Amana Saddle Fitting Services

30/01/2026

I couldn’t agree more! 🐎

Our team of friendly SMS qualified saddle fitters and independant saddle fitter parnters provide professional saddle fitting and adjustment services.  We see a wide variety of breeds in all different shapes and sizes and face the ever-changing and sometimes challenging conformation of today’s spo...

26/01/2026

For Sale: 17.5” AH Optimus jump saddle for sale XW width. Only very lightly used and in very good condition. £1,100. Trial available.

21/01/2026

This is why as saddle fitters (and horse owners) we need to be really careful about the use of tree presses.

18/01/2026

This weekend I’m away at Areion Academy in my first practical weekend as a second year equine podiatry course (wahoo 😀). The weather is however dismal ☔️ 🌧️ 💧.

Let’s have some Sunday fun to make me feel better about all this rain. 😆

I can’t decide… would I likely/most realistically be an arab or a SHETLAND 😂? Maybe a hybrid of the two 😆😆😆😆.

Would love to know from all of you what horse breed you would be and why?

Sunday Fun: If you were a horse, what breed would you be and why?

Em: Carneddau. Small, robust, opinionated. Good at carrying large weights, known to travel long distances and walk up mountains for fun. No sense of fear or self preservation.

Nia: Welsh Section D, MARE!! Can turn out well if the effort is put in, responds well to pampering, and princess treatment, but equally at home in scruffs and mud. Can be impatient and temperamental, handle with care and treats for best outcomes!

14/01/2026

➕💯.

This weekend I totalled up how much CPD I did last year to submit my records and it was over a staggering 116 hours 🤯. Everything from shadowing other equine professionals or other fitters, attending courses, reading, listening to podcasts….you get the picture.

I admit, I’m bit of an addict when it comes to learning and continuing professional development, but at the heart of it, I just love horses 🐴 and love geeking out on them 🤓.

Today I started my CPD for 2026 by shadowing the incredible Sara Udal - Saddles. This incredible lady blows my mind every time I’m with her. Blessed are the wonderful professionals who graciously allow others to benefit from their knowledge and experience ❤️.

Thank you, to all the professionals that have and continue to support me on my journey. And thank you to Sara’s clients who’ve let me tag along to their fittings today!

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10/01/2026

⚖️ Weighing your horse ⚖️ 🐴

Today my horses (and others at our yard) had their individual weights checked on weigh bridge by our local feedstore. This is of course very helpful to understanding things like how much to feed and dosages for medicines or wormers, but also to monitor changes in condition and horse health.

Whilst weight tapes can give us an indication of weight change, a weight bridge is of course a much more accurate assessment. It’s also a good opportunity to pop on with your tack and riding equipment to check how much your ride equipment weighs in total to understand how much your horse is actually carrying! 🐎

Monitoring your horse’s (and our own) weight regularly is beneficial for a range of reasons, but it can also be a good indicator of when your saddle may need checking. If your horse has dropped or gained weight since their last saddle check, their saddle may no longer be fitting comfortably.

Give us a call or drop us a message if you would like an independent assessment of yours 📞 📧.

Thank you Frosburys!

06/01/2026

Annnnddddd another example of badly fitted tack 🤯.

Why is the roller sat right on the withers and on top of the caudal edge of the horse’s shoulder blade?!! So much for back pads to make the roller more comfortable! Where is the spinal clearance?! Sort it our Berney Bros!

05/01/2026

Lots of respect for Lucinda Green as a rider and great that she’s talking about saddles needing to support the rider in her advertisement for her ‘How not to fall off 2026’ workshop but couldn’t help but notice the martingale in this video 👀…

Whilst the girth does have a clip attachment on it for martingales, the martingale chosen has instead been the kind where the girth is put through the strap. This means that the edges of the martingale girth loop can be felt by the horse instead of an even distribution of pressure across the sternum. Ouch ☹️.

It’s just as important to ensure that the horse is comfortable and supported in addition to the rider and I feel that in 2026 regardless of who we are, our riding ability or what kind of horse we own it’s the responsibility of all of us to critically analyze our tack choices more and improve our understandings of anatomy and pressure distribution. And in this day and age, with all of the resources we have at our fingertips, I feel this way of using a martingale is something that needs to be phased out 🛑.

There are a few other things I’d like to change about this horse’s tack but this is the one that stands out the most IMO.

04/01/2026

🌟 To kick off 2026 we are offering new clients 10% off saddle checks and/or new saddle consultations 🌟. Our January diary is getting booked up so act now to secure this offer- in place until the end of the month! Servicing Surrey, Hants and Berks border areas. Other areas by consultation. Discounts available to multiple horse/rider combinations. N.B an additional travel charge is applicable to yards more than 15 miles outside of GU14.

03/01/2026

With every new client we always check where your horse rotates its scapula back to on both sides to make an individual and more specific analysis of your horse's saddle support area. This is important to understand if one scapula rotates further back than the other but also to understand where the tree points of your saddle need to sit.