General Purpose Saddles.

General Purpose Saddles.

STYLE. PERFORMANCE. DURABILITY. Ideal Saddles are a market leader in the design and manufacture of fine saddles. For over thirty years we have been based in Walsall, the home of English saddlery, and we believe our range of saddles offers unrivalled choice in quality and style for the discerning rider. With skilled fitting, the finest workmanship and our trademark flexibility we create the Ideal Saddle. Ensuring that both rider and horse achieve their best. 08

HAND-CRAFTED PERFECTION. Ideal Saddles are a market leader in the design and manufacture of fine saddles. For over thirty years we have been based in Walsall, the home of English saddlery, and we believe our range of saddles offers unrivalled choice in quality and style for the discerning rider. With skilled fitting, the finest workmanship and our trademark flexibility we create the Ideal Saddle. Ensuring that both rider and horse achieve their best. 03

THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE IDEAL SADDLE. The heart of the Ideal Saddle, a WRS saddle tree, has been fashioned through exhaustive research and development, being designed and tested by some of the world s elite riders, thus provides an exceptional fit on the horse. If the tree is the heart of a saddle then the leather is its soul. Ideal knows more than a little about leather and is expert in sourcing the finest materials for its products to ensure every item of saddlery is made from the most appropriate leather of the highest quality. All trees are manufactured from birch wood laminate veneers in a unique 3D jigsaw method; clamped together and then oven cured for superior strength. The more open arch gives good clearance on the horse s withers. The points are specifically designed so as not to impede the horse s shoulder movements. The angle of the side bars allows for a narrower twist, enabling the rider to achieve a closer leg position to the horse. The bars are also anatomically constructed to follow the contours of the horses back. All our trees a re manufactured to surpass the latest British Standard BS 6635:2015 04

This is one of the best saddles I have sat in and as soon as I got on I loved it. The knee roll on this model is perfect and really helps to secure your thigh especially over the higher fences when you need it. I have ridden some tricky and sharp horses in this saddle and it has always kept me snugly in place I ve never fallen from it! 1350 GP The 1350 GP was launched in 2006 on a new design of tree to suit well developed horses in full work. A multi-purpose saddle with moulded knee-pads to ensure maximum comfort and control. Sizes 16½", 17", 17½" & 18" Applications Cross Country, Hacking, Flatwork, Hunting, General Riding, Training, Jumping, 1550 GP The 1550 GP was developed from the 1350 GP but provides a wider seat with all the benefits. It has ghost pad-lines to enable fold in the soft knee-pads to ensure comfort and security, it also has adjustable thigh blocks which are held in place by hook and loop fastening. The cut of this saddle means it falls between a General Purpose and a VSD. Sizes 17, 17½ & 18 Applications Dressage, Hacking, Flatwork, Hunting, General Riding, Training, Jumping, Moulded knee pads Open tree Wide seat Broad bearing surface Broad bearing surface LOUISE LAMB & BROOKLYN Ghost line pads 05

1650 GP Seat depth Continental Apex Open front area This saddle was designed after much demand from our retailers who were familiar with the fit of our Suzannah Dressage saddle. The 1650 GP is an all-purpose saddle constructed on the same tree as the Suzannah with the exception of the stirrup bars being located slightly further forward enabling a more allpurpose riding position. Sizes 16½", 17", 17½" & 18" Applications Hacking, Flatwork, Hunting, General Riding, Training, Jumping, Broad bearing surface Split pad This saddle is more compact than the International Event but manufactured on the same tree. It is made in the style of the Apex. Applications Hacking, Flatwork, General Riding, Jumping, GP cut f lap Close contact Apex GP Narrow head Classic Petite seat The Apex derived from the H&C tree but is designed with a narrower head for more standard fitting horses. The low cantle version is pictured here, but a high cantle version is also available. Sizes 16½", 17", 17½" & 18" Applications Hacking, Flatwork, General Riding, Jumping Close contact The Classic saddle is produced with the younger rider in mind and offers tremendous value, we wish to encourage beginners to start with a safe sound saddle. These young riders of today could be the International Event riders of tomorrow! Sizes 14", 15", 16", 16½", 17", 17½" & 18" Applications Hacking, Flatwork, General Riding, Jumping, Close contact GP cut f lap Forward event cut f lap 06

Deal GP Event Standard Seat VSD The Ideal Deal has proven to be a very versatile all-purpose saddle. It has hook and loop fastening knee & thigh blocks making it possible to be used effectively by more than one rider. Produced on our own Centennial tree & competitively priced to many budgets. Sizes 16½", 17" & 17½" Open seat Hook & loop blocks For the customer wishing to ride straighter we have developed the VSD Event, this is also derived from the International Event but is has straighter cut flaps. This is also available in a wide seat version. Broad Applications Hacking, Flatwork, General Riding, Training, Jumping, Applications Show Jumping, Dressage, Hacking, Flatwork, General Riding, Jumping, GP cut f lap Straight cut flap Event Standard Seat The International Event, a true general purpose saddle, was first launched over 20 years ago and this design was quickly established as a best seller and remains so to this day. Applications Cross Country, Hacking, Flatwork, Hunting, General Riding, Jumping, Skirt insert Close contact Event Wide Seat The original general purpose saddle with the benefits of the wider tree, this enables the provision of more to give greater weight distribution. Sizes 17", 17½" & 18" Applications Show Jumping, Cross Country, Hacking, Flatwork, Hunting, General Riding, Jumping, Wide seat Weight distribution GP f lap 07

Grandee Broad seat VSD Cut back head This has a square cantle that gives a flatter seat, and is available with three different knee roll styles. This is a more forward cut GP saddle and can be used for jumping, hunting, as well as general work. Applications Cross Country, Hacking, Flatwork, Hunting, General Riding, Training, Jumping, Forward cut Wide The Europa Treed VSD is a straighter cut general purpose saddle with a cut back head that fits neatly behind the shoulder fitting especially well on Cobs and short coupled Arabs. Applications Dressage, Hacking, Flatwork, General Riding, Showing, Jumping, Straight cut Panel suits Cobs & short coupled Arabs Monarch Professional A modernized version of the International Event, this is a true general purpose saddle. This model has slightly larger knee rolls with soft knee-pads incorporating ghost pad-lines to enable fold. It also has a multi cell soft seat as standard and an increased surface area. Sizes 17", 17½" & 18" Applications Show Jumping, Cross Country, Hacking, Flatwork, Hunting, General Riding, Training, Jumping, Increased surface area Multi-cell soft seat Ghost lines in knee pads VSD Absolute A traditional VSD cut saddle on the same tree as the Finesse Show. It has a slightly wider seat than our Europa Tree VSD and has s designed for even weight distribution. This saddle suits the more well-built horse as is overall of a more substantial size. It has soft latex knee-pads over an adjustable kneeroll fixed with hook and loop fastening. Sizes 16½", 17", 17½" & 18" Applications Dressage, Hacking, Flatwork, General Riding, Training, Showing, Wide seat Even weight distribution Straight cut 08

Style. Performance. Durability. Sales: 01922 620233 www.idealsaddle.com The Old School, Hollyhedge Lane, Walsall, West Midlands WS2 8PZ Exselle WRS Crown Ideal Barclay & Co WRS trees Beebee & Beebee Carbon Fibre Walsall Riding Saddle Company s export brand since 1946. Walsall Riding Saddle Company s core saddle brand since 1946. Ideal s European label since 1986 Ideal s core saddle brand since 1964. Barnsby s models under a new name. Manufacturing saddle trees since 1946. Manufacturing saddle trees since 1870. High-tech, lightweight high performance saddle trees.