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Saddle Savvy
A step by step guide to understanding English saddling choices © Kaaren Jordan 2000 - 2007 |
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12 Saddle Fitting Resources & Other Links •• = Recommedended • = Worth a Look
Saddle Fit Tools • Flexible Curves Art Supply Stores Trumbull Mountain Tack (see saddles) • Equimeasure - (877) 813-7545 Western Saddle Makers • Dave Genadek - (800) 449-7409, (507) 498-3668 • Sharon Saare - (303) 678-5968 - Saddlefitting.net English Saddle •• Kate Athanas - (607) 275-0320 - Dutchessbridlesaddle.com Full service saddle fitting, sales, repairs - Travels in N.Y. state •• Balance Saddles - (011) 44-1296-658-333 - BalanceInternational.com Carol Brett - Lesley Ann Taylor - Innovative saddling system - fittings, lessons, sales - In USA, UK •• Frank Baines Saddles - (011) 44 1922-640847 - Frankbaines-Saddlery.com Customized saddles - See Trumbull Mountain Tack below •• Nickers Saddlery Ltd. - (805) 688-2503 Custom saddles, “Sensation” Pad Saddle - Innovative designs for both horse and rider comfort - SaddleHelp.com • Reactor Panel Saddles - (888) 771-4402 Innovative design - lectures, fittings, sales - USA, UK •• Torsion Saddles - (631) 345-2644 - Gotreeless.com Jeanean Mercuri - Treeless saddles and equipment •• Trumbull Mountain Tack (800) 442-9672 - Trumbullmtn.com Knowledgeable, easy to deal with sales people - Saddles and equipment - Ships to USA and Canada - Frank Baines Saddles rep • Giovanni Zappetto (707) 448-2972 Full service saddle and harness repairs - Travels in USA for lectures, fittings Reps Frank Baines, Albion, Sommer saddles. Holistic Equine Veterinarians Can also be used as a resource for saddle fitters locally •• Kerry Ridgeway (803) 643-3737 - Northern California •• Joyce Harmon (540) 675-1855 - Virginia • Judith Shoemaker (610) 998-0526 - Pennsylvania • Madalyn Ward (512) 288-0428 - Texas •• Kris Ahlberg (303) 562-4888 - Colorado Riding Clinics •• Balance International (see saddles) •• Peggy Cummings (800) 310-2192 peggycummings.com • Wendy Murdock (866) 200-9312 Saddle Pads • Balance International • Griffin Pads • Mattes Pads • Toklat Contour Pads Therapeutic Pads •• Balance International •• Equalizer - Skito • Supracor pads and inserts - Torsion Saddles (see saddles) • Evac Pad - Frank Baines (see saddles) • Flair Pad - April Kersey (see saddles) Girths • Double elastic mohair long girths - Icelandic Horse Farm (250) 545-2336 • Thorogood Contour Dressage - Double elastic synthetic - Trumbull Mountain Tack (see saddles) •• Centro elastic leather - Nickers Saddlery Ltd. (see saddles) • Centro elastic leather - Reactor Panel (see saddles) • Toklat - Dressage woolback double elastic, special order - Long woolback double elastic, special order - (800) 420-4327 - Longridersgear.com Bits • Myler (800) 989-1500 - DoverSaddlery.com (888) 839-9640 - Statelinetack.com (800) 442-9672 - Trumbullmountain.com • KK Bits - Same sources as Myler • BitsAndBridles.com Equestrian Equipment Forum - BitsAndBridles.com Recommended Reading For The Good Of The Horse - Mary Wanless Adoption Services & Sanctuaries •• The Animali Farm- A non profit horse rescue farm in Santa Maria, CA. Dedicated to finding loving homes for horses no longer needed in the premarin industry - theanimalifarm.com • Dream Catcher Farm Horse Sanctuary- Horse sanctuary with horse pictures, animal pictures, horse rescue stories, free pet picture post, horse resource links and more Horsesanctuary.com • H.O.R.S.E. Rescue and Sanctuary- Our mission is to save as many horses as we can with the time we have left on this earth and we do it one horse at a time but we can't do it without your help hrsny.org • Mustang-spirit.org/-Mustangs, Domestic Horses, Burros/Donkeys/Mules, Livestock, Horses available for Sponsorship , PMU's Mustang-spirit.org/ Nutrition and Health •• Advanced Biological Concepts - manufacturer of natural feed supplements and nutritional additives. At ABC, we pursue a holistic approach to equine, livestock and pet health by supplying the body with what it needs to repair itself. At ABC, we always focus on the cause of the disease or problem, not the symptom. We do not prescribe the use of poisons or mega doses of single nutrients to enhance performance. We believe that the majority of poor health problems in animals are due to a nutritional deficiency, and we try to improve the quality of life for the animal through nutrition. We are always working with animal health experts on current health concerns to provide our customers with new and existing nutritional product support to improve the health of their animals a-b-c-plus.com Training and Communication •• TTEAM - Linda Tellington Jones, Tellington Equine Awareness Method, a truly enlightened and effective way to relate and work with all animals as partners tteam-ttouch.com •• Reach Out To Horses - Anna Twinney is on the cutting-edge of equine communication and is internationally respected as an Equine Specialist, Natural Horsemanship Clinician, Animal Communicator and Intuitive Healer. She was the only Head Instructor of the Monty Roberts International Learning Center and has gentled mustangs for the past years. Anna currently holds clinics around the world and has instructed more than 1,500 international students and instructors. .reachouttohorses.com •• Anita Curtis - Well established and respected animal communicator with a lot of experience anitacurtis.com •• KonnectionsOnline.com - Chris Treml, one of the best animal communicators and distance healers we have found - no BS konnectionsonline.com •• Marta Williams - Established animal communicator, books, training, workshops, consultations martawilliams.com Publications • Mules and More Magazine - In circulation since 1980, there is both an online version and the printed magazine. Very comprehensive, covering everything, from jacks and jennets to all kinds of mules, useful articles and interesting columns, advertising, articles covering training, to trailers, to tack and harness gear, shows, trail rides, and calendar for upcoming mule, donkey and horse sales and shows, as well as trail rides and other events - mulesandmore.com •• Natural Horse Magazine - Publication focusing of natural care and the humane treatment of horses and other anumals Naturalhorse.com Vacation Ranches •• Bitteroot Dude Ranch- Bitterrootranch.com • High Park Trails Ranch - Highparktrailsranch.com • Ricochet Ridge Ranch- Horse-vacation.com Cool Organic Stuff • Cedar Grove Farm- Grass fed Diamond Jubilee beef cattle and Rocky Mountain gaited horses - Vermont .rockymountainhorsevermont.com • Coachstop Farm- Using draft-horse power (Percherons), we farm a little over 50 acres outside of Zeeland, Michigan. Pastures, grain crops, and hay are managed without chemicals for weed or insect control. We find that Mother Nature, properly balanced, takes care of "bad bugs" by providing "good bugs" to dine on them. Likewise, weeds are discouraged by periodic plantings of cover crops which feed soil and enhance future crop growth. Our animals are raised "free-range", not confinement-style. We are able to pasture them on grass, augmented by appropriate corn-based protein rations for flavor and growth. By avoiding high-population, confinement-style raising of animals, antibiotics are unnecessary to maintain health. The meat is defined as "naturally raised" instead of "organically raised" because we do have to buy some grain products and can't always be guaranteed that those are organic. Over the years, we've given great value for the money our customers have invested in our meat products. Size, flavor, and price-per-pound are generally a far better value than any supermarket can offer. coachstopfarm.com Other Horse Links • Aachenbreed horse web search engine - aachenbreed.com • Acreageequines.com - acreageequines.com • Agsites.net - The webs largest agriculture and outdoor world link directory- Agsites.net • All Horses Info- Comprehensive and sincere everything horse directory - Allhorsesinfo.com • American Horse Network- Americanhorsenetwork.com • Animalsites.com- animalsites.com • DonBlazer.com-Horse Training Tips and Techniques, Helpful Hints for Health Care; Plus Business Advice on Making Your Career With Horses a Financial Success Donblazer.com • Dragonfly Saddlery - UK Equestrian Shop in Sussex for riding equipment and horse and rider. For horses we offer a wide range of saddles, reins, girths, rugs, other tack and accessories.- Dragonflysaddlery.co.uk • Equestrian Pages - Online Equestrian Community. Featuring live horse chat, horse message forums, photo galleries, news and links directory to hundreds of equestrian related web sites. Equestrianpages.com • EquestrianSites.biz - Hand checked Equestrian website directory. .EquestrianSites.Biz • Equinecorral.com- Quality web site with horses, trailers, property and other equine related items for sale equinecorral.com • Equinehits.com- EquineHits Horse Classifieds, the world's largest free horse photo classifieds of horses for sale, stud and lease equinehits.com • Equine Info, Your Gateway to Horses & Everything Horse Related- Equineinfo.com • Equinelinks.net- Equinelinks.net • EquinePost.com - EquinePost.com: Horses and Equine Information • Equine-Trader, Western Canada's Horse Source- Equine-Trader.com • Equiworld.net - Equiworld.net • Equinfinity.com- The Infinitely Equine EquiPortal. Nicely done with a good feel. Witty, entertaining, inspiring and up to date Equinfinity.com • FreeHorseAds.com- FreeHorseAds.com • Horse101.com - .horse101.com • HorseData.co.uk- Complete equine information service - HorseData.co.uk • Horses For Sale at Horseville- Horseville.com • Horse Lovers Central- Horseloverscentral.com • Horse Junction Central- Horse Junction is a South African Informational Equestrian Internet Publication. Questions concerning veterinary problems, behaviour problems etc. from all over the world are addressed by a panel of advisors supporting the website. horsejunction.co.za • HorseKeeping.com- HorseKeeping.com • HorsePages.com- Horsepages.com • HorseServices.com- Equine Business Directory - HorseServices.com • HorseTopia.com- Horse Classifieds - Horsetopia.com • HorseWorldwide.com- A resource for those who love horses - Horseworldwide.com • HorseySites.com- A horse lovers online directory - Horseysites.com • InfoHorse.com- Infohorse.com • International Museum of the Horse - imh.org • KBRHorse.net - Over 1,100 pages of saddle horses, draft horses, BLM wild horses and burros, Survival Guide safety information, farriery, equine health, photo galleries, equestrian links & training information kbrhorse.net • NeighNet- Equestrian discussion forum - Angelfire.com/sports/neighnet • Penzance Equine Solutions - Healing Equine Hearts, Hoove and Minds naturally- thepenzancehorse.com • Pleasure Saddle Horse Registry- PSHR.com • Stable Mates Market Place- Stablemates.com • SaddleRight.com- Saddleright.com • The The Horse Exchange- Free Classified Horse Ads - TheHorseExchange.com • The Tack Guide- TheTackguide.com • Tolt News - Your resource for Icelandics in North America Toltnews.com • HorsesOnly.com- Quarterhorses, paints and appaloosas HorsesOnly.com • TravelingHorse.com- Horse transport, breeders and stables directory - TravelHorse.com Other Animal Links • Animal Related LInks - Large link directory, rescue agencies, grooming schools- groomingschool.com • AnimalSites.com - animalsites.com • My Special Dog - myspecialdog.com • PetDoors.com -America's Finest Pet Doors petdoors.com |
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