How to find the right Kieffer saddle - Kieffer

Finding the right Saddle Tree and Panel combination for different horse types

Assigning Saddle Components correctly

Which Kieffer saddle corresponds best to the shape of your horse's back?

The following information chart helps you finding the right Kieffer saddle by chosing the correct saddle tree and panel combination. Get an overview which saddle tree is suitable for which horse type and which saddle panel variation is available.

Possible combinations for saddles fitted with Saddle Tree ‘Exclusive‘

The Kieffer saddle tree ‘Exclusive’ (with gullet plate) is characterised by an open, distinctive cut back pommel, a curved form as well as longer tree tips. It is well-suited for normal to high-withered horses with normal to curved backline.

Our recommendations for Saddle Tree ‘Exclusive’

Horse with slightly swaybacked backline and sloping lumbar vertebrae

High-withered horse with longer slope into the saddle contact area

Horse with short, rounded back and significant rising lumbar vertebrae

Horse with well-balanced contact area and slightly sloping lumbar vertebrae

Saddle Panels

Depending on the saddle model, the following saddle panels are available.

Classic

Gusseted panel filled with wool, classic cut, standard flocking volume – perfect for horses with a normal round back and adequetely developed muscles.

Classic DP (with Drop Panel)

Gusseted panel filled with wool, enlarged volume and contact area at the front of the panel – perfect for horses with atrophies behind the shoulder, high withered or slightly swaybacked horses.

Classic Passage

Gusseted panel filled with wool, shortened panel at the front – perfect for horses with a wide back and costal arch and / or well-muscled horses.

Classic Passage + DP

Gusseted panel filled with wool, shortened panel at the front combined with Drop Panel cut – perfect for horses with a wide back and costal arch and / or well-muscled horses.

Classic Short

Gusseted panel filled with wool, shortened panel in the rear with lower volume and smaller contact area (-1,5 cm) – ideal for horses with a very short back and / or significant rising lumbar vertebrae.

Up to +4 cm more height (rear)

Enlarged volume in the rear – ideal for horses with a significant difference in height between the withers and the 18th thoracic vertebra and / or slanting or straight saddle position.

Possible combinations for saddles fitted with Saddle Tree ‘1000 Exclusive’

Saddle Tree ‘1000 Exclusive’ (with gullet plate) is characterised by its shuttered pommel, a straight form as well as shorter tree tips. This saddle tree is suitable for low-withered horses with a straight backline and highly recommended for wide-backed horses with a well-muscled topline.

Overbuilt horse with slightly curved backline and conical shaped torso

Horse with long and straight backline

Horse with relatively straight backline and slightly sloping lumbar vertebrae

Horse with well-balanced contact area and slightly sloping lumbar vertebrae

Our recommendations for Saddle Tree ‘1000 Exclusive’

1000 Standard

Gusseted panel filled with wool, classic cut, regular cushion volume – ideal suited for well-trained horses

1000 Halbkissen

Gusseted panel filled with wool, half panel length at the front for wide-backed or well-trained horses

Trachtenkissen

Foam panel with extra wide contact area for wide-backed horses

certified by the ’Austrian Department For Animal Welfare’

Animal welfare-compliant

Our made to measure saddle concept based on EQUIscan and Saddle-Check (BVFR) measurement data has been renowned as animal welfare-compliant by the ’Austrian Department For Animal Welfare’.

The combination of our saddle tree and panel concepts with professional measurement data enables us to built or adjust custom made to measure saddles fitting perfectly to the horses back. It was and is always our aim to create horse-friendly equipment for healthy horses and lucky riders.

Because of this fact, we are are so proud that our work has been certified as animal welfare-compliant from official side.

Please note: to ensure that a saddle stays always animal welfare-compliant, you have to keep in mind to make regular use of professional check ups, documentation and adjustment.

Animal welfare-compliant label for Kieffer-saddles made/adjusted with EQUIscan measurement data
Animal welfare-compliant label for Kieffer-saddles made/adjusted with Saddle-Check (BVFR) measurement data