A private Saddle Fitting will show you:

• Key areas to check your saddle for fit on your horse
• To select a saddle that best meets you and your horse's needs
• To recognize a poor saddle fit before it becomes debilitating
• What a good fit feels and looks like

Ezra Gibbon completed the saddle fitting course with the Accredited Saddle Fitters of Australasia in July 2008. Ezra is level 1 ASFA accredited and the only independent saddlery with an ASFA saddle fitter in Queensland.

This course was conducted in Melbourne and included presentations and practical hands-on sessions with Dr. Ian Biddstrup, an equine vet with a Masters in Animal Chiropractic Science, and Rob McCann, a qualified saddle fitter with the Society of Master Saddlers in the UK. The course is accredited by the Australian Veterinary Chiropractic Association and included sessions on the structure and movement of the horse, conformation evaluation and faults, saddle design, saddle faults and saddle-induced problems along with practical saddle fitting and adjusting saddles for better fit.

Ezra also completed a three day course in April 2006, which included saddle fitting practical and theory by Prestige Italy's saddle fitter Roberto Rasia. A workshop by Narelle Stubbs PhD (equine back pain) B.appSc (physiotherapy) M.AnimSt (animal physiotherapy), who is a lecturer for the Postgraduate Animal Physiotherapy programme at the University of Queensland, Gatton and works with the Australian Equestrian Team as the official equine and human physiotherapist, on horse and rider anatomy and physiology. Theory and practical workshop on the hoof byDr. Tomas G Teskey D.V.M Arizona USA. Barefoot trimming, hoof dissection and the use of boots in riding.