Velicea Saddles NZ/AU

Nice butt, Ava! 🧡🤍🤎🤍🧡 She is a Romanian draft cross - riding her on a trail in the modified Liberty dressage model with baroc panels for extra support and stability for round bums like her. Contact this page for more info on these great quality customised saddles!

Love the versatility of this saddle: this lovely Icelandic lady is a bit pregnant, but she agreed to pose for a saddle fit pic and try out of the modified dressage saddle model Liberty, with Baroque panels. The great thing about these saddle is the ease and accessibility to change panels to suit various needs and shapes and sizes. NB: a saddle fitter is always needed to assess individual needs and order a custom made accordingly! NB: this demo saddle is slightly too narrow for her, and would need to have a gullet a size up to fit ♥️

Working Equitation RO 🧡 Pony ‘My Sunshine’. #veliceasaddlery #veliceasaddlesnzau #healthybacksonly #workingequitation @roxana.hadarean

Foam filled panels

The problem with foam filled saddle panels: Check out the unevenness in this saddle’s panels, created by pressure and heat over a course of however many yrs of use - saddle was otherwise in a great condition and in current use, btw! 🥺 I believe the only way to rectify this is to replace panels fully, IF replaceable! Wool packed panels are easily re-flocked to avoid such unevenness and pressure points when they start to show up. Of course, a brand new foam packed saddle will hold its shape and softness better for a while - much depends on type of foam, its use and upkeep - but for how long and what 2nd hand value will they carry, given the growing awareness of what is required for #healthybacksonly? What I have learnt from studies done by Centaur Biomechanics: wool fares best material to use with saddles panels - but, if you must: open cell foam fared better than closed cell foam panels in their study of saddle pressure. Stay informed and talk to your local/trusted saddle fitter about what’s what inside your saddle, their recommendations and always ask ‘why’ ✍️ Daria 🐴 for the betterment and wellbeing of your ridden horses

I get asked how these saddles fit a short backed wide cob - well, here it is! ;) Note: this is a trekking/schooling centre and they predominately have Gypsy Vanners (cobs) - these horses were patiently awaiting their little riders, it was muggy hot and they were not in their best engaged posture - droopy dropped forehand can make a saddle look high at the pommel or uneven. Hence the need for a full static and dynamic assessment when fitting saddles. Ask me how ;) ✍️ Daria

Be outstanding! 🥂 With a made to measure and individually customised Velicea Saddle - here: VS Liberty (monoflap dressage) DM me for more info. ✍️ Daria

▶️ Knee blocks (rolls) There is much talk about saddles knee blocks (rolls), particularly citing modern dressage saddles with the very deep seat + huge blocks (vs the classical low profile dressage saddles of the past) What I have learnt thus far, and feel apt to comment on, is that options / adjustability is always a foolproof way to go about it, whatever your riding aspirations may be. From a visual perspective, I do like a moulded knee roll 🤔 but unless I know exactly what my comfortable and effective fixed type of knee block is, my preferred practical choice will always be a Velcro pocket with interchangeable blocks. Fun fact: in Romanian, these are called ‘banana / banane (pl)’ …no need to translate that, me thinks 😆 ✅ Velicea Saddles have the option of customising your saddle either with fixed/moulded, or adjustable knee blocks (rolls) ➡️ photo attached shows the range of block shapes and sizes we can make for your saddle - if in doubt, it does not cost much at all to order an extra or two to try out as you wear that new saddle in and find your perfect seat and leg positioning with it. Happy Riding! ✍️ Daria Mob/Txt or WhatsApp: +64(0)21623022 Email: [email protected] Or DM this page #veliceasaddlesnzau 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎 ✅ 10 yrs tree warranty ✅ 2yr stitching warranty ✅ adjustable gullet by any saddlery or saddle fitter with a saddle press. ‼️*No Rivets reinforced steel gullet plate means multiple adjustments are possible throughout your horse’s development stages, up to 6cm each way from a standard 30cm. 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎 #veliceasaddlesnzau #equestrian #saddlefit #customsaddles #handmade #nzequestrian #saddlefitting

☑️ The warranty works and reflocking /resizing of our Velicea saddles is carried out in NZ by a master saddler (and a leather master!) based nearby Auckland. I thoroughly enjoy my times spent in his workshop, learning how to reflock/repack wool panels, and how resizing and repairs are carried out for various issues. Love love love this old workshop full of treasures of times gone by, and also various saddles and saddle trees in various stages of repair …and despair(unrepairable) - the learning opportunity is priceless! ✍️ Daria Happy Riding, with Velicea Saddles #veliceasaddlesnzau Mob/Txt or WhatsApp: +64(0)21623022 Email: [email protected] Or DM this page 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎 ✅ 10 yrs tree warranty ✅ 2yr stitching warranty ✅ international /import shipping costs included in listed prices (*national courier charges extra) ✅ adjustable gullet by any saddlery or saddle fitter with a saddle vice (saddle devil) ‼️*No-Rivets reinforced steel gullet plate means multiple adjustments are possible throughout your horse’s development stages, up to 6cm each way from a standard 30cm. 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎 #veliceasaddlesnzau #equestrian #saddlefitting #saddlefit#customsaddles #handmade #madeinTransylvania #madeinRomania #nzequestrian #ridingsaddles

📢 Demo saddles viewing/trial: 🔴 Auckland/South Auckland/North Waikato - heading your way Fri 5th to Sat 6th Jan and I have 3 saddles for trial/demo: 🐎 Dressage Onyx 🐎 GP: Florence 🐎 Working Equitation / GP : Diego I have time available, please PM for a chat/times etc >>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<<<<✍️ DariaHappy Riding, with Velicea Saddles #veliceasaddlesnzauMob/Txt or WhatsApp: +64(0)21623022 Email: [email protected] Or DM this page 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎✅ 10 yrs tree warranty ✅ 2yr stitching warranty ✅international /import shipping costs included in listed prices (*national courier charges extra) ✅ adjustable gullet by any saddlery or saddle fitter with a saddle grip vice (saddle devil) ‼️*No-Rivets reinforced steel gullet plate means multiple adjustments are possible throughout your horse’s development stages, up to 6cm each way from a standard 30cm.🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎#veliceasaddlesnzau #equestrian #saddlefitting #saddlefit #customsaddles #handmade #madeinTransylvania #madeinRomania#nzequestrian

How often do you think your 2nd hand saddle has been adjusted? Do you know for sure or buy in blind belief that the structural integrity of the tree and its gullet plate is still sound to carry you through accordingly? Any further adjustments to a saddle’s original size should be stamped and made available for easy checks - here my Diego saddle getting adjusted slightly by our local(ish) Master Saddler, as a result of a still developing /growing 7yo youngster as per his most recent size measurements 🫣