Hi Di,
I have been meaning to touch base with you for a week or so now...
My leather HM saddle and leathers arrived! Yay! I have managed to get a few rides in with the last two being decent rides where I could really put the saddle through its paces. I did more jumping over my drums and lots of pole and cavaletti work and also some good road work up hills etc. I LOVE that saddle! I had forgotten how beautiful and "springy" those saddles are to ride in as I had pulled one of my old saddles out to ride my young horse in while waiting the few weeks for this one to arrive, and this was a real pleasure to come back to. I haven't ridden much lately so I am not as fit to riding as I have been and I can tell you my butt sure prefers the HM saddle! I actually got some elevation through my old horses shoulders today whilst doing some flat work and he is so much freer in his trot. My 7 year old son comes trail riding with me on his push bike and his first comment was " oh wow, look at Hummer's trot mum, it's huge!" I said " I know! I'm riding it!" Lol
So my 20 year old horse is no longer retired, he's back in gentle work with us aiming for some low level jumping lessons and a ODE in December! Woooo hooooo! I'm so excited to have my trusty steed back!
Here are some pic's of the saddle half way through our jumping session (unmoved!) and the awesome sweat mark when we finished no more dry patches the size of my hand !!
Thanks so much Di, fabulous saddle design Heather Moffat and I love the matching leathers I still can't believe after all these years I have finally found something that suits! Amazing xxx
Thanks a million
Nadia & Hummer

Approximate cost: $1800