L.M saddle fitting services

L.M saddle fitting services Qualified Saddle Fitter. With IASF
📍Covering Hampshire, West Sussex and parts of surrey

Offering ‼️10% OFF ALL BOOKINGS‼️ 20th July - 15th of August. Spaces are filling up, DM me to Book before all spaces are...
21/07/2026

Offering ‼️10% OFF ALL BOOKINGS‼️ 20th July - 15th of August. Spaces are filling up, DM me to Book before all spaces are filled!
📍Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex
📲07579 025738

☀️‼️MID-END SUMMER DISCOUNT! 10% OFF ALL SADDLE FITTINGS FROM THE 20th JULY - 15th AUGUST‼️☀️🐎 Professional Saddle Fitti...
13/07/2026

☀️‼️MID-END SUMMER DISCOUNT!
10% OFF ALL SADDLE FITTINGS FROM THE 20th JULY - 15th AUGUST‼️☀️

🐎 Professional Saddle Fitting Across Hampshire, Surrey & West Sussex 🐎
Is your saddle truly supporting your horse’s comfort, performance, and long-term health?

I offer a comprehensive 8-Part Professional Saddle Fitting Service across Hampshire, Surrey, and West Sussex, ensuring your horse can move freely, comfortably, and confidently.

✨ Whether you compete, hack, or are bringing on a young horse, correct saddle fit is essential for performance and welfare.

🔍 Our Detailed 8-Part Saddle Fitting Process
Every appointment includes a thorough, structured assessment:
1️⃣ Condition Scoring
We evaluate your horse’s overall body condition to understand muscle development, weight distribution, and any changes that may affect saddle fit.
2️⃣ Back Assessment
A hands-on palpation and visual inspection of your horse’s back to identify soreness, tension, asymmetry, or muscle wastage.
3️⃣ Gait Analysis
Observation in walk and trot (and canter if required) to assess movement patterns, straightness, and freedom through the shoulder and back.
4️⃣ Conformation Assessment
We analyse your horse’s natural build — wither shape, shoulder angle, topline, and ribcage — to determine the most suitable saddle type and tree.
5️⃣ Chalk Markings
Strategic chalk application to highlight pressure zones, scapula movement, and saddle placement accuracy.
6️⃣ Templating
Wither and back templates are taken to provide an accurate shape reference and ensure precise saddle selection or adjustment.
7️⃣ Static Assessment
Evaluation of saddle balance, panel contact, gullet clearance, alignment, and rider position while stationary.
8️⃣ Dynamic Assessment
Final ridden assessment to confirm balance, stability, pressure distribution, and horse comfort in motion.

📍 Covering Hampshire | Surrey | West Sussex
📅 Flexible appointment availability
📩 Message now to book or enquire
Your horse deserves comfort. Your partnership deserves the best foundation
📲07579 025738

🐎✨ Invest in correct saddle fit today.

08/07/2026

🐎 Why Conformation Assessment Is Important During a Saddle Fitting🐎

No two horses are built the same — and that’s exactly why conformation assessment is a crucial part of professional saddle fitting.
Conformation refers to your horse’s natural build and skeletal structure. Since a saddle must work with your horse’s shape (not against it), understanding that structure is essential for comfort and performance.

🦴 1. Determines the Correct Tree Shape & Width
A horse with:
* High, long withers
* A broad, flat back
* A dipped topline
* A short-coupled frame
…will all require very different saddle tree designs.
Assessing conformation ensures the saddle:
* Matches the ribcage shape
* Follows the natural back profile
* Provides even panel contact
Without this, pressure points and instability are likely.

🏇 2. Protects Shoulder Freedom.
Shoulder angle and scapula length vary greatly between horses.
If the saddle tree points don’t align with your horse’s shoulder structure, it can:
* Restrict stride length
* Cause shortened steps
* Lead to muscle tension
* Create long-term soreness
Understanding conformation allows correct positioning and tree selection.

⚖ 3. Ensures Balance for Horse & Rider
Your horse’s natural posture affects saddle balance.
For example:
* Uphill horses may tip a saddle backward
* Downhill horses may cause it to sit on the forehand
* Flat-backed horses may struggle with saddle stability
A conformation assessment allows the fitter to adjust flocking and balance accordingly.

📏 4. Identifies Special Considerations
Certain conformational traits may require:
* Hoop trees
* Drop panels
* Shorter panel length
* Specific girthing systems
By recognising these needs early, the correct saddle type can be selected from the start.

💪 5. Supports Long-Term Muscle Development
When a saddle respects your horse’s natural build:
* Muscles can develop evenly
* The topline can strengthen
* Movement remains free and correct
Fitting against conformation leads to compensation patterns and muscle wastage over time.

🐴 In Simple Terms…
Conformation assessment ensures:
✔ The saddle matches your horse’s natural structure�✔ Movement is not restricted�✔ Pressure is evenly distributed�✔ Balance is correct�✔ Long-term back health is supported
A saddle should complement your horse’s build — not try to change it.

🐴 **Professional Saddle Fitting Service Available** 🐴Is your horse comfortable in their saddle? A correctly fitted saddl...
20/06/2026

🐴 **Professional Saddle Fitting Service Available** 🐴

Is your horse comfortable in their saddle? A correctly fitted saddle is essential for your horse's comfort, performance, and wellbeing.

My comprehensive *8-Part Saddle Fitting Assessment* includes:

✔️ Condition Score
✔️ Conformation Assessment
✔️ Back Assessment
✔️ Chalk Markings
✔️ Templating
✔️ Gait Analysis
✔️ Static Assessment
✔️ Dynamic Assessment

I also Offer Full Re-flocks and On-site flocking adjustments.

Each fitting is carried out thoroughly to ensure your saddle works in harmony with your horse's shape, movement, and to suit both you and your horses individual needs.

Whether you're experiencing performance issues, behavioural changes, or simply want peace of mind that your saddle fits correctly, I'm here to help.

📲07579 025738
📧[email protected]

Get in touch to book your saddle fitting or to discuss your horse's requirements.
📍Hampshire, West Sussex and Parts of Surrey. I also travel further afield for groups of 6+ horses

🐎 Because every horse deserves comfort and freedom of movement. 🐎

05/06/2026

☀️ Holiday Notice ☀️

Just a quick post to let everyone know that I’ll be on holiday from **6th June to 21st June** and will be taking a complete break from work.

During this time, I won’t be responding to messages, calls, emails, or enquiries. If you get in touch while I’m away, please bear with me and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can once I return.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support. I’m looking forward to a bit of downtime and will be back to saddle fitting from **22nd June**.

See you all soon! 😊

A lovely visit to see two fantastic horseball horses, Bentley and Brownie, for their saddle fitting appointments! 🐴I've ...
31/05/2026

A lovely visit to see two fantastic horseball horses, Bentley and Brownie, for their saddle fitting appointments! 🐴

I've saddle fitted Bentley before, so it was great to catch up with him again, and it was my first time meeting Brownie. Both horses are ridden in Cavalletti Jump saddles and are actively playing horseball.

Brownie's saddle fit perfectly, requiring no adjustments, while Bentley's saddle only needed a simple gullet bar adjustment to ensure he remains comfortable and performing at his best.

Bentley is heading off to France soon for competition, and we'd like to wish both him and his rider, Finn, the very best of luck. We're excited to follow their progress and can't wait to see how they get on. We look forward to seeing them both again soon!

Good luck, Bentley and Finn – we're all rooting for you! 🇫🇷🏇
Het Wildman

🐎 Why Gait Analysis (Without a Saddle) Is Important During a Saddle Fitting🐎Before a saddle is even placed on your horse...
20/05/2026

🐎 Why Gait Analysis (Without a Saddle) Is Important During a Saddle Fitting🐎

Before a saddle is even placed on your horse, observing them moving without a saddle is an essential part of a thorough fitting.
This allows us to see your horse’s natural way of going — free from any influence of tack or rider.
Here’s why that matters:

🏇 1. Establishes a Natural Baseline
Watching your horse walk and trot in hand shows:
* Natural stride length
* Rhythm and regularity
* Straightness
* Back swing and freedom
This gives a clear picture of how your horse moves without restriction — so we can later compare movement once the saddle is on.

🦴 2. Identifies Existing Asymmetry or Weakness
Without a saddle, we can spot:
* Uneven hind limb tracking
* Shoulder stiffness
* One-sided muscle development
* Crookedness
This helps determine whether movement issues are pre-existing rather than saddle-related.

🐎3. Detects Signs of Discomfort Early
Subtle signs such as:
* Shortened stride
* Toe dragging
* Reluctance to step under
* Tightness through the back
may indicate discomfort that needs addressing before saddle fitting proceeds.

💪 4. Assesses Back Function Naturally
A healthy back should:
* Swing softly in walk
* Show elasticity in trot
* Allow fluid transitions
If the back is already tight or restricted without a saddle, fitting must not take place.

🔍 5. Ensures Fair Assessment of the Saddle
By observing movement both:
* Without a saddle
* With the saddle (static and dynamic)
we can accurately determine whether any change in movement is caused by the saddle — rather than underlying training, conformation, or physical issues.

🐴 In Simple Terms…
Gait analysis without a saddle:
✔ Shows your horse’s true natural movement�✔ Identifies asymmetry or weakness�✔ Creates a baseline for comparison�✔ Helps avoid misdiagnosing saddle issues�✔ Supports a fair, thorough fitting process
You can’t assess how a saddle affects movement unless you first understand how your horse moves naturally.

📲07579 025738
📍Hampshire,Surrey, West Sussex
[email protected]

The Lovely Katie and her gorgeous Diesel from a couple of days ago! The improvement in Diesel’s weight, condition and mu...
05/05/2026

The Lovely Katie and her gorgeous Diesel from a couple of days ago! The improvement in Diesel’s weight, condition and muscle is incredible! He is only 4yo and in light work, Walking and trotting hacks.
Katie deserves all of the credit for this young boy, she has backed and started his education herself. I saw Diesel 4 months ago and he had never had a saddle on before and look at him now! confident, comfortable and building the correct muscles! 💪 ❤️

🐎 Why Templating Is Important During a Saddle Fitting🐎Templating is one of the most precise and informative steps in a p...
29/04/2026

🐎 Why Templating Is Important During a Saddle Fitting🐎

Templating is one of the most precise and informative steps in a professional saddle fitting. It involves taking accurate shape measurements of your horse’s withers and back using a flexible curve or template tool.
This creates a physical reference of your horse’s unique shape — ensuring the saddle truly matches what’s underneath it.

📏 1. Provides an Accurate Shape Profile
Every horse’s back is different. Some are:
* High-withered
* Broad and flat
* Dipped behind the shoulder
* Narrow through the ribcage
* Asymmetrical
Templating captures the exact contour of the wither and back, allowing the fitter to compare it directly to the saddle tree and panel shape.

🎯 2. Ensures Correct Tree Width & Shape
Tree width alone isn’t enough — the shape matters just as much.
Templating helps determine:
* Whether the tree matches the ribcage angle
* If the head of the tree accommodates the withers
* Whether the panel angle mirrors the back
This reduces the risk of pinching, bridging, or excessive pressure.

⚖ 3. Identifies Asymmetry
Many horses are naturally uneven.
Templates can reveal:
* One shoulder more developed than the other
* Uneven muscle bulk
* Slight spinal deviations
This allows flocking adjustments to be made more accurately.

📊 4. Creates a Baseline for Future Fittings
Horses change shape due to:
* Training
* Age
* Seasonal weight changes
* Rehabilitation
* Muscle development
Keeping templates on record allows comparison at future appointments, ensuring the saddle evolves as your horse does.

🧠 5. Supports Evidence-Based Adjustments
Rather than relying purely on visual judgement, templating provides measurable information.
It helps guide decisions about:
* Tree selection
* Panel modifications
* Flocking balance
* Suitability of existing saddle

🐎 Why Chalk Markings Are Important During Saddle Fitting🐎Chalk markings might look simple, but they are one of the most ...
13/04/2026

🐎 Why Chalk Markings Are Important During Saddle Fitting🐎

Chalk markings might look simple, but they are one of the most valuable tools in professional saddle fitting. They give a clear, visual guide to what’s happening under the saddle — both statically and in motion.
Here’s why they matter:

🎯 1. Identifies Correct Saddle Placement
Chalk helps mark:
* The back edge of the scapula (shoulder blade)
* The natural saddle support area
* The last rib (to avoid placing the saddle too far back)
This ensures the saddle sits in the correct anatomical position — not too far forward restricting movement, and not too far back on unsupported lumbar area.

🦴 2. Highlights Shoulder Movement
The scapula rotates backward significantly when the horse moves.
By marking the shoulder, we can:
* See if the saddle tree points interfere
* Check if panels restrict movement
* Ensure adequate clearance during motion
Without chalk, this can be easy to misjudge.

📏 3. Assesses Pressure Distribution
After static and dynamic assessment, chalk can show:
* Uneven contact areas
* Bridging (gap in the middle of the saddle)
* Rocking
* Pressure points
It provides a visible reference for panel contact and balance.

🧩 4. Supports Accurate Templating & Adjustments
Chalk works alongside:
* Back templating
* Static assessment
* Dynamic (ridden) evaluation
It helps confirm whether adjustments are needed to flocking, tree width, or saddle balance.

👀 5. Creates Clear Communication With Owners
Chalk markings allow you to see exactly what the fitter is assessing.
It’s transparent, educational, and helps owners understand:
* Why changes are recommended
* How saddle position affects performance
* What correct placement should look like

🐴 In Simple Terms…
Chalk markings turn saddle fitting from guesswork into a clear, visual, anatomical process.
They help ensure:�✔ Correct saddle placement�✔ Freedom of shoulder movement�✔ Even pressure distribution�✔ Greater comfort for your horse
Small detail — big impact.

DM me for more information on our saddle fittings!
📍Hampshire, West Sussex and Surrey

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