Equiline tailored saddles,
the perfect product for your horse
DIFFERENT HORSE SHAPES
The saddle fitting is a really complex matter. We recommend that an experienced technician does this.
Equiline tailored saddles,
When looked at upright from behind, horse are normally symmetrical between the left and right flanks. On a well-developed back and a medium-high whiter, the saddle tends to settle into the correct position on its own, even when positioned too far forward or behind. In this "ideal" situation, there is no need for any adjustment.
The panels would normally be placed on the horse's back and the middle tunnel would allow the horse's spine to move freely. In most cases a medium-sized wither lets the horse take up a correct position on the head-shoulder-pelvis-knee-foot axis.
In horses with high hind-quarters the saddle tends to slide forward behind the withers, the rider is pushed forward with there leg and foot slipping backwards. Alignment of the saddle must be corrected by modification on the form of panels, thereby restoring the correct postion of the rider.
For horses with flat backs instead of presenting the classic longitudinal bending down is flat with muscles almost horizontal. The saddle will tend to assume a movement forward/backward therefore causing the rider to be unbalanced. The structure of the saddle must be modified by modification of the panel to compensate.
The horse’s back is dipped between the withers and the hind-quarters probably due to the shape of the spine or to the weakness of the muscles. The saddle will tend to create pressure on the front or the back with little contact through the centre making the riders weight difficult to distribute equally the structure of the saddle must be modified by modification of panels to compensate.
In horses with low back saddle will tend to slide back towards to hind-quarters, making the rider unbalanced. Alignment of the saddle must be modified by modification to the panels to compensate, thereby restoring the rider to the correct postion.
