Laurentino and Cynthia schooling

I purchased one of your saddles about a year and a half ago. After riding many horses in the Ansür, as well as having many of my students ride in them, I have noticed that every single time I add this saddle into the equation the result is one or all of the following:

The horses relax their backs almost immediately.

The riders have to fix any crookedness in their position, and can, due to the fact that the saddle will let them know if they are hanging on, leaning, or riding crooked in any way.

The horses become more rhythmic and calm.

The riders can sit the horses better due to the absence of the rebound effect that a saddle with a rigid tree gives. (Many of them were shocked to find themselves jumping around in the saddle when they fist sat the trot in the Ansür...they were expecting all the extraneous movement that they were dealing with before...and on big warmbloods, you just don't need extra movement to sit!)

The riders do not get tossed around on a fractious horse, due to the fact that the horse does not have a rigid tree to act like a paddle to launch the rider off of his back. (All the horses so far have quit being fractious, but there is the occasional horse fly!) (This was one worry that I had in the beginning - would my students be able to ride this saddle if something violent occurred...but they can ride better in the Ansür!)

The horses seem to be able to bend better in the body, especially in all of the into the bend movements like haunches in, halfpass and pirouette. (I suppose the ease with which they are progressing is due to the fact that the saddle is not restricting them... But I would love to take the credit!)

The horses are not resenting being saddled up. (The new ones we started never even showed a tad of discomfort, even on the first ride! And the old guys that came from other places gave up the biting and growling habits they had upon saddling.)

The riders are being able to keep quiet seats and legs, and as a result the horses are more light to the aids. (The riders just plain give up all the old bad habits and just sit there quietly on this saddle...the horses love it!)

The riders are finding the true rhythm and movement of the horses.

We are all wondering why everyone is not riding in this saddle!

Cynthia

p.s. I didn't tell you, but I have 7 inch Titanium rods in my back making all movement in my lower back impossible. The Ansür has enabled me to ride without pain for the first time in ten years. I ride a Holsteiner stallion with a ton of movement, and constantly get comments about his supple back and my supple seat.