Kieffer Saddles Serial Number

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How to read the serial number. A typical serial number: 13 M 4 175 – seat size from 16.5 up to 18.5. N – flap length: short = K, normal or regular = N, long = L, extra long = XL 1234 – actual saddle number 0113 – Date of Manufacture 01 = Month January 13 = Year 2013. *For saddles made prior to 2010 the date.

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I'm in the process of shopping for a dressage saddle. Because my horse is a long way from any diverse stock of saddles, a saddler is shipping me 3 saddles wide enough for my horse, for me to trial and hopefully find one the horse likes as well as I do. Now I have to pick which 3.

I've checked out the saddles on the saddle buck in the store, and narrowed it down to 3-4. They seem very similar. Anyways, I was wondering if anyone had any experience with these saddles And maybe if you liked any of these, were there any others (not listed here) that you also liked, that I should maybe check out? Passier Antares Stubben Roxane Kieffer Lech Profi Kieffer Lusitano. Coldplay Ghost Stories Zip there. I had the Kieffer Lech Profi and ended up trading it in for a Passier Grand Gilbert (which I love).

The problem I found with my Kieffer was that it always threw me more forward and more up onto the pommel of the saddle. I had a hard time keeping a good solid position. I instantly felt more secure and sat more on my seatbones in the Passier. Really, the best way to determine what saddle is going to be the best fit for you and your horse is to try them out. See if you can have a friend or trainer with you to see how it looks from the ground.

Do your legs tend to want to go forwards or backwards? Are you slipping from side to side?

Does your horse appear to be more free in the shoulders in one saddle over another? Do you truly feel secure in the saddle? Take your time and be thorough. Some saddles just fit different body types better. Nothing is worse than investing a couple of thousand dollars in a saddle, only to have to buy another/different one down the road. Thanks everyone for the replies! I'm really excited to pick my three trial saddles and get them back to my pony to try!

Already lining up the coach and various vets/friends and saddlefitters for 'coffee and a saddle' dates.:P TBRescue -- really, you found the Lech Profi to have a big block? I wonder if they come in different styles then, as the ones I've seen have next to no block at all. The Lusitano I saw does come with a chunky knee block, though. That's why I wasn't sure about it, although on the buck it seems to miraculously be in a good place I'm not sure that will be true on the horse. Fatorangehorse -- I've had the County Competition recommended as well. What is it you like about your County? There aren't any around for me to see, but if (heaven forbid) this triple saddle trial is a bust then I think they're next on my list.

Elegante E -- synthetic flocking?! Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I'm trialing (and if that works out, buying) the saddles from a good saddler who can adjust any of them and is sending them out already fitted. But they're a long way from me and while I know the local saddlefitter can do wool flocking adjustments, would synthetic be a problem? Druid Acres -- Good to hear the Lech Profi is fitting a draft.

My mare isn't a draft but she is on the wide side. Is yours a normal or wide tree before adjustments? You say the Lech Profi is wide twist?

Project Engineering Of Process Plants Howard F Rase Pdf Editor. That's a surprise, I didn't think I liked the wide twist but I liked the Lech Profi.