How it works:
1. Each week login to your Course Library and work through our online module with video and pdf lessons.
2. Post any questions or thoughts you might want to discuss with the closed HSRC Course Group
3. Join your weekly Group Mentoring Zoom Meetings with Master Saddlefitter and Educator Paula Jeffery to get your questions answered.
4. Work through the downloadable worksheets and quizzes at your own pace and have 12 months access to your course.
Horse Owners are finding the course content so valuable and are able to start applying their knowledge straight away. More than that though, having 15 hours access to an expert like Paula on Zoom to answer questions has been a game changer !
15 hours with Paula on a saddlefit would normally cost you $1800!! We want our Horse-Saddle-Rider-Connection Course to be accessible to everyone to learn these essential skills - it's unbelievable value at $297.
FREE BONUS! - Get FREE, INSTANT access to our HSRC Canberra Full-Day Seminar Recording online - you can sign up and start learning straight away!
When you join our 6 Week HSRC Course, you can have full access to watch and add to your learning with our Seminar Recording worth $99 - before the course even 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 it's affect on horse and rider biomechanics 20 years ago, as a 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 saddlefitting in Australia, and empower owners through education.
As a group Performance Saddlefits 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 on our Horse-Saddle-Rider Connection Course.
EVERY Horse Owner/Coach/Industry Professional can EASILY understand these principles and we cover:
✔️ How pressure from saddles affect specific movement in horses and to recognise these.
✔️ 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.
✔️ Learn how to take templates and keep records of your horse's back shape
✔️ How to palpate your horse for muscle/soreness issues as part of your management.
✔️ What unique saddle features YOU need as a rider for comfort, safety and performance.
✔️ How to check common asymmetries in horses and how it affects saddlefit, horse movement and rider straightness – and some solutions!
✔️ How to run a quick 11 point saddle fit check.
✔️ How to do a saddle health check – bring your saddle along!
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 this is not brain surgery; you can definitely learn and apply what you will learn through our 6 Week Horse-Saddle-Rider Connection Course - and these tools will become an essential and valuable part of your horse management.
Once we know more, we can do better!
Want to learn more about the Course Content?
How are people finding 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 McLeodThis 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
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 client's horse is showing behavioural issues and resistances.
❗If you SUSPECT it's their saddle and you don't know how to check or explain it!
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
EVERY BODYWORKER
Every Bodyworker should be able to recognise physical issues caused by saddlefit:
❗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
EVERY PONY CLUB PARENT/GEAR CHECKER
Every Pony Club Gear Checker or 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.
Theresa Heinrichs
FEI Dressage Rider
"You have taught me a lot about the importance of a correctly fitted saddle; with my own horses thanking you for the education! It makes such a difference!"
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 eahc 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."
