Iberosattel® > Riding Accessories > Saddle Pads

• Many different colours
• Different shapes (shaped and baroque)
• Protects your saddle (high absorbency, no sweat on the saddle)
• Numerous individual trims
• All saddle pads are washable
• No wrinkling under the saddle 

Note: all our saddle pads are individually made in Germany. This means you are not only doing your part for the environment (fewer transport routes & better processing standards), but also get a huge selection of individually crafted small batches with constantly changing collections.

Unlike a plain saddle blanket, there's a lot to see of the saddle pad under the saddle – which means room for favourite colours, appliqués, embroidery – or their deliberate absence. Saddle pad fashionistas often have a whole wardrobe full of quilted or felted textiles: saddle pads for everyday use in various designs and favourite colours, various fine saddle pads for "best", and often enough one or another "crazy" impulse-buy saddle pad patiently waiting for its turn...

Decorating what you love is a highly human impulse that also has a centuries-old tradition in equestrian sport. Your favourite horse should also look individual and good, and off-the-shelf saddle pads don't really fit that. :-)

Incidentally, one and the same saddle can have a completely different effect with different saddle pads – and can thus be perfectly adapted to individual taste as well as to the requirements of different riding occasions.

In tournament sport, the saddle pad is compulsory anyway – and subject to a number of written and unwritten rules:

In dressage, the white or cream-coloured "Sunday saddle pad" is usually mandatory; anyone wanting to make a statement usually does so with a coloured trim or embroidery.

Exceptions are made for greys: here, most judges readily follow the argument that a black saddle pad on a white horse often simply looks better. In show jumping and eventing, there is more scope for colour – but exactly what you may and should dare here is still a popular subject of lively discussion among horse lovers.

For horse owners who want to compete, there's no way around a saddle pad.

Otherwise, the saddle pad fulfils the tasks of the saddle blanket just as well, if not better: saddle blankets often turn out to be too small a purchase mistake.

The saddle pad protects the saddle leather from sweat, absorbs sweat and skin oils, and offers a little extra protection against pressure and friction. In the hot season, some riders find a saddle blanket airier and accordingly use a saddle blanket in summer and a saddle pad in winter.

Ultimately, the choice between saddle blanket and saddle pad remains a matter of taste for leisure riders.

If you too simply find saddle pads more beautiful (or need one or several truly stunning saddle pads for tournaments): take a look at the large selection of stylish saddle pads in the Iberosattel® online shop.

• handmade, leather-trimmed felt saddle pads made of pure natural felt in gorgeous natural tones from natural white through reed, mud and truffle brown to graphite - or brightly coloured, for example in turquoise, mustard yellow, light green or pink, in square or shaped form: here you go to the felt saddle pads

 

• quilted square baroque saddle pads and shaped saddle pads, both variants made of high-quality cotton fabric in (hopefully) all your favourite colours and shades, with charmingly patterned brocade trims, decorative stitching, decorative braids, decorative cords - or without any at all...

 

• incredibly comfortable sheepskin saddle pads with short-shorn sheepskin on the inside 

(Take a guess whether we love saddle pads...)