English saddle sizes?

Question

I've been riding western for a long time and I'm just now starting English. This kind of has to be a self taught thing so I'll probably be asking a lot of questions. I will be getting pointers, but I need help by English riders and the internet:/ So how are english saddles measured and how do you know if it fits you?'
Thanks and please no rude answers!

Answer 1

English saddles are measured on the diagonal from the nail at the side of the pommel (doesn't matter which side) to the center of the cantle (back of the saddle). They run about 2" larger than a western seat size. When you sit in an english saddle you want to have about 4 finger widths between your butt and the back of the saddle.

Answer 2

Go to your local tack store and try some English saddles. The staff should be able to give you an idea of what is suitable for you and your style of riding and select the right size. This does not obligate you to buy a saddle on the spot. It is a big decision even if you buy a used saddle and everybody shops around and thinks about it. Then, if you own your own horse, they will help you get one that fits both of you. If you are a rental rider, doesn't the horse come with its own saddle that hopefully will fit you, too?



English saddles are measured from the nail head on the pommel to the center of the back of the seat. The trees come narrow, average, and wide. English saddle styles are hunter seat, dressage, and saddle seat. What English seat do you ride? Most ride hunter seat.

Answer 3

Having only offered my first western saddle and residing in the united kingdom, i will inform you the sizing potential an entire distinctive element in English and Western. In western, the seat has to extra wholesome you and that they are all quite some a similar shape. In english, the size is the size of the tree under the leather-based, no longer the size of the seat. So a greater horse might have a greater saddle, however the seat length relies upon on the style. I had 2 17 inch saddles, one had a deep dressage seat and outfitted me completely, the different had an eventing seat and can have outfitted 2 of me in it. i'm a small guy or woman yet my horse needed a 17 inch saddle. a similar horse is in a fifteen inch western. the sizing is distinctive, no one in the united kingdom buys a saddle to extra wholesome them via inches, you will possibly desire to look on the seat layout. A sixteen inch saddle is notably small, i does not positioned it on something plenty over 13.2hh

Answer 4

english saddle fit is all about two things, comfort and putting you in the correct position. the flaps on the saddle should be long and forward enough to accommodate the length of your leg. the longer the flap the larger the seat generally, unless you are going custom. ideally, you should be able to sit in the center of the saddle and have about a hands width of space between you and the cantle (back of the saddle) and the same for the pommel (front of the saddle). depending on what english discipline you are doing, there are knee blocks underneath the flaps that help put you in the correct position. essentially, your knee should not go past the front of the flaps.



however, the most important aspect of saddle fitting is that it fits the horse. anything after that is secondary.

Answer 5

Well, you know your western saddle seat size right? Just take your western size, add 2, and that's your english saddle size.



i.e. I ride a 15" western usually, so I fit well in a 17" english saddle.

Answer 6

There should be four fingers between you and both the front and back of the saddle. The size depends on your proportions. I am about 5'6" and pretty thin, I use a 16.5" saddle. Someone I know is about 5'9" and a little overweight, 18". It also depends on whether you have more height in the legs or upper body.

Answer 7

You measure from the back of the seat to the front.