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Callie has videos with SCHLEESE SADDLERY on horseClass and you can check out Schleese Saddlery and SaddleFitForLife KZfaq channel for amazing info. It’s the barn and your instructors joe to make sure the students/ riders also fit well in every saddle they ride in. YOU are paying them money to learn to ride and train horses correctly and if the saddle is too small, then you can’t get or maintain a correct position of your pelvis and rest of your body in the saddle and you skeletal alignment and store balance will be effected. Talk to who you can to see if something can be done and if you have to, you can research some videos and info to show them if you need to so you can show them that you did research the topic. If they are not willing to change anything then you know that they are not educated in this area and or don’t care too much for the well being or comfort of the horse with a rider in a saddle that is too small and interfering with the ability to ride correctly. Good luck

You paid $$$$ for a custom saddle and their answer is you'll have to get used to it? Oh no, that's not ok, in my opinion.

No way! Thats not right and they need to fixit. It’s not really customized when it doesn’t work for you!

This is most likely a saddle that they did not fully consider fitting to you and your pelvis and anatomy of your legs and where the stirrup bars need to be connected to the tree. You should check out the research on the female rider and saddle fit. Schleese saddlery has so many videos on this. Get your money back or reach out to Schleese and see if they can help you with your saddle or give you advice.

That could definitely be a saddle fit problem. Callie and Schleese saddlery KZfaq’s channel have some videos on saddle fit for the female pelvis/ rider that talk about these exact issues.

This situation bothers me so badly. I feel for you because you are there to learn and enjoy your time with the horse in and out of the saddle. You are paying this school or instructor money for a service and their educational and professionalism. Part of that should be making sure that all students are fitting in the saddles they ride in. It’s eo important for the rider because a saddle that is too small will only cause position, alignment and balance issues every time and it also causes discomfort to the horse because it causes do many issues and the rider’s inability to correctly or effectively/ efficiently use their body and apply or coordinate aids. I feel like you should have s conversation with whoever is in charge and can make decisions because ultimately YOU are paying them money and they are not doing right by you or the horse’s you ride when in the saddles that don’t fit you correctly. Maybe talk about o them about finding a saddle that fits larger and taller riders that is adjustable that can fit a few horses and larger riders. I know SCHLEESE SADDLERY has come out with new technology for a fully adjustable saddle that does not always require a saddle fitter to come out to adjust it. It would be an investment but worth it if it fits multiple horses and larger/ taller riders. Best of luck and I hope they can remedy this huge problem for you. Just lengthening the stirrups also causes more issues with balance and effectiveness of aids.

@@kmiklaszewski Thanks for your comments. Unfortunately I know that it is common at the schools here in Norway for them not to use much time on tack. I think they must teach the kids the basics at some point but for me coming in at over 40 as a relative beginner I’m really left on my own to figure things out. Fortunately there are so many great KZfaq channels to learn from! I happened to get a different horse yesterday at my lesson and his saddle fit was way better. I finally felt properly balanced in the stirrups and everything improved. I’ll definitely talk to the instructor about at least keeping me on that horse as much as possible.