18" Schleese Obrigado Dressage Saddle

This is a Schleese Obrigado dressage saddle in good used condition. This saddle features an incredibly comfortable padded seat, and generous movable velcro thigh blocks. It comes equipped with a Schleese saddle cover.

18" seat

Wide tree (estimated)

6" gullet

17.25" flap from bottom of stirrup bar

Year 2014

serial 14758S0714

Consignor 1152

Description from Schleese:

The “Obrigado” dressage saddle allows every rider to feel the breathing of the horse, with the horse moving as freely as if he were not under saddle. The Obrigado saddle provides several unique features benefiting horse and rider – several current and former Olympians who are now using the Obrigado on their horses have said that the saddle is so soft and the seat so deep that it makes them feel like they are one with their horses. Built on a modified AdapTree^®, the Obrigado saddle offers the most extreme shoulder freedom for the horse, with the softest seat in the dressage industry.   Obrigado means ‘thank you’ in Portuguese. It was developed together with the head trainer of the Lusitano Association in Sao Paulo Brazil. He came up with the name because he actually felt his horses were saying ‘thank you’ for being afforded such freedom of movement. This saddle will allow you to get so close to your horse that you can actually feel him breathe. It has become the saddle of choice for riders of all levels and has been proven especially effective for the ‘baroque-style’ horses