EVERY COACH
EVERY COACH should know how to recognise saddlefitting issues
✔️ If your pupils are struggling to sit and apply aids correctly.
✔️ If their horse SHOULD be able to improve/go rounder/maintain soft contact/keep it’s rhythm but ISN’T.
✔️ If you go over the same things each and every lesson without improving.
✔️ If your clients horse is showing behavioural issues and resistances.
EVERY RIDER
EVERY RIDER should have these tools
❗To avoid pain, discomfort and soundness issues, and horses that are just not happy in their work
❗If you are paying for lessons/clinics but are struggling to GET IT RIGHT or your horse cannot ‘do it’!
❗If you are paying for bodyworkers or vets – without addressing the underlying CAUSE of why you need them!
❗To be able to talk intelligently to your saddlefitter or be able to fix small issues yourself.
❗To know you are doing the right things and have ‘ticked off all the boxes’ when the wheels are falling off with your horse
EVERY VET AND BODYWORKER
Every Vet or Therapist should be able to recognise physical issues caused by saddlefit:
✔️ If you are treating the same problems over and over again – WHY?!
✔️ HELP your clients and horses by solving the underlying causes
✔️ To reduce the risk of further compensatory injury
EVERY PONY CLUB PARENT/GEAR CHECKER
Every Pony Club Gear Checker or Parent needs to know these basics:
❗How do we keep our kids safe with the right saddle?!
❗How to recognise behavioural and physical issues caused by saddlefit.
❗How to run a CORRECT 11 point saddlefit check - NOT the 'old school' 3 finger check!
Meet your Saddlefitting Educator
Paula Jeffery is a Registered Qualified Saddlefitter with the UK Society of Master Saddlers in Australia.
She is a Saddlefitting Trainer and Mentor to a team of 15 Saddlefitters, conducts Workshops Australia-wide, teaches horse owners and Equestrian Professionals through her Online Courses, and is an Education Presenter at EQUITANA.
Paula was drawn to studying the relationship between saddle design and function, and it's affect on horse and rider biomechanics 25 years ago, as a FEI Level Dressage Rider, Trainer and Coach.
Frustrated by the lack of information available to owners and riders, Paula has made it a mission through Performance Saddlefits to help change the standard of saddlefitting in Australia, and empower owners through education.
As a group, they train, study and conduct research into saddlefitting, saddle design and the interactions between pressure, balance and biomechanics both in Australia and Internationally, working with top industry vets, physios, designers and manufacturers.
This is what you will learn at our hands-on Workshop.
✔️ How pressure from saddles affect specific movement in horses and how to recognise these SIGNS.
✔️ How saddle design/shape affects rider position, balance and effectiveness.
✔️ How to map Your Horse’s Back Profile and what key features he needs in a saddle to make better choices.
✔️ How to palpate your horse for muscle health and soreness issues as part of your management.
✔️ Learn what unique saddle features YOU might need as a rider to be comfortable and affective.
✔️ How to check common asymmetries in horses and how it affects saddlefit, horse movement and rider straightness – and some solutions!
✔️ How to PROBLEM SOLVE your saddlefit with an 11 point check.
✔️ How to do a saddle health check – bring your saddle along!
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We are PASSIONATE about improving horses and riders lives – and we genuinely believe that most owners are too; if only they could access the information they need.
We PROMISE like thousands of others, you can immediately apply what you will learn at this Workshop - and these tools will become an essential and valuable part of your horse management plan.
