There's one thing she doesn't want to see: "Dressage horses that didn't make it, and they slap a western saddle on it and it's a western dressage horse; that's not what we're trying to encourage." ...

There is a plethora of saddlery options for horses and riders — but if you’re competing in dressage, do you need a specially designed saddle for the job? Here we investigate and to read more ...

Ten years ago, at the age of 50, Gregg Lafitte climbed up on the saddle of a trained horse ... Think of a western version of dressage. In the National Reined Cow Horse Association competitions ...

10. When on the horse with the girth done up , a dressage saddle should sit level on the horse’s back when it is in trot and a jump saddle should sit level when the horse is in canter.