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Saddle Fit and Asymmetry

Rider balance is a hot topic nowadays, and often when you look at pictures of riders from behind, they are not sitting quite straight (not even top riders!) When you initially place a saddle on the ho...

13 Aug 2024

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What are the Consequences of a Badly Fitting Saddle?

The main functions of the saddle 1. Distribution of pressure The main goal of a saddle is to evenly distribute the pressure generated by a rider. Pressure is force divided by the surface. To explain i...

7 Aug 2024

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Getting up close and personal with horse poo!

While it is tempting to only look at faeces from a distance, you can learn even more if you get up close and personal. Anyone who has ever had to look after a horse for any length of time knows that t...

2 Aug 2024

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The Confident Horse

The Confident Horse What is confidence? For riders, confidence is about knowing what might happen next. Does our horse understand and obey our cues? If something unexpected happens, will our horse spo...

4 Jul 2024

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Improving Rider Asymmetry

Improving Rider Asymmetry - If you were an imbalanced rider, wouldn't you notice that? Not necessarily, scientists say. People usually feel their own natural asymmetry as symmetrical. Their horses, ho...

26 Jun 2024

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How to prevent back pain in horses

How to prevent back pain in horses Horses’ backs are not designed to carry riders, so it’s vital to do all that you can to reduce the impact of riding. You may already be alert to behavioural changes ...

20 Jun 2024

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Encouraging Dung Beetles!

Dung beetles are very cool creatures! Dung Beetles eat and bury your horse's poo, control insects and parasites, de-compact soil, cycle nutrients and hydrate your pasture – and they do it all for free...

12 Jun 2024

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Making Success A Habit

When you talk to yourself, do you tell yourself that you are heading for success? Or do you tell yourself that you are failing? Oh, I can tell it’s not going to go well today. He already has that look...

24 May 2024

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Can Horse People Get Along with each other?

Is it possible for horse people to get along? Sadly we are often thought of as know-it-alls who can’t get along. Even amongst a group of horse people united by a discipline or philosophy, there will b...

13 May 2024

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Can Bedding Improve your Horse’s Performance?

If you were asked how to optimise your horse’s performance, it is likely you will think about meeting his nutritional needs, following a strict conditioning regimen, or ensuring that he is in ‘good’ h...

7 May 2024

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Why Stirrup Length Matters

How often do you think about the length of your stirrup leathers and the position of your irons? So often we mount up and ride away without giving them a second thought — because your ‘normal’ length ...

30 Apr 2024

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Horses recognise human emotions.

Research in the past few years has demonstrated that horses are really good at recognising and responding to human moods and emotions, through voice, body language and facial expressions. But do you k...

23 Apr 2024

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About us

Wendy Eames has been fitting saddles since 1996 and became a fully Qualified Society of Master Saddlers Saddle Fitter in 2002 and Saddler in 2004.

Wendy specialises in remedial holistic fitting and works with some of the best British brands, including the Wendy Eames range of custom made saddles, Bliss of London, Dever, Jeffries, Sankey Saddles, Fairfax and Bates.

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