Description
Our WESTERN DRESSAGE is the perfect choice for anyone wishing to pursue training or competition in Dressage-oriented Western sports: Cowboy Dressage or Western Dressage. This saddle offers easy access to vertical posture alignment, and is versatile in the arena or beyond.
Comfort and freedom of movement for horse AND rider while performing precise lateral and vertically-oriented manoeuvres are hallmark benefits of this model. Incorporating our SMARTFLX foundation with traditional-looking western style, this saddle is an impressive functioning tool for the casual rider or serious competitor.
- Contoured Flexibility for Lateral & Vertical Precision
- Custom shaped to suit Male or Female riders
- Seat balance built to foster alignment of shoulders, hips & heels
- Traditional design for impact in the show ring
- Free-swinging fenders for ease of leg aids
- Versatile – can be used as an ‘everyday’ saddle (trail, arena & training)
- Exclusive Smartflx foundation – creating freedom & space for horse to achieve maximum efficiency in stride
- Suits all breeds. Our 2 gullet sizing choice and interface tools suit all sizes, shapes and conformations
Find out more about the features of our Western Dressage and/or design your own saddle on our WESTERN DRESSAGE 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.
