Pair your Horse with a Custom Leather Saddle!

August 19, 2021
Rédigé par Sylvain Houry
After many years of riding, you have noticed that a riding saddle should be adapted to the practice, from show jumping to dressage. But at Arion HST, we also adapt it to the horse and to you, the rider. Our craftsmen create a leather horse saddle based on the morphology of your horse and your own measurements. Every detail counts so that the leather saddle can give its full measure. What if you found the ideal saddle with us?

Summary:

  1. How to adapt the leather horse saddle to the mount?
  2. Can the Arion HST saddle be customized?
  3. Leather horse saddle: why this material?

How to adapt the leather horse saddle to your horse?

A leather horse saddle must absolutely adapt to the morphology of the horse that will wear it. Without it, its well-being would be inferior and its performance, much less good.

Back measurements

A riding saddle must leave the spine of your horse completely free. Indeed, a saddle whose weight would be based on the spine of the horse would cause him great pain. A good leather horse saddle also leaves the animal's shoulders completely free. This founding principle is the basis of our thinking that led to our "shoulder free" panels. As the name suggests, the panels of the saddle with this principle would not bear on the horse's shoulders at all. In order to design a saddle that is perfectly adapted to your horse, we come on site to observe your horse in its locomotion. We take the necessary measurements in situ and think about what would fit your horse.

Our jumping saddles

Jumping saddle custom made grained

Saddle Jumping made to measure calf

Jumping saddle made to measure nubuck

The comfort of the saddle

It is easy to say that the saddle is the link between the horse and the rider. But, in reality, it is really the basis of the horse's well-being and the rider's comfort. This is the difficulty in adapting a saddle to the two protagonists. It is with this in mind that we offer several saddle sizes for each of our models. This really allows you to find a size that fits your needs. The seat, which defines the engagement of your hips and your stability on your mount, is also customizable. With our craftsmen, you will be able to have a saddle that fits you and a seat that is exceptionally comfortable.

Can the Arion HST saddle be customized?

Equipping your horse with an adapted leather saddle is a first step, but its customization will perfect it. Our saddles are customizable and come with top-of-the-line accessories.

Via the accessories for leather horse saddle

Our bridles are often available in several sizes and must also be adapted to your horse. Having such equipment in the technical continuity of your saddle is ideal for achieving your goals. During the observation of your habits on site, we take the opportunity to evaluate your needs in terms of accessories. The question of the type of leather, the length of the reins or the finish of the accessories is therefore decided with you. We also see at this precise moment if it is necessary to add a withers pad or our anatomical shock absorber. Both parts are highly breathable and reduce vibrations and shocks from the saddle and wick away perspiration.

Arion HST Saddle Finishes

The ancestral know-how of our leather craftsmen allows us to offer you fully customized leather horse saddles. On the technical level, as we have seen, but also on the aesthetic level. At Arion HST, you choose the type of leather finish to be applied to your future saddle: grained calf, nubuck or lined calf. You also have a choice of colors, from black to brown. The application of a silver or gold border on the seams is also possible. Our craftsmen are also competent to attach a metal plate on the back of your seat. Would you like to personalize the seat with a signature applied to the gilding? Let us know!

Leather horse saddle: why this material?

The adaptation of a leather horse saddle to the horse that wears it and to the rider would not be possible without the use of this noble material.

For its resistance and its comfort

All types of leather are known for their resistance to weathering and rubbing. While the saddle will be subject to rubbing from your own legs or the horse's back, the leather will be strong enough to counteract this problem. This noble material, made from vegetable tanning, is therefore the one that allows the best adaptation of the saddle to the horse. The second positive point of leather is its capacity to be comfortable when it is well worked. This is why we at Arion HST trust leather craftsmen. With their experience, the material can be adapted to the requirements of horseback riding. But they can also design the accessories that perfect the chosen leather horse saddle.

For its versatility

In addition to its ability to take the shape that the craftsman wants to give it, leather can be worked with other materials. This is the case with mesh fibers, which we use in our equestrian shock absorbers. These fibers give leather an extraordinary breathability, even though it is not at all breathable. Most of our girths or bridles also take advantage of this versatility of leather to add metal fittings to it. They bring a better resistance to the tensions exerted by the horse and replace the possible seams.

3 questions to summarize the adaptation of the leather saddle to your horse:

What steps should be taken to fit the saddle to the horse?

Several measurements are taken by the saddlers when designing a custom saddle at the level of the spine, the shoulders, the belly or the withers.

Do the accessories have to be adapted to the horse and rider?

Yes, in addition to the saddle, accessories such as girths and shock absorbers must be adapted to the morphology of the horse and the size of the rider.

Does leather bring anything to the adaptation of the saddle to the horse?

Yes, leather is the material that allows the most precise and solid customization work possible for horseback riding.

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