September 2004

Saddle Shopping For Kids

Get your child off to a proper start with the right tack.

Even before their feet can reach the stirrups, children feel more secure in a saddle of their own.

We want our children to be safe and, if they’ll be showing, to look great as well. Your child is ready for her own saddle when she no longer needs a side walker.

Saddle fit is as important for children’s mounts as for adult riders. Even though a child weighs less, an ill-fitting saddle will still hurt the horse or pony. The basic tenets of saddle fit still apply to these little saddles, so at the least you must be sure that there’s space between withers and pommel and that the saddle is not bridging. …