If you cannot see a BALANCE registered Saddling Consultant in your part of the world, you may still have access to some help to understand how Functional Saddling could help your horse and which BALANCE saddle is likely to work the best.

Some of the BALANCE TEAM of saddling consultants started to help people online during the Covid restrictions since 2020. This takes the form of a Distant Consultation, and this proved to be very helpful and has continued since restrictions were lifted.

Distant Consultations.

Each consultant will have her own charges and may have their own list of information that they need from you, although you will find a PDF document on this page, that shows the data that the BALANCE Tech Support office always asked for, which you can use as a guide. You will need to get in touch with the registered Consultants direct to ask if they can help you. Their pages can be found here.

No pressure to buy a new saddle!

Going through consultation in person or as a distant consultation does not commit anyone to having to buying anything, but can provide valuable information and help a horse owner to assess whether their horse is as comfortable as he or she could be in the saddle already used.

BALANCE HQ does not offer Distant Consultations.

The Distant Consultation process worked very successfully for many years, when done by the BALANCE Co-founders through the BALANCE office. Allowing us to help many hundreds of people and horses, too far away for a face-to-face Consultation.

What do horse owners get from doing a Distant Consultation?

In using the Distant Consultation process, many people will feel confident enough to know whether or not they need to look for a different saddle for their horse or not. That could mean finding a similar saddle in a different width to be able to use a pad system underneath; looking for a 2nd hand BALANCE saddle in the width and style that is appropriate, or to order a new BALANCE saddle from one of the TEAM members, or via our Buy Direct Option.

Some of the Consultants own BALANCE saddles that they are willing to hire as either a demo saddle for a few days, or for a longer period to help to transition a horse with saddle related atrophy, through a Remedial Saddling programme.