jen1
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Reged: 11/07/2006
Posts: 795
Loc: Herts
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Someone at my yard had the saddler out for a saddle fitting last week, horse turns out to be a wide fitting, saddler in question has I would say several hundred saddles in stock.
Owner wants a second hand saddle in a wide fitting pref Ideal of Albion, black, GP so surely not much to ask? Saddler says they don't have any in a wide so she will have to buy a NEW one to the tune of almost 1K!! She really can't afford that, do you think saddler may be taking her for a ride (sorry about the pun!) this is a respected company who normally have a pretty good reputation.....
Discuss!!
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HelsB
enthusiast
Reged: 18/06/2008
Posts: 352
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My boy is an extra wide and yes I found exactly that with saddlers! You can find them second hand but then I would want a saddler to check it.
There are quite a few places online with a selection of for sale ads, horsequest was a good one
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CrazyMare
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Reged: 23/12/2005
Posts: 3376
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Christ no! I've got three wide saddles. Infact one is an Ideal that is for sale, however its a show saddle in havana.
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ISH_Mad
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Reged: 14/04/2007
Posts: 2035
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I've got a black wide 17.5 Humphries & Swain saddle I'm going to be selling. Just bought an XW saddle off of Ebay and had it fitted by our saddler and it is fine.
They are out there, does sound like the saddler is trying it on a bit TBH.
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ChristmasSparkle
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Reged: 26/07/2006
Posts: 8612
Loc: Normally at work!!!
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Try saddlesdirect, they seem to have loads of W & MW saddles (mainly because I'm after a M)!!! 
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hellybelly
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Reged: 24/06/2008
Posts: 1600
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A saddler can widen a saddle to fit, my saddle was widened to fit my horse.
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Nari
veteran
Reged: 27/09/2005
Posts: 1249
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Shame you're so far away, I've got a black Ideal Event saddle I want to sell. It's a wide fit & been converted to Flair so it can be adjusted slightly.
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Box_of_Frogs
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Reged: 01/05/2007
Posts: 2085
Loc: Deepest Wales
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I have just bought a brand new Wintec Wide for my porky gipsy cob with her humungus mummy tummy. It's a new design rather than a Wintec in a wide fitting. Specially designed for porky cob types. It is a fabulous fit, tremendously comfy for the rider, smart, 4 girth straps for additional stability and it comes with it's own little pack of 3 interchangeable gullets in shades of lilac that give you a little leeway should your porky ned develop some muscle ha ha. £349. Worth every penny and if it gets dirty, scrubbing brush and cold water! Yay!
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Baileyhoss
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Reged: 13/02/2008
Posts: 1038
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my friend got a virtually new ideal jessica dressage saddle in xw, from ebay. Massoooovious bargain!
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Thistle
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Reged: 14/09/2005
Posts: 8065
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have pm'd you
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molmoo1
enthusiast
Reged: 14/07/2005
Posts: 280
Loc: Warwickshire
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You don't have to pay that much for a new saddle. I had a new Ideal H&C for my mare as I couldn't find an "off the peg" one and it cost me £700.
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haffieliesel
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Reged: 29/11/2007
Posts: 897
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What type/shape of horse is it, there are plenty of good saddles new for about £700, like the Ideal H&C mentioned above but will depend on how withery etc horse is. Thorowgood cob saddles are great too but she might not want synthetic.
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Rainbowrider
addict
Reged: 29/11/2005
Posts: 442
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I have a wide fit Albion K2 Jump. It did take me a while to find it. There were lots of mediums, but no wides around until I found mine and I snapped it up the same day it had been left in the shop!
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Keltic_Krackers
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Reged: 31/01/2008
Posts: 1543
Loc: Derbyshire
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I got a 6 month old Ideal H & C xwide for my girlie bargain at £450  .... Not convinced it will fit her now though as think its going to be too wide... waiting for saddle fitter to come and check it
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Spot_the_Risk
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Reged: 10/05/2007
Posts: 1928
Loc: Devon
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My secondhand Origins Grandee, which I bought through Nathaniel Underwood, was £575ish a few months back, and that's to fir my cob who was in a Wintec Wide with XXW tree. I had to wait about a week, which was basically the time it took Nathaniel to go through his stock of saddles and work out which one would fit.
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