Schleese Saddlery Service

Schleese Saddlefit 4 Life^®

Custom English Dressage Saddles

Celebrating 20 Years of Successful Solutions for Horse and Rider

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On-Site Saddle Fit Sessions

Schleese Saddlery invites you to host Personal Schleese Saddle Fit Sessions for your discerning friends and their horses at your location.

You understand that having a properly fitted saddle contributes to the performance, comfort and welfare of both rider and horse. It protects you both from pain and long-term damage and helps ensure that horse and rider can excel to reach their true potential, whether competitive or recreational.

We will work with you to arrange a convenient time for your Personal Schleese Saddle Fit Sessions with one of our experienced, Certified Saddle Fit Technicians, who will visit your location personally.

Schleese Saddlefit 4 Life offers clients a team of SFT's who provide saddle fit analysis and innovative solutions for horse and rider to balance equine back health, comfort, performance and fit.

We provide regular service to groups of clients at hundreds of locations in North America. In order to achieve our standard for ongoing, regular service, Jochen Schleese has personally trained and certified each of our Saddle Fit Technicians in an apprentice program. These SFTs are committed to bring you the same highest quality service, knowledge and experience that you have come to expect from Jochen.

We would like to be able to spend as much time as possible with our clients and their horses to get the best saddle fit. When a group of participants are at one location, we can provide your horses up to 4 hours of time to achieve maximum comfort. While one horse is being ridden, the next horse can be measured or saddle adjusted or evaluated. Our Service Visit Coordinators select client service locations with the goal of accommodating all horses that require service. Sometimes this may mean trailering you horse to another barn in a central location in your area. We pre-map the route to the barn with the most horses first, and then do our best to accommodate individual appointment times. You will understand that traveling from barn to barn for one horse results in less time for your saddle fit session (as we cannot measure another horse while you're riding). Saddle fit sessions are filled by pre-payments on a first come first serve basis.

We would like to give your horse and your fellow riders the most suitable amount of personal attention and time. We look forward to being of service to you and your horse!

Service Options for Ontario Clients

In addition to visiting a group of clients, SFTs are available for service calls within Ontario. There are a number of ways in which you can schedule a service visit:

1. Book a Saddle Fit Session with a Schleese SFT. Please note that depending on your location we may require a minimum number of clients per visit.

2. Book a Saddle Fit Session with Jochen Schleese. This session will require a minimum of 8 clients and be within 2 hours driving time of Newmarket, Ontario. (Please note that due to his heavy travel schedule you may experience a longer wait time for service).

3. Trailer your horse to our Holland Landing, Ontario location and have a saddle fit session with one of our SFTs on-site.

4. Trailer your horse to a location where one of our SFTs will be servicing a group of clients. (If you are unable to bring your horse you can bring your saddle, tracings and picture of your horse to this location for service).

5. Bring or send your saddle, tracings and pictures of your horse to our office in Holland Landing, Ontario for an SFT to service your saddle and send back to you. (occasionally you may be able to wait for adjustments, depending on what needs to be done!) We suggest you ensure optimal service by phoning ahead for an appointment.

We would be happy to answer any questions you have about these options for service.

The BENEFITS of hosting On-Site SADDLEFIT SESSIONS for you, your friends and horses!

A Certified Schleese Saddle Fit Technician will visit your area, at a time convenient to you. Your Benefits include:

1. Saddle Fit Evaluation and Analysis:

• Evaluate fit on the moving horse

• Use of a variety of scientific diagnostic tools and measuring devices to determine saddle soundness and fit

• Evaluation and analysis to suggest comfort and performance enhancements for horse and rider/ to prevent damage and protect your horse's back

• After the adjustment the technician evaluates saddle fit for horse and rider on the moving horse in the ring

2. Convenient Service at your Location

• At a date and time convenient for you

• On site, same day- full saddle analysis, adjustment, re-fitting, re-stuffs and minor repairs

3. Educational Lectures and Horse Demos

• For your group on the practical science and implicit art of saddle fitting to horse and rider

4. Diagnostic Saddle Fitting Aids

• Saddlefit Technician utilizes Shoulder Gauge, Wither Gauge, Fitting Templates, 3D Gauge to measure arch of horse's back

5. ABC’s of Saddle Fit for the Rider

• 7 Point checklist riders can review to ensure good saddle fit

• Saddlefit Template

• Written Evaluation and Analysis Report

6. Quality Demo Products to Try

• Schleese provides a full line of new and pre-owned demo saddles for all English disciplines- featuring Schleese's fully adjustable AdapTree^® with crotch comfort system and shock-absorbing tree points

• Saddle Fit Technician selects appropriate demo saddles for your riders to try

7. You become an Equine Education, Saddle Fit and Service Location

• When a Schleese Saddlefit Technician is on site

• Schleese will help you promote our visit and "spread the word" with information flyers, posters, and emailing contacts in your area

8. Access to Special Client Services

• Equine professionals symposiums

• Video Analysis of horse and rider

• Full custom butt casts

• Computerized Analysis of horse's back

No other saddle manufacturer services clients like Schleese Saddlery.

Tree adjustment, including evaluation, analysis and report.	$265 - $285 *
Complete saddle adjustment - includes all of the above services.	$335 - $355 *
Saddle Fitting Lecture and Demonstration	Ask for pricing
Saddlefit evaluation and analysis only (includes report; up to 3 saddles per horse). Applies to most major brand name saddles. Pre-Payment Required	$140 - $160 *
Restuffing, including evaluation, analysis and report.	$260 - $300*

Prices subject to change without notice
* prices for Jochen Schleese, CMS

Book Your Personal Saddle Fit Session with a Certified Saddle Fit Technician

For more information, contact Linda Haughton at (905) 898-8335 Ext. 32 or lhaughton@schleese.com