What’s different about our Native Pony saddles?

It often seems that everyone makes native Pony and Cob specific saddles nowadays but these are the originals. Designed in the late 1990’s by Dean Woodward when he couldn’t get anything to fit flat , wide horses without moving around.

Our saddles were designed by specifically looking at breed conformation and addressing common problems encountered when fitting these types of horses and ponies who often had a high condition score. This combined with over 25 years of saddle fitting experience of fitting all shapes and sizes all over the world means that as long as we do our homework before we see you our saddles should never slip or move around as long as they are maintained when flocking or your pony changes shape.

How can I identify genuine saddles

All genuine Native Pony saddles made by ourselves will have the distinctive green nail head nailhead with the ponies head in gold ,Pony saddle company saddles have the same logo but on a dark blue nailhead and comfort saddles and comfort elite nailheads are either red with the prancing horse logo or a small amount are pink which were some special cancer research limited edition saddles we made a few years ago .

Will you have saddles I can buy on the day?

Yes we will, we have over 500 saddles in stock and when you contact us to make an enquirer we can discuss how you like to ride and take the details of your horses conformation, and your own. if you make an appointment we would like you to send us photos of your horses conformation so we can assess which or our tree and panel options will fit him best and this together with details of what suits you , and photos of you riding in a saddle you find comfortable we can make sure we bring the right saddles on the day.

You can then buy a saddle , we do need them paid for when we leave them with you I’m afraid and start your 14 day trial. Please then keep in touch with us as if we need to come back with either other options or to deliver a custom saddle we will return for free when we are next in the area.

Can the saddle be adjusted as my horse grows or changes shape?

Yes, the trees are adjustable and so is the flock as we make the gussets on the saddle large enough that they allow for a large amount of different adjustments. That is why we like customers to have a trial on the saddles to make sure they choose the right one as if the saddle is adjustable for your horse or pony and perfect for you you should never need to change it.

The first adjustment, we recommend this is within 3 months of your saddle fitting is free of charge subject to our travel fee, after that flocking is £45 and a tree adjustment is £60 . All these adjustments are made on site and unless your pony is remedial or still growing we usually recommend you see us once a year or when you identify you need an adjustment.