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Saturday, November 9, 2019

Forward Seats

New and/or unusual saddles strive to combine comfort and performance for horse and rider.
by Kim F. Miller

Hunter/jumper trainer Mark Farndale has a frontlines perspective on the evolution of saddle design. “When I started, everybody had one saddle and we rode every horse in the same saddle,” says the 60-year-old. “Over the years, it became evident that, ‘Hey, the horse’s back mattered!’ And there was the recognition that Thoroughbreds and Warmbloods had such different shapes. Some of the things we took for naughty horses back then were just horses in pain.”

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