This course is for you if
You are a Horse Owner who:
- Wants to learn more so you can make better decisions
- Wants to know what your fitter is talking about
- Can't get a good fitter
- Wants to do your best for your horse
You are a Coach or Body Worker who:
- Wants to upskill to improve your service
- Wants to help your clients more effectively
- Wants to understand the connection between saddles, horses and riders
- Wants to eliminate saddle related issues
What will you learn?
A new way of looking at your horse and your saddle, that helps you trouble shoot problems, track changes, and reduce potential long-term injuries:
* How pressure from saddles affects specific movement in horses and to recognise these
* Which saddle design/shape affects rider position, balance and effectiveness
* How to create Your Horse’s Back Profile and discover the key features he needs in a saddle
* Learn how to take essential 'Baseline Records' including templates, to use in your horse care and management.
* Palpation techniques for your horse to check for muscle/soreness issues as part of your management
* Understand what unique saddle features YOU need as a rider for comfort, safety and performance
* What common asymmetries in horses affect saddle fit, horse movement and rider straightness – and some solutions!
* How to easily run a 11-point saddle fit check to see where your saddle fits - or doesn't!
* Run a saddle health check – on your saddle or a 2nd hand one (to avoid buying a dud!)
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.
ANY horse owner, coach/trainer or equestrian professional can learn this ESSENTIAL information; and be able to immediately apply what you learn.
We know these tools will become an essential and valuable part of your horse management and can be applied to client's horses too.
Once we know more, we can do better!
How it works
1. Each week login to your Course Library and work through our online module with video and PDF lessons.
2. Gain entry to the Private Facebook HSRC Group & post any questions or thoughts you might want to discuss.
3. Join weekly Group Mentoring Zoom Meetings with Master Saddlefitter and Educator Paula Jeffery to have your questions answered.
4. Work through the downloadable worksheets and quizzes at your own pace - you have 12 months' access to your course.
What are the benefits?
Horse owners say this course content is so valuable they are able to start applying their knowledge straight away.
Plus, having 10 hours access to expert saddle-fitter, Paula Jeffery on live Zoom, to answer questions has been a game changer!
We want our Horse-Saddle-Rider-Connection Course to be accessible to everyone to learn these essential skills.
It is amazing value at only $297 AUD
FREE BONUS!
Get FREE, INSTANT access to our HSRC Canberra Full-Day Seminar Recording online valued at $200 AUD
Sign up and start learning straight away even before the course starts!
Meet your Saddlefitting Mentor
Paula Jeffery is a Registered Qualified Saddlefitter with the UK Society of Master Saddlers in Australia. Paula was drawn to studying the relationship between saddle design and function, and its effect on horse and rider biomechanics 20 years ago, as an FEI Level Dressage Rider, Trainer and Coach.
She is a Saddlefitting Trainer and Mentor to a team of 12 Saddlefitters, conducts Seminars Australia-wide and is an Education Presenter at EQUITANA.
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 saddle fitting in Australia, and empower owners through education.
As a group Performance Saddlefits train, study and conduct research into saddle fitting, saddle design and the interactions between pressure, balance and biomechanics both in Australia and Internationally, working with top industry vets, physios, designers and manufacturers.
Let's Get Started!THE COURSE CONTENT - TAKE A LOOK INSIDE!
What do people say about the course?
"A couple of weeks before I saw the Horse Saddle Rider Connection Course offered, I came off a young horse at a saddle fit.
I had two saddles to try that day and the one the horse humped in was by all regards the 'better' fit (despite the fact that the other saddle caused no reaction, it looked to not suit the horse's back profile).
I was also questioning myself after getting my other horse's saddle fit regularly and being told it was ok even though my gut told me otherwise.
The course has been wonderfully enlightening and I think every horse owner or saddle fitter will gain something from Paula's wealth of knowledge presented in easy-to-follow PDF, video and interesting zoom meetings."
NA McLeod
This course has been incredible! There are no exams and you can progress at your own pace. The Zoom meetings allow for great networking and problem-solving and even laughs at times.
As an adult rider of a pony, I wish I had been able to access a course like this years ago. It would have saved many dollars and most likely prevented a serious injury caused by an unhappy pony being asked to work in an ill-fitting saddle. If you imagine hiking in boots that are not the right size or shape for your feet, then it’s easy to imagine the same with a saddle that doesn’t fit the horse. Ouch!
Paula’s willingness to share her specialist knowledge and to be available to answer questions (and we had many of them as the course progressed), is something I really appreciate.
Debbie M
IT'S FOR EVERY RIDER
EVERY RIDER should have these tools
* to avoid 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 – without addressing the underlying CAUSE of why you need them!
* to be able to talk intelligently to your saddlefitter
* to know you are doing the right things and have ‘ticked off all the boxes’ when the wheels are falling off with your horse
IT'S FOR EVERY COACH
EVERY COACH should know how to recognise when there is a saddle fitting issue
* 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 client's horse is showing behavioural issues and resistance
* If you SUSPECT it's their saddle and you don't know how to check or explain it!
IT'S FOR EVERY BODYWORKER
EVERY BODYWORKER should be able to recognise physical issues caused by saddle fit
* if you are treating the same problems over and over again – WHY?!
* so you can HELP your clients and horses solve the underlying causes
* help educate your client on the issues created by incorrect saddlefit and confidently show them WHY it is not fitting.
* to reduce the risk of further compensatory injury to horse
IT'S FOR EVERY PONY CLUB PARENT & EVENT GEAR CHECKER
EVERY PONY CLUB PARENT needs to know these basics
* how to keep our kids safe with the right saddle
* how to run a saddle health check for symmetry, soundness and suitability for use
* how to recognise behavioural and physical issues caused by saddlefit
* how to run a CORRECT 11 point saddlefit check
* SAVE MONEY - by knowing what to look for when your child has grown out of their saddle
Alyssa Cochrane
World Cup Showjumper
"Through the many saddle fits you have done for me over the years I’ve learnt that a correctly fitting saddle can make all the difference to a horses jump! I’ve had some challenging ones over the years - I’ve learnt a few pointers on what to look for to have a saddle correctly sit on a horse. (I should learn more and I will endeavour to do so).
I learnt how my faults also affect the horse (bad knee and bad shoulder) and now I work harder to be more correctly balanced for my horses.
Also how important it is to check saddle fits as a horse develops and their body changes. Gosh there’s probably so much more you have taught me and I’m forever thankful and looking forward to learning so much more."
Kathleen Bokey
Pony Dressage Rider
"Over the past 6 years I have relied on Paula's expertise to keep my horses healthy, happy and athletic in their work under saddle. Every session with Paula has also been a seminar; helping me appreciate the anatomy and function of each horse, the harm that can occur with a poorly fitting saddle and the adjustments that need to be made over time, especially as the horse matures
Paula's seminars on saddle-fitting encourage us to be knowledgeable, and to take responsibility for our horse's wellbeing."
