Talking to the TEAM. Keren Morris BrSC.

Talking to the TEAM.  Keren Morris BrSC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l25-7mJEvVw BALANCE co-founder Lesley Taylor, talks to the people who make up the BALANCE TEAM of Saddling Consultants and asks them 4 questions about how they came to get involved with BALANCE, why they do this kind of work and what they get out of it.  Here is Keren Morris.  Based in the North of England.  ...

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More Independent Evidence of the Value of Functional Saddling.

More Independent Evidence of the Value of Functional Saddling.

On the 16th of April, which was the 28th anniversary of the launch of the BALANCE Organisation, I used our Facebook Page to reveal a short film that has been made about a research project, comparing the way horses move in their own, conventionally fitted saddles and saddles used as part of a Functional Saddling method, AKA the BALANCE Saddling System.    It seemed important to me, that the results of this project are shared and made public. I recently saw a post on Social Media sharing the results of another project done using computer aided diagnosis of...

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Are Horse Owners Being Blinded By The Bling?

Are Horse Owners Being Blinded By The Bling?

I have just been looking at other makes and models of saddle online, to get an idea of how the price of BALANCE saddles compares to what else is available.  We have reluctantly had to increase our prices again, after the manufactures have announced  another big, and immediate increase, due to them having to allow for the impact of Brexit and Covid.  In looking around, it made me realise how much fashion is influencing the design of saddles now.   I have to confess to being a bit of an old curmudgeon about the look of saddles.  ...

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