
[email protected]
Clare Molyneux
Show judge, Highland Pony breeder and riding instructor with over 12 years experience in saddle fitting. Covers North East Scotland, Fife, Highlands, Central West Scotland
Tel: 01309 651253 or
Mob: 07789 262898
[email protected]