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Fit Check for Saddles Hi, I'm Candice, your local Equine Ergonomist (a fancy name for Saddle Fitter). I service within 1 hour of the Macedon Ranges in Victoria.

To see if that includes you, I've posted a map in my photo's.

๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ. ๐ŸŒŸToo often, we wait for the bucking, rearing, kicking or biting befor...
30/09/2026

๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ. ๐ŸŒŸ

Too often, we wait for the bucking, rearing, kicking or biting before we consider that something might be wrong.

But ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ.

Discomfort doesnโ€™t always shout. Sometimes it whispers:

โ€ข Turning away from the halter
โ€ข Moving away from the saddle
โ€ข A subtle flinch when the pad is placed
โ€ข Tension, resistance or a change in their usual behaviour

These signs ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง. Behaviour can have many causes. The important thing is to notice the change rather than dismiss it.

And sometimes, part of investigating that change is looking at things we may not immediately consider, ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐š๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ.

Education helps us recognise the whispers, ask better questions and seek the right professional advice.

๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž. ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ž. ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž.

Your horse is always communicating.

๐Ÿด ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ .

โœจ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐š๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ž ๐š๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐? โœจThe honest answer? ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ!Your horseโ€™s shape and the way your saddle fit...
23/09/2026

โœจ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐š๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ž ๐š๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐? โœจ

The honest answer? ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ!

Your horseโ€™s shape and the way your saddle fits can change with:

โ€ข Age & growth
โ€ข Changes in workload or training
โ€ข Farrier work
โ€ข Time off, injury or lameness
โ€ข Weight, diet & muscle development
โ€ข Seasonal or turnout changes
โ€ข Competition, travel or rider changes
โ€ข Bodywork and other routine changes

๐Ÿ“… ๐€๐ฌ ๐š ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž: aim for a saddle fit evaluation every ๐Ÿ”โ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ, with an earlier check whenever something significant changes.

Because saddle fit isnโ€™t a โ€œset and forgetโ€ job.

๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค โ€œ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐š๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐?โ€ โ€” ๐š๐ฌ๐ค โ€œ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง?โ€ ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŽ

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๐Ÿด ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐š๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ? ๐ŸดSaddle length is one of the most common fit issues we see, and modern sport horses are makin...
15/09/2026

๐Ÿด ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐š๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ? ๐Ÿด

Saddle length is one of the most common fit issues we see, and modern sport horses are making this even more important.

Todayโ€™s horses are often shorter-coupled, leaving less available space for a saddle.

Yet many saddles still have long panels designed around horses with longer backs.

๐Ÿšจ ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ?

โ€ข The saddle can extend beyond the ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ข๐œ ๐ซ๐ข๐›.

โ€ข The ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€” ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐.

โ€ข Pressure in this area can create ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

โ€ข The horse may respond by ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค.

โ€ข This can restrict thoracolumbar movement and affect ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž.

โ€ข Prolonged pressure may contribute to ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ.

๐Ÿ’ก More panel ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ equal better weight distribution.

The goal isn't simply to maximise the panel area. Itโ€™s to ensure the saddle distributes the riderโ€™s weight within the horseโ€™s safe weight-bearing zone without restricting spinal movement.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐š๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค โ€” ๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ?

โšก๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ โšก๏ธ $150 Saddle Fitting for a ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ONLY. Call or DM to book.Conditions apply: www.fitcheckf...
11/09/2026

โšก๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ โšก๏ธ $150 Saddle Fitting for a ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ONLY. Call or DM to book.
Conditions apply: www.fitcheckforsaddles.com.au for details.

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•.๐Ÿ“โ€ ๐ฌ๐š๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•.๐Ÿ“โ€ ๐ฌ๐š๐๐๐ฅ๐ž? ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง. ๐Ÿ‘€Saddle seat size can be surprisingly misleading.Two saddles...
07/09/2026

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•.๐Ÿ“โ€ ๐ฌ๐š๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•.๐Ÿ“โ€ ๐ฌ๐š๐๐๐ฅ๐ž? ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง. ๐Ÿ‘€

Saddle seat size can be surprisingly misleading.

Two saddles stamped 17.5โ€ may offer completely different amounts of usable space for the rider. Why? Because seat shape, cantle height, pommel design, twist, seat width and foaming all influence how a saddle actually feels beneath you.

Itโ€™s a little like clothingโ€”two โ€œmediumโ€ shirts can fit very differently depending on the brand and cut.

So, if your saddle technically measures the โ€œrightโ€ size but doesnโ€™t feel right, thereโ€™s a reason. DON'T IGNORE IT!

The number stamped under the flap is only part of the story. ๐Ÿด

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