Re: hes got an extra wide saddle and it doesnt fit

 Hi - I have a haflinger who i've had for 5 years since he was 4, he has had 5 saddles in as many years.  

I know tack is expensive (I've had 4 x £1k saddles) but the only thing you can do to be absolutley sure is get a QUALIFIED master saddler out to have a look and give you advice.  I've taken advice over the years from an instructor and a company who claim to be experts in the difficult to fit horse, all with disasterous results both for my horse and my bank account.   

I now have a gfs haflinger exchange which is an adjustable saddle designed for a flat backed horse, it fits and i have the possibility of adjustments from m/w - xxw.  A normal wintec will NOT fit a cob, the wintec wide designed for a cob may well do but you need someone actually qualified for the job to give you that advice.  Saddle mistakes are expensive and painfull for your horse.  There are a number of companies who make specialist cob saddles, thorowgood, gfs, wintec wide, native pony saddle company etc but you can't just buy and hope, the £40 quid or so you pay a master saddler to have a look and give you advice will save you hundreds if not thousands in mistakes

Re: hes got an extra wide saddle and it doesnt fit

Wintec do an 'ordinary' saddle that you can put an extra wide gullet in but they also do the Wintec Wide saddle, which is especially designed for broader, cob type horses.  I have the Wintec Wide saddle fitted with an extra wide gullet for my 14.3hh Welsh D X which fits him perfectly, but the ordinary Wintec fitted with an extra wide gullet is far too tight on him.

Re: hes got an extra wide saddle and it doesnt fit

Part  of the iformation I gave was not quite correct that Treeless Saddle that loves like a normal saddle is an Easy Trek  Flexiride, I went and checked pack at the stables while doing the things you do for your horse, mine is Sabrina now with the battle to have her fly mask on.