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05/13/2026

Reactor panel dressage saddle for sale. I believe the serial number is 1025. 16 1/2 inch seat. Tree size 13”. B angle is 97 and C angle is 115. This saddle is in excellent shape. It comes with panels and discs. $700 USD

05/13/2026

WOW competitor dressage saddle. This dressage flap is especially made for a short legged rider. I can make this saddle with a seat made for a high withered or low withered horse. Or it can be made with a larger seat size. Pictured here is a 16” #0, semi-curve extra deep. The saddle will come with the headplate and panel that will fit your horse best. Lightly used $2800 USD.

05/13/2026

All-purpose WOW competitor. Brand new. 17” #1 seat. Semi-curve y-bar, shallow seat. This saddle will come with the exact headplate and panel to fit your horse best. Available for a 2 week trial. $3200.

05/13/2026

Have you tried the bua? It is the only cantilevered saddle in the world. This design protects the horse from a stiff rider and it protects the rider from a rough horse. 17 1/2 inch seat. The flexible tree will fit a medium-wide horse. I have other panels available and I also have dressage flaps. Lightly used for $2200 USD.

05/12/2026

What a great week at Badminton Horse Trials and we were delighted to be presented with a Best Presented Tradestand award too!

Thank you to our selection of amazing fitters who worked tirelessly on our stand sharing their knowledge, and of course our staff back at WOW HQ for making such amazing saddles (we brought 45+ with us!)

If you want to know more about our saddles then do give us a follow, check out wowsaddles.com, or pop us an email to [email protected]

05/05/2026

I can set you up with a demo ride. Send me a message!

05/05/2026

If you're lucky enough to be attending Badminton Horse Trials next week then here's where you can find WOW Saddles and Saddles at the World Of The Horse Pavilion.

Come along and try out our saddles... we're bringing 45+ with us!

04/13/2026

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03/21/2026

03/10/2026

01/28/2026

If there is one thing I’ve done throughout my career, it’s ride a lot of young horses.

When you spend that much time starting horses from the ground up, you start to realize that we often talk about "suppleness" as if it’s a gym goal, something to be achieved through more bending, more lunging, or more "work."

But with a young horse, stiffness isn't a physical problem. It’s a mental one.

Stiffness is the physical manifestation of doubt.

When a young horse is out of balance, they feel vulnerable. Their instinct is to brace, to lock their neck, hollow their back, and wear their muscles like internal armor. They are holding onto themselves because they don't yet trust that they can stay upright without that tension.

You cannot force a horse to be supple. You can only invite them to be balanced.

Suppleness is what happens the moment the horse feels secure enough to let go. It’s the "release" of the internal brace. As the rider, your job isn't to "bend" the horse into submission; it's to be so steady in your seat and so clear in your intent that the horse feels safe enough to let go.

This is the ultimate parallel in life and training:

★ Balance is the prerequisite for freedom. It is the rider being so predictable that the horse can find his own center.

★ Suppleness is the evidence of that freedom. It is the "release" of the muscles once the fear of falling is gone.

★ Trust is the bridge between the two.

Suppleness isn't something you create; it’s what’s left over when the horse finally feels secure enough to drop their internal armor and let the movement flow through them.

Next time you feel resistance under the saddle, don't ask "How do I make them bend?" Ask, "What am I doing that makes them feel like they need to hold on?"

Mastery isn't forcing the suppleness. It’s creating the safety that allows the suppleness to emerge.