Master Saddlers Rob Cullen and John Hartley run Back Country Saddles. They use only the highest quality British wood laminated spring trees - and most come with a 10 year guarantee. And they only use high-grade English leather along with wool flocked panels to produce the perfect saddles. They offer a range of saddles for all disciplines - from Dressage to Working Hunter to the all round GPX and BCS saddles. Contact them today for their informative brochure.

Based in Walsall, Jeffries offer quality without compromise. Using only the finest materials they also manufacture bridles, reins, headcollars, girths, spurs, whips, bits and boots ! The sort of all round service you would expect from a firm with a pedigree stretching back over a hundred and eighty years. Watch out for the exhibition team at leading events. Their catalogue is a delight - order one today !

Albion are lovely saddles ! I know I have one. But they also perform and are the choice of people such as William Fox-Pitt and Thomas Voss. Their aim is to tradionally craft saddles that provide exceptional levels of comfort to both horse and rider - who then give the best performance possible. Order the brochure today.

Based in Walsall and operating for over two hundred years Barnsby also hold a Royal Warrant - they manufacture saddles for the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery and The Household Cavalry. They craft saddles on a range of beechwood laminate veneer trees designed to fit horses comfortably. They offer a full range of matching accessories including Bridles, Headcollars, Reins, Stirrup Leathers, Browbands, Girths and Martingales along with Groomng and Protection Items. Ask for the informative and comprehensive brochure today.

Your horses comfort is the most important thing to the team at Thorowgood. They use the softest panels and lightweight SimaTree polymer saddle trees to manufacture high perfomance and functional saddles. The Griffin Cob GP is a best seller now that Cobs are becoming increasingly popular. Offering a wider tree for the chunky horse ! But they have a saddle to fit every horse - from Warmblood to Pony. So contact them today and get their brochure.

This company produces a large range of saddles and bridles and reins. Its well worth getting their brochure to help make your choice. The quality is high and there are many stockists throughout the country. Ring them today.

Wow are based in Canterbury, Kent and their website is well worth a visit. As well as the Wow saddle they offer Flair air bags which replace the flocking in saddles. The horse should be more comfortable and so should the rider ! It worked for running shoes so why not saddles ?

Bates saddles come from Australia and use their CAIR air panel system to evenly distribute weight over the horses back. You can also change the gullet if required so that your saddle always matches your horses changing shape. Only the highest quality hides are used – giving you and your horse softness and suppleness. They have a huge range of saddles - browse the website and see. Bates saddles are imported and distributed by Weatherbeeta.

The most beautifully crafted saddle in the world employing top class materials is a useless tool if it doesn’t provide the horse concerned with a good fit. A well designed, well-made, well-fitting saddle is an excellent tool. A badly designed, poorly made saddle that doesn’t fit may be the cause of veterinary and behavioral problems – possibly be very uncomfortable for the rider – and will do nothing absolutely nothing towards achieving optimum performance. See the full article under FEATURES.