Description
The GLENN VERSATILITY All Purpose is a dual flap saddle of exquisite quality that feels like a favorite the moment you settle in for the first time. Have a lot of fun enjoying balanced comfort and communication with your horse in arena dressage maneuvers, traveling out over the countryside and jumping over things (up to 2.5′ recommended). It offers the generous room your horse needs to power up and expand freely underneath you without any restrictive pressure. You can feel secure to ride your best. Custom handcrafted by our Master Saddlers in England of supreme grade calf and high quality leathers with finest wool flocked panels. Our equine-approved SMARTFLX technology enhancements to our exclusive shaped beechwood/spring tree construction teamed with VersaFit customizing pad system render this saddle a lifetime fit for your horse in comfort uncommon for a nice variety of equine sports when you love to ride English!
- Soft seat and low cantle construction support excellent posture without “trapping” the rider into a rigid pose.
- 2-position stirrup bar to hang your leathers for jumping or flat work
- Panels are slim (not bulky), broad and flat to custom-hug and mold to horse in motion without pressure
Movable thigh blocks on velcro on underflap enable customized leg support - Flocking used is softest natural “Jacob’s wool” without over-stuffing so panels remain soft and comfort-pliable
- Flap angle and knee pads accommodate wide range of leg lengths.
- Billets 18″ long. Front one is in fixed position (behind the tree point so more comfortable for horse). Rear billet hangs on swinger for comfortable dynamic stability
- Smartflx™ Saddle Tree concept pairs with VersaFitTM interface– creating exceptional shoulder and back freedom, comfort & space for horse to achieve maximum efficiency in stride
- Suits all breeds.
- Hand crafted utilizing world’s finest available calfskin and grippy skirt and flap leathers by our Master Saddlers in England. Bespoke features of a wide variety are available.
- Comes with a quality durable twill cover with plush fleece interior.
Find out more about the features of our this saddle and/or design your own saddle on our GLENN VERSATILITY ALL PURPOSE product page.
SMARTFLX™ TECHNOLOGY
“Welcoming” the horse’s back in motion requires that you MANAGE THE INTERFACE – which is the space between your horse’s body and the underside of the saddle. After incorporating a good saddle, this is the next most important factor for successful saddle fit when you want to give your horse the opportunity to enjoy the journey with you. With SmartSaddlePads.com saddle pads and tapered foam shims you are best equipped to custom fit the interface of your horse to adapt to individual age, top line shape and state of training.
SMARTFLX´S EXCLUSIVE, UNIQUELY SHAPED TREES ARE THE SUBSTRUCTURE AND MAJOR KEY TO SUCCESS OF ANY OF OUR SADDLES.
The very special SMARTFLX™ shape provides room needed for the horse’s back to come up in performance of any athletic maneuvers, especially ones requiring significant engagement or “collection”. Also sculpted into the SMARTFLX™ shape are the ergonomic considerations built in for the rider which enable feeling close to the horse´s body and it´s movement while securely balanced and unstressed in hip, knee and ankle joints. The “bars” and “groundseat” of the SMARTFLX™ western tree are a one-piece molded shape based on years of research and development incorporating thousands of horses worldwide. This molded piece is formed utilizing a particular, extraordinary elastomer compound material that is solid enough to support the rider and protect the horse’s back yet flexible enough to allow the horse to move as nature intended and the human to feel connected in harmony. It is amazingly thin and keeps you close to your horse. Our wooden forks and cantles provide the base stability to hold the bars at the attitude and angle that our research proved was optimal. Our english saddles are constructed with the same principles regarding the spacious, welcoming shape we know is necessary for healthy, comfortable movement. English SMARTFLX™ trees are handcrafted by Master Saddlers in England utilizing digitally sculpted, laminated beechwood bars reinforced by steel head plate and thin diagonal steel bands that support appropriate diagonal flexibility. Because the SMARTFLX™ trees are sculpted to welcome the expanded “moving” horse body, there is room to accommodate an enormous variety of horse breeds and sizes.
VersaFit unique shimming concept provides a simple way to offer dynamic custom fit. The welcoming “hug” of our saddles’ undersides provides for a physically and mentally un-restricted equine athlete capable of enjoying full physical potential under saddle.
