At WOW Saddles we have set holiday/shutdown periods throughout the year, where all our services stop to allow the team to take their holidays at the same time. This allows for the least disruption to producing saddles which involve all our skilled staff. As notice, here are the dates for our planned closures in 2026. 6-9 April 2026 25-28 May 2026 17-20 August 2026 28-31 December 2026 This is a time when our whole team  takes a well-earned rest, so during this period we won’t

Your WOW saddle comes with the option of three different placements for your stirrup leathers: Front bar Back bar Up and Over But how do you choose which one you need? The front bar Not exclusively for jump saddles, although it is often thought of in this way! The front stirrup bar can be really useful if you have a particularly long upper leg length - so from your hip to your knee. Sometimes this length of leg means that it is hard to get your heel comfortably in line with y

In December we had a visit from Siem Budding, the Horseback Archery World Champion, and not only are we making a Pinnacle for him, but we're also collaborating with him and Richard Addison (Team GB Horseback Archery) on a new quiver design too! Exciting times ahead! Here's a video showing what we got up to.

Just a little reminder that WOW Saddles HQ will have our last working day on Wednesday 24th December 2025 and will close over the festive period reopening on Monday 5th January 2026. During those times we will not be contactable or be able to process orders or returns. Please note that many of our items are made to order and meaning some orders may not be completed and dispatched until we return. Got any questions? Email sales@wowsaddles.com

Do your panels have a Stitch Line? Are they Tapered? There's a lot of mixed terminology, some outdated, so let's explain. Over the past two decades we have made incrimental improvements to all our products, whilst still ensuring cross-compatability, and this post applies to our panels and some changes we made in 2023. What are Stitch Line / No Stitch Line / Tapered / No Taper? In the beginning there was Flair. And Flair did not take up all the room in the front of the panel.

Most riders unknowingly sit with their weight distributed asymmetrically, and when this combines with a horse’s natural imbalances, it can affect both performance and comfort for horse and rider. To help riders understand this complex interaction, we’ve created a series of three videos  explaining horse and rider asymmetry, how to diagnose these, and how corrective saddle fitting can make a real difference. Part 1 - How to spot asymmetry in horse riders Part 2 - How to Identi