Heritage leather upholds the traditional European practices of natural oil and wax tannage. The high oil and wax content of this performance leather ensures optimum suppleness and enhanced rider grip.Characteristic of the finest natural leather, the leather is heavily pre-oiled with visible shade variations, often being referred to as a ‘pull up’ leather with a traditional, if not distressed aesthetic. The depth of colour is dependent on the infused oil content within the fibers of each particular hide. The distinctive tones of colour are particularly visible when the leather is bent as the colour lightens returning over time to its original colour as the oils migrate back through into the fibers.
Opulence
Select models feature soft milled, Opulence Leather on the exterior of the saddle, renowned for its ultra-soft and grippy characteristics, ensuring immediate rider comfort, security and reducing any ‘breaking in’ time traditionally associated with new saddles.Models featuring Opulence Leather often offer additional features such as a recessed stirrup channel for the ultimate in close contact, wear patches for added durability and key innovations in rider comfort and adjustability such as an Adjustable Ergonomic Stirrup Bar. Included features will vary by model.
Luxe
Luxe Leather is hand-selected from the finest calf-leather in the world and meticulously cared for throughout its specialised tanning process. This will guarantee exceptional performance in strength, richness of colour, ultra-soft feel and level of grip to meet the unique demands of an equestrian saddle. Leather is a natural product and as such any marks, scars or colour variations within the Luxe Leather are not a fault and add to the individual character of your new Bates Luxe Leather saddle. Your new saddle will feel exceptionally grippy, luxurious and succulent from day one, providing you with the ultimate in comfort and prestige.
Practicality and comfort at its best, the Wintec 500 All Purpose is a quality saddle for you to explore wherever you dare! You will feel secure in your position with a supportive seat, and the added comfort and grip of the most supple and durable leather-look, easy-care saddle yet. Be bold and personalise your Wintec saddle with a coloured stirrup keeper! After a big day of riding – simply hose off your easy-care Wintec saddle – after all, the best days end with the messiest saddles! For your horse, they will enjoy the super-soft panels which mould in and around their muscles, hugging their conformation.
If you need to order a different gullet bar for this saddle click here!
Let’s take a closer look at the improvements on your trusted favourites:
1. Next level rider comfort with soft seats that feel close and secure
2. Next level connection with a saddle flap that contours around your horse, channelling your thigh for improved contact
3. Super soft panels, mould in and around your horse’s working muscles for a closer, more stable fit – simply the perfect facilitator of CAIR
4. New, modern look with the choice to feature a pop of colour that celebrates being a Wintec rider
5. Horse and Rider Technology: There are so many features and systems in saddles that can deliver a transformative result for both horse and rider. We’ve made it simple and taken the best of the best when it comes to Horse and Rider Technology, for a gold standard in horse and rider comfort you can trust… we call this HART.
Practicality and comfort at its best, the Wintec 500 SC All Purpose is a quality saddle for you to do a little bit of everything – especially jumping! You will love the open seat with a low, Square Cantle for greater freedom of movement and the added comfort and grip of the most supple and durable leather-look, easy-care saddle yet. Be bold and personalise your Wintec saddle with a coloured stirrup keeper! After a big day of training – simply hose off your easy-care Wintec saddle. For your horse, they will enjoy the super-soft panels which mould in and around their muscles, hugging their conformation and freeing them to move.
If you need to order a different gullet bar for this saddle click here!
Let’s take a closer look at the improvements on your trusted favourites:
1. Next level rider comfort with soft seats that feel close and secure
2. Next level connection with a saddle flap that contours around your horse, channelling your thigh for improved contact
3. Super soft panels, mould in and around your horse’s working muscles for a closer, more stable fit – simply the perfect facilitator of CAIR
4. New, modern look with the choice to feature a pop of colour that celebrates being a Wintec rider
5. Horse and Rider Technology: There are so many features and systems in saddles that can deliver a transformative result for both horse and rider. We’ve made it simple and taken the best of the best when it comes to Horse and Rider Technology, for a gold standard in horse and rider comfort you can trust… we call this HART.
Durable comfort designed especially for you and your wide horse to explore in any weather! The Wintec 500 Wide All Purpose helps you feel secure in your position with a supportive seat, and the added comfort and grip of the most supple and durable leather-look, easy-care saddle yet. You will experience a refined design which provides a surprisingly close contact feeling allowing an effortless leg position and perfect balance. Be bold and personalise your Wintec saddle with a coloured stirrup keeper! For your wide horse, they will enjoy the super-soft panels which mould in and around their muscles, for a closer and more stable fit.
Let’s take a closer look at the improvements on your trusted favourites:
1. Next level rider comfort with soft seats that feel close and secure
2. Next level connection with a saddle flap that contours around your horse, channelling your thigh for improved contact
3. Super soft panels, mould in and around your horse’s working muscles for a closer, more stable fit – simply the perfect facilitator of CAIR
4. New, modern look with the choice to feature a pop of colour that celebrates being a Wintec rider
5. Horse and Rider Technology: There are so many features and systems in saddles that can deliver a transformative result for both horse and rider. We’ve made it simple and taken the best of the best when it comes to Horse and Rider Technology, for a gold standard in horse and rider comfort you can trust… we call this HART.
An all-purpose saddle featuring the latest in saddle design and technology, the Bates All Purpose SC delivers instantaneous comfort, security and balance.
This saddle features a square cantle and a forward-cut flap that is particularly suited for pleasure riding involving more jumping. Bates All Purpose SC Saddle Black Systems CAIR® Cushion System EASY-CHANGE Fit Solution
Luxurious comfort for your horse with broad bearing area that achieves a large footprint on your horse’s back. The wide and even chamber through the length of the saddle enables generous clearance of your horse’s spine. An open seat, with a square cantle for a comfortable position while jumping. A narrow waist provides closer contact, so you sit into the saddle rather than on the saddle. The Ergonomic stirrup bar enables the roller of the tongue on the buckle to be recessed into the bar and sit flush, which significantly reduces the bulk under your leg, by at least one thickness of leather. The Point and Balance strap girthing system achieves greater strength and durability and improves the distribution of pull from the front and back of the saddle to increase comfort and saddle stability.
This saddle works well on a wide variety of horses due to the changeable gullet plate and CAIR system. The square cantle allows a little more room in the seat and it makes this all-purpose saddle very comfortable for jumping.
Heritage leather upholds the traditional European practices of natural oil and wax tannage. The high oil and wax content of this performance leather ensures optimum suppleness and enhanced rider grip.Characteristic of the finest natural leather, the leather is heavily pre-oiled with visible shade variations, often being referred to as a ‘pull up’ leather with a traditional, if not distressed aesthetic. The depth of colour is dependent on the infused oil content within the fibers of each particular hide. The distinctive tones of colour are particularly visible when the leather is bent as the colour lightens returning over time to its original colour as the oils migrate back through into the fibers.
Opulence
Select models feature soft milled, Opulence Leather on the exterior of the saddle, renowned for its ultra-soft and grippy characteristics, ensuring immediate rider comfort, security and reducing any ‘breaking in’ time traditionally associated with new saddles.Models featuring Opulence Leather often offer additional features such as a recessed stirrup channel for the ultimate in close contact, wear patches for added durability and key innovations in rider comfort and adjustability such as an Adjustable Ergonomic Stirrup Bar. Included features will vary by model.
Luxe
Luxe Leather is hand-selected from the finest calf-leather in the world and meticulously cared for throughout its specialised tanning process. This will guarantee exceptional performance in strength, richness of colour, ultra-soft feel and level of grip to meet the unique demands of an equestrian saddle. Leather is a natural product and as such any marks, scars or colour variations within the Luxe Leather are not a fault and add to the individual character of your new Bates Luxe Leather saddle. Your new saddle will feel exceptionally grippy, luxurious and succulent from day one, providing you with the ultimate in comfort and prestige.
Compared to our Standard GP model, the Compact GP is compact for its size, has a neat seat, slimmer rear gussets and the tree is shorter and slightly flatter on the underside. This saddle is ideal for shorter backed, croup high or flat backed horses. It is a very good option for the petite rider on a large pony/small horse.
Ghosted stitching allows knee pad to contour over the knee-roll and hide-covered calf pad make this a high comfort GP. Cut forward enough to accommodate a jumping leg position. 
Open-headed tree and well-balanced panel make this a very universal fitting saddle.
Please note - this product is not available for export outside of the UK
Compared to our High Wither Standard GP model, the High Wither Compact GP is compact for its size, has a neat seat, slimmer rear gussets and the tree is shorter and slightly flatter on the underside.
Ghosted stitching allows knee pad to contour over the knee-roll and hide-covered calf pad make this a high comfort GP. Cut forward enough to accommodate a jumping leg position. 
Open-headed tree and well-balanced panel make this a very universal fitting saddle.
Please note - this product is not available for export outside of the UK
Tekna quick change gullet plates for GP and dressage saddles
The Whitaker interchangable gullet system is designed for use in all the John Whitaker saddles apart from the Harrogate dressage saddle, to adjust the size of gullet in the saddle as the horse changes shape. These gullet plates will start being colour coded shortly.
The Bates WIDE saddle features a truly high performance seat that delivers a level of comfort and contact never previously experienced in a WIDE saddle. A deeper seat and ultra narrow waist enables the rider to sit deeper ‘into’ the saddle for a well-balanced and central position.
The Bates WIDE Saddle features the EASY-CHANGE™ Gullet System WIDE offering you the choice of four interchangeable gullet plates (1XW – 4XW).
Maximised saddle stability is ensured with the adjustable Y-girthing system offering even distribution of pull from both the front and rear of the saddle. It is absolutely critical that you adjust this system equally on both sides of the saddle.
The panel is ultra generous offering an exceptionally large footprint on your horse’s back maximising the weight bearing area of the saddle for greater comfort and performance.
Short points are available in the UK.
The Bates WIDE All Purpose features the EASY-CHANGE Gullet System WIDE offering you the choice of four interchangeable gullet plates (1XW – 4XW)
Heritage leather upholds the traditional European practices of natural oil and wax tannage. The high oil and wax content of this performance leather ensures optimum suppleness and enhanced rider grip.Characteristic of the finest natural leather, the leather is heavily pre-oiled with visible shade variations, often being referred to as a ‘pull up’ leather with a traditional, if not distressed aesthetic. The depth of colour is dependent on the infused oil content within the fibers of each particular hide. The distinctive tones of colour are particularly visible when the leather is bent as the colour lightens returning over time to its original colour as the oils migrate back through into the fibers.
Opulence
Select models feature soft milled, Opulence Leather on the exterior of the saddle, renowned for its ultra-soft and grippy characteristics, ensuring immediate rider comfort, security and reducing any ‘breaking in’ time traditionally associated with new saddles.Models featuring Opulence Leather often offer additional features such as a recessed stirrup channel for the ultimate in close contact, wear patches for added durability and key innovations in rider comfort and adjustability such as an Adjustable Ergonomic Stirrup Bar. Included features will vary by model.
Luxe
Luxe Leather is hand-selected from the finest calf-leather in the world and meticulously cared for throughout its specialised tanning process. This will guarantee exceptional performance in strength, richness of colour, ultra-soft feel and level of grip to meet the unique demands of an equestrian saddle. Leather is a natural product and as such any marks, scars or colour variations within the Luxe Leather are not a fault and add to the individual character of your new Bates Luxe Leather saddle. Your new saddle will feel exceptionally grippy, luxurious and succulent from day one, providing you with the ultimate in comfort and prestige.
Now with the New Super Soft Suede Binding and New PU Leather Girth Protection area, this beautiful suede General Purpose square sets new standards in style & comfort. Now established as the iconic LeMieux look when combined with matching polo bandages and fly hoods there are colours to suit most horses and tastes.
Designed to fit a wide range of general purpose saddles with its high wither, standard long straps & New PU Leather girth protection area. The luxurious suede top side and New Soft Suede Binding is complimented by a super soft Bamboo lining to absorb & control sweat under the saddle and are beautifully comfortable and secure - minimising friction.
Introducing a range of Numnahs to suit every style! Now with Super Soft Suede Binding this Numnah is designed for the active horse, offering style, durability and maximum fabric performance. A number of new design features have been added to make this a fantastic pad.
These new designed pads are idea for everyday or competition use. They also looked great when combined with a Lemieux half pad creating a very smart look
Let’s take a closer look at the improvements on your trusted favourites:
1. Next level rider comfort with soft seats that feel close and secure
2. Next level connection with a saddle flap that contours around your horse, channelling your thigh for improved contact
3. Super soft panels, mould in and around your horse’s working muscles for a closer, more stable fit – simply the perfect facilitator of CAIR
4. New, modern look with the choice to feature a pop of colour that celebrates being a Wintec rider
5. Horse and Rider Technology: There are so many features and systems in saddles that can deliver a transformative result for both horse and rider. We’ve made it simple and taken the best of the best when it comes to Horse and Rider Technology, for a gold standard in horse and rider comfort you can trust… we call this HART.
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