Testimonials

Dear Barefoot Rider!

Would you like to share your special experiences with your Barefoot saddle with others? Maybe you use the saddle for therapeutic riding? Do you train horses / riders in a special, horse friendly manner and use the Barefoot Saddle? Are you yourself or your horse handicapped in a certain way, which could be improved by using the Barefoot saddle? Did you participate in a certain ride or are you simply so very satisfied with your saddle that you want to tell us about it?

Please send us your written experiences – minimum of 200 words (hint: have Word count the words – see Extras).

We reward each story with a convenient tin of Barefoot Leather care. Send it – with pictures only – directly to: service@barefoot-saddle.de or by mail to: Barefoot, Brentanostr. 27, 69434 Hirschhorn, Germany.

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Relaxed Lopa with Barefoot London

In 2004 I bought my Arab mix gelding Lopa. His first saddle soon became too narrow for him, because he built up muscles very fast. Therefore a new saddle was needed urgently. I borrowed a plastic saddle from a friend, who fitted quite well (... read more)

Sanna and Ameen

I have already thought for a longer time of a treeless saddle. As the comments on treeless saddles are not all positive in some forums (presses the vertebra, selective pressure points…) I keep thinking sceptical. (...read more)

Our Arizona feeling of success

In September 2006 we bought an Arizona saddle and we can only report on it favorably.
Our biggest problem with most saddles was that the mare of my mother, Elvira Balzer, rather suffer to be saddled. (...read more)

A Percheron from Australia

Moby is an eight year old purebred Percheron gelding who is really built very wide. We own him since three years, and had bought him as a ‘beginners’ horse for my husband. He weighs at least 1750 lb and is a very good bush horse, he’s not afraid (...read more)

Barefoot Cheyenne Limited Edition Simply Red

The idea to ride treeless didn’t come from me, but from a friend. She rides her mares only rarely, and then always has to fight with their weight fluctuations. For that, the treeless seemed to fit ideally. After some consideration, I finally hit (...read more)

The Barefoot in heavy-duty use! ;-)

Dear Barefoot team,
It’s been a while now since I purchased a saddle from you. We both are completely satisfied with it!!!
Last October, my colleague and me spent a week (...read more)