Saddle Fitting Service
Important information
Please fill out our Client Intake Form here to get on our list for a saddle fitting appointment.
Be prepared to ride during your appointment. Have your horse groomed and ready in cross-ties or a stall for the fitting time.
- Horse Health: Please do not book vaccines, teeth floating, massage, the farrier or any other services that may render your horse too sensitive to ride before your appointment. Please DO NOT have a lesson before your appointment, as we can try up to 5-6 saddles during an appointment, and your horse may be ridden extensively.
- New saddle fitting appointments: These appointments are approximately two hours in length. Please be sure if your coach is attending that they are available for this length of time.
- Annual Checkups: These appointments are about 1-1.5 hours long, especially if your saddle needs the tree adjusted, as we will need more time to sew it back up.
- Cancellations: Please inform us of a cancellation at least 5 days prior to your appointment. Appointment deposits WILL NOT be refunded but put towards your next appointment (minus a rebooking fee).
Services
In-Person Saddle Fitting
This appointment is to check and correct the fit of existing saddle or try saddles to purchase.
Appointment starts in cross-ties or stall with horse groomed. We will take measurements, history and evaluate horse's back. Saddles will be tried on and checked for a static fitting.
If needed flocking adjustment will be made to correct the fit of the saddle. Then we do a dynamic fitting while ridden.
Please do not have a lesson or ride before the fitting appointment, a light warm up or lunging is fine.
Electronic/Long Distance Fitting
For clients who live outside our service area or who cannot make it to an appointment. Please contact us for more information.
Tree Adjustments
Only available on certain saddles.
Strip Flock
Saddle is un-sewn and existing material is removed, new wool is put into your saddle. For optimal performance this should be done every 5 years. This is a take-home job. Additional fees may apply for removal of synthetic or mouldy materials. Your saddle will be returned clean, fit to tracings and moisturized.
Billet Replacement
Old billet(s) removed and replaced with new ones, please specify what colour is needed. This is a take-home job.
Mileage Fees
Servicing Western Canada. Travel rates depending on area. Please Contact Us for more info.
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Frequently Asked Questions
We are based out of Central BC and we service Western Canada for in-person appointments.
For those who are located outside of this region, we also offer long-distance/electronic appointments. This means that we can provide expert fitting advice to anyone, regardless of their location. So, if you're not located in BC or Alberta, don't worry, we've got you covered!
In person:
- We meet and take history while checking horse confirmation and taking multiple tracings of your horses back.
- We look at fit of your existing saddle or potential saddles to purchase on your horse while in cross-ties. During the step we are looking for; pain scale, balance, pressure points (like bridging), tree angle, rock, length, billet placement, girth, etc.
- This is when adjustments will be on an existing saddle like flocking or tree adjustment, then rechecked on your horse.
- Dynamic fitting with horse in hand to see how the horse holds their back with the saddle on, horses reaction, if saddle is being thrown saddle one way or another.
- Then the ridden fitting (rider position and balance, horse’s movement, tension or relaxation, saddle bounce, slip, roll).
- Redo any adjustments, take notes, make recommendations.
We work with ALL brands including those that are English, Western, Spanish, Endurance or Treeless!
Interested in joining our Saddle Fit team?
Contact us for more information!