Saddle Fitting & Consultation

Saddle Fitting & Consultation

Our highly trained saddle fitters, Jen & Ericka, are here to help you find the best saddle fit for you and your horse.

Whether you’re shopping for a new saddle, or interested in making sure that your current saddle fits your horse well, we can help.

What is a Saddle Fitting Appointment?

Whether you are shopping for a new or high quality used saddle, or you are wanting your current saddles evaluated and adjusted, we can help!  A full fitting appointment is scheduled for 2 hours and includes static and dynamic evaluation of your horse and current saddle, tracings and the opportunity to try up to five suitable saddles. We also schedule 1 hour appointments for clients who are not shopping for saddles and just need their current saddles evaluated.

It is our goal, during a saddle fitting appointment, to find a saddle for you to keep for further test riding, but in some cases we need to keep searching.  No problem though, our connections with tack shops and distributors around the world provide resources for more options and a follow up appointment can be scheduled.

Pricing

Saddle services bill at $150 per hour. There are additional fees for repairs and adjustments. We charge a $40 travel fee per client.

Remote Saddle Fitting

It is always our preference to have our hands on your horses and work with you in person, however, we understand that this is sometimes impossible.  For our clients who live far away, we have created a remote saddle fitting service option. 

During a remote saddle fitting, we will work with the specific information you provide about you and your horse, photos of your horse and videos of you riding.  We use our decades of saddle fitting experience to evaluate your current saddle fit or saddle fit needs. We may also make recommendations regarding saddle options we have available for test riding or other tools you should be considering.

Remote Saddle Fitting: $150 per hour

  • Up to 1.5 hours of accumulated time working with you via email, phone, FaceTime, etc.

  • An evaluation of your horse through pictures and videos.

  • A comprehensive discussion on your needs and our best recommendations. 

  • We will ship you a saddle to keep on trial for seven days (you are responsible for shipping charges $75).

  • A pre-scheduled FaceTime call (30 min) where we can see and discuss your saddle experience and make real time recommendations (an assistant on your end can be helpful in assisting holding the phone while you tack up, make adjustments, ride, etc.).

  • Shipping is $75 per saddle, this includes insurance.
  • Just like on-site saddle fittings, remote saddle fittings and evaluations are non-refundable.
  • We have multiple payment options available and will discuss them with you before your appointment.

Other Services:

Test Rides

Even if you don’t schedule saddle services, we allow our saddles out for test rides.  We charge a $50 test ride fee per saddle.

*Unless the saddle is returned to the shop by 5:00pm on the 3rd day of the trial,  the customer will be charged the full price of the saddle, which is non-refundable. Contact us here to get more information on test riding one of our saddles. 

Saddle Service Bundles:

We are excited to announce that we are now offering an opportunity for clients to pre-book four (quarterly) 1 hour saddle service appointments. These appointments are intended to provide consistent maintenance for one saddle, for one rider, on one horse. This is a great way for you to keep up with your regular saddle maintenance and not have to worry about emailing us to get on our busy schedule! Email Ericka@happyhorsetack.com if you’re interested in this service.

Saddles Represented by Professionals

Saddles are our full time jobs! We are passionate about helping you find the best option for you and your horse.

Well-Connected in the Area

We understand it takes a whole team to support your horse, which is why we love working closely with your trainers, veterinarians, body workers and farriers.

Known for Used Saddles

We have proudly raised the bar on what you can expect when shopping for a used saddle. Every used saddle we represent is thoroughly inspected and meets our high standards of design, quality and safety.