This message is from: Anneli Sundkvist [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Saskia,
check this website out:
http://www.freizeitreiter.de/rubriken/r7/s/r71_14.htm
They don't have camargue saddles but VERY nice Portugese saddles and
vaquero saddles (also bridles, S-kandaren, other bits, stirrups etc). They
sent me
This message is from: saskia schoofs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hej Sini!
Have got two pairs of those camargue ones - bought them in Germany
can I ask you where in Germany? I am dreaming since three years of a
Camargue saddle, but I have no idea where to find one. I went to the
Camargue a year ago, but
This message is from: Alison Bakken [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi List,
Great discussion lately. Last weekend Paula talked about a treeless
saddle called ansur. Did you get to try one? If you did how was it?
Has anyone out there had any experience with treeless saddles?
Is Rick or Nancy Hotovy
This message is from: linda hickam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oh Denise how cool you're a twin...I have 2 sets of twins..a boy
and a girl 16and 2 boys 12...Linda
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From: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com
Subject: Re: aussie saddles
Date: Sat
This message is from: Don Jane Brackett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We just got a sale flyer from Libertyville Saddle, (they have a web site
somewhere) and they had some of the more expensive aussie saddles at 50%
off, sale price around $500. Don't know if they are good ones or not.
Jane in Maine where
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Paula, I saw this saddle at a boarding barn where my friend had taken her
thoroughbred for training. The trainer rode the thoroughbred with the
saddle, finished, placed the saddle on a small Arab and went back into the
ring. I was impressed.
This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dear bill,
just about as bad as my family name of moroni. but my grandfather did'nt
change it when he came over from italy. so in grade school, my brother and
i were known as the macaroni twins. denise
This message is from: Paula Steinmetz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Has anyone tried the Ansur saddle yet?? Looks like
a cross between a dressage saddle and a leather
bareback pad to me. It can be seen
at...http://www.ansursaddle.com/ for those who
haven't seen one. The web page states it is
treeless - fits
This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dear wcoli,
sorry everytime i see your address i think of e. coli. nasty intestinal
bacteria, anyway, in regards to the saddle. try aussie stock saddles out of
malibu. they have lighter ones to and will measure and make a saddle to fit
any
This message is from: charlotte Hoek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can someone give me an address of a place to price/buy one of
the Aussie saddles that have been mentioned?
Hi This my first time on the list, maybe this address can help you out:
http://www.australian-gs.com.au/syd_hill/entrance
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dear wcoli,
sorry everytime i see your address i think of e. coli. nasty intestinal
bacteria,
Denise,
Rest assured, unlike my namesake, I am non-pathogenic. My
family's real name
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can someone give me an address of a place to price/buy one of
the Aussie saddles that have been mentioned?
This message is from: misha nogha [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry I have been off the list so long. Some pretty ntense family health
crises'--still going on--visitors, still here, working with horses and
getting my new traditional siamese breeding stock has kept me pretty busy.
I do feed an alfalfa mix
This message is from: Mary Thurman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This message is from: Denise Delgado
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanks mary,
your post was educating for me in regards to
saddles. why do so many people
out there like (love) those aussie saddles
This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanks mary,
your post was educating for me in regards to saddles. why do so many people
out there like (love) those aussie saddles? what are the benefits verses
disavantages to the forward sitting placments and also the legs? i
understand
This message is from: Don Jane Brackett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Denise - My husband bought an Aussie saddle this spring and loves it.
He says it's impossible to fall out of! :) But his is heavy, around 30
- 32 lbs. After trying to make my old all purpose work on my wide mare,
I started shopping for
This message is from: Mary Thurman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This message is from: Denise Delgado
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
what type of
riding do you do now as
opposed to before with the aussie saddle?
Denise,
When I used my Aussie saddles only I pretty
This message is from: Marion Bijster [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Oorspronkelijk bericht-
Van: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aan: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com
Datum: woensdag-januari-2000 3:53
Onderwerp: Re: saddles...again!!
This message is from: Denise
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We've got 2 aussie saddles in our tack room. Mine is nice and light and
comfortable. Also has a nice deep seat. My old hunt seat trainer hates it,
thinks it puts my legs out too far front, but it's not MEANT to be hunt seat.
My husband's saddle, well
This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dear mary, thanks for the note. what type of riding do you do now as
opposed to before with the aussie saddle? denise
Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED]
what can any of you tell me about aussie saddles and fitting fjords. a
friend told me they are very light, comfortable and can be made to fit any
horse and you use minimal padding underneath and they are deeper and you sit
up closer to the withers, over the shoulders. any
This message is from: Mary Thurman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This message is from: Denise Delgado
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
what can any of you tell me about aussie saddles and
fitting fjords.
Denise,
I used an Aussie saddle - actually two of them - for
many
This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED]
what can any of you tell me about aussie saddles and fitting fjords. a
friend told me they are very light, comfortable and can be made to fit any
horse and you use minimal padding underneath and they are deeper and you sit
up closer
then... :-)
On the subject of saddles without dee rings, if you take an old pair of
jeans and sew or tie the ends off, you can use them as saddle bags, and
require little tying down, as the weight is on either side of the horse.
I got this and many other really helpful tips from one of David
Godson's books
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi All-
I am enjoying the discussion on saddles. I lucked out in finding 2 super
saddles used at my local tack shop. Tommes' saddle is a Circle-Y roper,
lightweight yet secure with a deep seat. It accomodates a back cinch and
breast plate, but I have
, but the seams holding the zipper
on gave out after the 2nd or third jump. Talk about feathers flying!! My
friend said she thought it had started to snow smart a**.
I guess I am very fortunate to have two saddles that fit both me and my
fjords ( three of them). The first is a custom made
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cynthia I also ride trails in my dressage close contact and feel quite well
rooted. Jean
Jean Gayle
Aberdeen, WA
[Authoress of The Colonel's Daughter
Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ]
http://www.techline.com/~jgayle
Barnes Noble Book Stores
This message is from: Cynthia_Madden/OAA/UNO/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just a short note on saddles. I ride Tank in an OrthoFlex Dresseur model saddle
with breast collar and crupper added when I am riding in hills. This saddle is a
perfect trail riding saddle. I have ridden a lot with two English women
This message is from: Paula Steinmetz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Saddles:
Someone mentioned the Abetta Endurance saddles for their Fjords. I also use
these with my Fjords for trail riding -
only I had a harness maker put long billets on mine removing the cinch - I use
a 22 short girth with these. I
This message is from: Karen McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm not knowledgeable but they have been described to me as almost
impossible to fall out of AND bail out of.
Gail, this is the one reason that I dislike these saddles . Some folks
really like the snugged
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello everyone,
Thanks so much for all of the advice! I have written everything down. I am
sure it will come in useful in the future.
Well, my husband dragged me to another tack store today. Ugh. I am SO tired
of looking at saddles! I think some
]
In a message dated 10/31/99 20:27:14 Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi Lynda I'm a beginner too and I have tried a few saddles this year.,
I
found my love in my new Aussie saddle with horn.
I'm not really a beginner, but not really an ace rider either (just have a
lot of fun
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have been reading the posts about saddle fit and I can relate to what
everyone goes through trying to fit their horse because I spent a lot of time
trying a lot of different saddles. I think some Fjords are quite a challenge.
I have a wide horse
-tree
saddle, purchased after trying on many saddles at both a reputable
tack shop and a custom saddler's. They thought it fit as well as
anything is going to (which sounded a whole lot more positive then
than it does now). I had my doubts, but deferred to the experts.
IMHO, Nansy merely put up
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gail, my father was a Cavalry officer from World War 1 and taught my brother
and I at tender ages to ride like bats out of h___! in english saddles.
First recall I have is age six. So when I tried my first western I felt in
an odd position. We
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In a message dated 11/1/99 8:27:57 Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I'm not knowledgeable but they have been
described to me as almost impossible to fall out of AND bail out of.
They do help you when you want to stay on, but believe
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In a message dated 10/31/99 20:27:14 Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi Lynda I'm a beginner too and I have tried a few saddles this year.,
I
found my love in my new Aussie saddle with horn.
I'm not really a beginner
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From the amount of used Aussie saddles that are for sale cheap in my area,
I would go carefully on that route. I'm not knowledgeable but they have been
described to me as almost impossible to fall out of AND bail out of. There
are times when bailing
This message is from: Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We have a couple of Western saddles made by Al Gould and also an old Aussie.
All three give good feel as
well as fit. Recently I was advised by a friend that an Arab tree was an
exceptional fit for a Fjord. Anyone
have one? And if so, what
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Have never heard a rider say, I only know how to ride Western, will you
teach me English? My dressage saddle is comfortable and you can feel the
horse. Had to try several to find a fit for the fjords and the fit is
passable.
Gail in Albuquerque
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have tried quite a few dressage saddles (and the shipping ain't cheap to
Alaska so it's cost me a bundle.) I finally found a saddle that fits just
about all of my Fjords well, sits down into their back but frees up the
shoulders as it is open
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Lynda I'm a beginner too and I have tried a few saddles this year., I
found my love in my new Aussie saddle with horn. It gives me the closeness I
like to the horse, but the horn for support (and the fear on downhills) It
also comes up higher
This message is from: Sarah Vogeley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is very interesting. I visited the site and it appears that the saddle
maker himself has a lot of Spanish influence in his saddles. The El
Hector model is a version of the Doma Vaquera saddle that the Spaniards use
in the sport of Doma
in not ready yeat, but if you just clic 'Priser
beställning'. Once there, clic anything in the column 'sadlar', you will se
pics of saddles and other equipment.
Translations:
Hector Standart - the standard model
Hectur Islandssadel - for Icelandic horses, shortened to fit their short
backs.
Lector
in the back and many saddles bridge) and the gullet is
wide. Amazingly the medium tree OS I have fits all of my horses, altho
it isn't balanced on The youngest, low in front. There are 4 tree sizes.
But the way it is constructed it seems to fit a wide variety of horses.
It was originally only
This message is from: Sam Sue Banks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
I, too, enjoy my Orthoflex saddles (OF for shorthand). I ride hunt seat
and dressage, and I have the Versatile and Premier saddles for those
disciplines, and these saddles are made on OF designed trees. These
saddles do NOT look like
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just checked out the Ortho-Flex site to find that they have another
promotion going...The 500 club Essentially you can get $500 off most of
their saddles, only a few models excepted. Check it out! If anybody is
thinking of getting an Ortho
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Candy,
We have a saddle made by a small saddle maker out of Spring Grove, MN. It's
called About the Horse or Black Rhino. They are comfortable for the
rider but , more importantly, their trees are such that the horse's shoulders
are free for movement.
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear Candy,
The seventeen inches refers to the rider's measurements, not
the horse's. You are probably going to need a wide tree saddle for
these guys, depending on how bulky and broad backed they are.
Average saddles are made for horses
with a
saddle. Is this true? What should I look for? We were given two 17
english saddles, we would like to use these on the Fjords but have not put onto
the ponies' backs yet. Erica brought the saddle pads out to the Fjords, to
let them inspect. Thor sniffed, and went back to grazing. Erica
This message is from: Catherine Lassesen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fjord Horse International has approved and designed a saddle just for the
fjords! THE OFFICIAL FJORD SADDLE... Comes in English and Western Styles
I can attach a photo to those that want to look at one. Our store will be
handling
the boys happy and healthy.
I once had a morgan who was so hard to fit saddlewise I spent weeks and many
driving miles to find the
the right one. The Collegiate Senior Event saddle is easy to find around
here, western wise
Circle Y arab saddles are more common than Crates. Thanks for the input
problems, since many fjordhorses have
shorter but broader heads than the horses that were used as models for the
cob size. I guess many of us replace straps...
When it comes to saddles, I only have experience from English saddles. I
use Hubertus saddles, that are sold by a Danish company - Three
to 6 (on the mare, not the stallion), with a range in between.
For English saddles, I've used a #4 in an English-made dressage saddle, a
medium-wide in a close contact saddle, and successfully used an adjustable
tree type saddle. I believe a number of dressage people use Niedersuss
saddles
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Heh Jean!
I had to laugh at your comment on the frozen manure piles! Yesterday, we
tried a new tactic. Instead of chipping away with our shovels and filling the
manure buckets 1/2 up with snow, Doug got the tractor out with the bucket on
the front. It
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've been searching in vain for a 6-inch Australian snaffle.
Smuckers has them, but only up to 5 1/4. I'd appreciate any leads.
This topic came up recently on the Carriage Driving List. One way is
to have the bit special made by an outfit
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Peg at Knutsen Fjord Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been searching in vain for a 6-inch Australian snaffle.
Smuckers has them, but only up to 5 1/4. I'd appreciate any leads.
This topic came up recently on the Carriage Driving
This message is from: Knutsen Fjord Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This message is from Peg:
Hi all,
I've been searching in vain for a 6-inch Australian snaffle. Smuckers
has them, but only up to 5 1/4. I'd appreciate any leads.
Also, in response to some on the requests for saddles, I'd like
This message is from: Mark and Lisa McGinley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks I'll give them a call
Mark
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mark and Lisa,
I just started my 3 year old Fjord this past spring and was also concerned
about a correct fittin saddle for him. I found a great saddle that is made
with the horse in mind first, not vice versa. In fact, I like them so much I
bought 2,
This message is from: Mark and Lisa K. McGinley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi everyone,
I am looking for a new saddle for my wife and I was wondering if anyone
has the Equiflex web site address. Are there any other western saddles
out there that are recommended for fjords? It would be nice to find
This message is from: Jon A. Ofjord [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gail,
I know that Ortho-flex makes some pack saddles and panniers. I believe they
are listed on their website.
Jon
This message is from: Alison Barr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Winter Coats - I don't think you can forecast your winter weather based
onyour Fjord's coats.
I missed the original line of dialogue, although I can tell you you can't
predict from their coats. two years ago, we had -30 celcius allot, and
This message is from: Mary Thurman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
---Jon A. Ofjord [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
does anyone have any helpful information on when to geld colts?
Right now he is 3 1/2 months old. What do most of you do or
recommend.
This is our first colt and he should probably be
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mary, Try Ortho-Flex at this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 12:34 PM 9/16/98 -0500, you wrote:
This message is from: Jon A. Ofjord [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm having no luck contacting Ortho-flex through the net. I get a message
that says:
This message is from: Jon A. Ofjord [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm having no luck contacting Ortho-flex through the net. I get a message
that says: FORBIDDEN
You don't have permission to access / on this server.
YIKES!! I don't want to do any forbidden things. Is it just my server or
what?
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cynthia_Madden/OAA/UNO/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone riding in hilly country use a breast collar and ?. I
find them necessary to keep my saddle from going up Tank's neck or
down his tail.
I used a breast collar and crupper
parked
out and my instructor - who hates these new fangled things I find on the
Internet - said, Either he is foundering on grass hay, or his saddle is
pinching his shoulders. She was right - but further back it is fine.)
One other advantage is it is lighter than the western or aussie saddles -
though
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Western saddle I use on one of my mares is a light, little cordura. Wide
tree. Fits her nicely. I don't sit in it, as it's for my son. He's come so
much further since we got rid of the little english saddle. The security of
the cordura frees his
This message is from: Frederick J. (Fred) Pack [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I should have added, when you get to the site, scroll to the bottom. You
will see a bunch of fence rails with a label indicating a type of saddle.
Click on the fence post to view the thumbnails of the saddles. Then click
This message is from: William Coli [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
The ortho-flex saddles sound great. Can someone give me the URL for
the web site? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Thanks
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Coli
Sent: Monday, September 07, 1998 10:40 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:Re: Ortho-Flex Saddles
This message is from: William Coli [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
The ortho-flex saddles sound
This message is from: Frederick J. (Fred) Pack [EMAIL PROTECTED]
When I mentioned the saddle I just got, The Tempi, it is listed and shown on
the Ortho-Flex site as the Arab All-Around.
The new catalog at a dealer lists this saddle as the Tempi.
Feels like I'm sitting in heaven.
Anxious for
This message is from: Jackie Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
was just wondering what kinds of saddles you
have found to provide the best fit for your Fjord.
I use a stock saddle which is what we call Australian saddles here with the
fjord I ride. She is very wide and it fits her well. I use
This message is from: Werner, Kristine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was on a course 2 weeks ago and one of the participants had one of
those Syd Hill Saddles - supposedly from
Australia - her horse waschubby - a Dülmener Wild Horse. She thought
it was the greatest thing. It looks good, too - but
is very
fairly narrow. You might try this one, but beware of Tyr's withers
being pinched. There are other treeless saddles that are cheaper and may
well be better. I may have the e-mail address of someone who sells them on
my hard drive and could forward you a picture via e-mail(think I still have
and a large barrel.
I'm leaning towards an Arabian saddle, or at least one with a very wide
tree and rounded skirts. I was just wondering what kinds of saddles you
have found to provide the best fit for your Fjord. I know my saddle for
my QH will be too long, Tyr would be getting poked by a skirt
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In a message dated 98-08-30 18:31:35 EDT, you write:
Has anyone tried an Australian style saddle on a Fjord?
Yes! Once upon a time I had a very w-i-d-e thoroughbred. The aussie fit her,
and fits my fjords. You can adjust the fit by rearranging the
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi list and Duane (Nancy) Trupiano,
Well, one week since the intense week-end clinic and I finially got to ride
the horse that went to the clinic, today! Our weather has not been fit for
man nor beast here-very hot and humid day after day. Anyway, what a
This message is from: Mike May [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 04:23 PM 6/23/98 -0700, you wrote:
This message is from: angela fellers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi greetings form New Hampshire. Mike you might be dating yourself with
Vicks- used on stallions too.
Oh yes for sure on stallions. I didn't think I
This message is from: angela fellers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HI this message is from the Fellers at Oxbow Farm. This address is
mine,but most of the fjord mail comes and goes through my fathers
address. I am Angela Fellers. This message is from my mom about
saddles:
Hi greetings form New
This message is from: Alison Barr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I find that extra wide German Saddles Fit best. They seem to do really nicely.
I Jumped 2 3 foot (1 meter) courses on Fj at a show on Sunday. The first, most
of the Jumps were a bit smaller, but there was 6 inches (15 cm?) of mud, which
This message is from: duane trupiano [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I too ride in an Orthoflex dresseur model saddle. I originally bought it
for a large quarterhorse that was balking at almost every saddle we tried.
I have used it on a large App, my huge fjord( 15.1 and obese), and my 14.1
more petite fjord
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I use a Stubben Seigfired VSD saddle. I don't know if it is wide or not. It
seems to fit fine.
As for the shying, my horse is spooky in windy weather. She seems to think
there is a scary thing around every corner. The deer are the same way in the
wind.
This message is from: Anneli Sundkvist [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bernadine Karns wrote:
We also have had trouble fitting saddles to various Fjords. The 'Aussie'
saddle fits pretty much all, but is HEAVY. We have a Orthro Flex, which
fits most also, but was made for a short person, so when I tried
This message is from: Gail Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Did you mean 31 cm tree?
Generally, most Fjords need a 31 tree.
Regards, Anneli
Gail Russell
Forestville CA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
This message is from: Mary Thurman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regarding Australian saddles: Yes they do fit Fjords, so long as you
let them know that is what you intend to use the saddle on. I bought
my newest one from the Australian Saddle Co. in Malibu. Colin was
very helpful. It seems
This list is great; it seems to address all the topics that really relate
to Fjords!
I have 3 ortho-flex saddles at the moment, and have purchased 5 all
together. Started with one of their first models, which I sold to friends
with fjords. I first tried a Sharon Saare endurance saddle, only
What a lot of topics already. I hardly know where to start!
Steve and I have had Orthor-flex saddles for years. He has a modified
American Outback and I have a Dresseur. They are great saddles and though
mine was made with my Morgan in mind, their design allow thems to easily
transfer
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