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VH Saddlery is dedicated to finding the perfect saddle for you and your horse, so you can get on with what you love doing and not worry about your saddle anymore!

Be it competing or pleasure riding, dressage, eventing, jumping, endurance or working eq, we have loads of saddles for you to try! All have been carefully selected to guarantee the highest quality, value for money and superior fit.

In our saddle shop you will find an extensive range of beautiful, off-the-shelf dressage, show, all-purpose and jumping saddles such as Discovery, Max Benz One, Fiona Cork, Jeffries and Wembley Pro. Some of these saddles also offer custom-made options such as Discovery and Fiona Cork which along with VH and Ryder saddles gives us a great range of companies to work with if you choose to completely custom make your dream saddle.

Saddle accessories are also available including the incredible, unique, patented Scarf Freedom Girths.

Saddles are just one piece of the puzzle when it comes to achieving perfect harmony under saddle. VH Saddlery are focused on the whole picture, providing a range of products, services and advice when it comes to horse health, management and training. Happy to help whenever you are ready!

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among the best in the world

Ryder Saddles

Made from the highest-grade premium leather, Ryder Saddles offer top quality made-to-measure saddles, to suit the individual requirements of horse and rider.

With over 30 years' experience making, retailing and fitting saddles, the British saddle makers at Ryder Saddles have perfected the craft, giving riders across the world exactly what they desire in a dressage saddle.

Many totally different trees are available to suit a wide range of horse shapes and for riders - almost anything you can imagine is possible!

From just $4950, Ryder Saddle are excellent value for world-class custom-made saddles.

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Discovery Saddles

Designed and developed by British master saddlers, the range of Discovery Saddles have been made to exceedingly high standards to ensure the greatest safety and comfort for horse and rider.

Using modern techniques and carefully selected materials, Discovery Dressage, Jump and All-Purpose saddles cannot be beaten for design.

Changeable gullets, lovely wide channels, different tree shapes, super felt-lined, flock-filled panels and great girthing options enable Discovery Saddles to optimally fit an enormous range of horses.

Priced from $2750 - $3485, Discovery Saddles are unrivalled for value, quality and comfort.

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Fiona Cork Saddles

Fiona Cork Saddlery are made-to-measure saddles catering for almost all shapes and sizes of horses and riders.

FCS trees are designed individually for each horse to encourage them to work correctly and freely.

Fiona Cork is herself an incredibly successful and experienced show rider, specialising in native ponies and horses. She really understands these horses, their needs and challenges from a saddle fitting point of view.

With beautiful craftmanship and leather, the FCS saddles are outstanding in quality and absolutely incredible value for money with endless options available for customisation.
Prices range from $3950.

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Scharf Freedom Girths

Scharf Freedom Girths are truly unique girths with two separate ventral plates so no pressure is placed on the sternum. This allows the pectoral muscles on each side to move independently and greatly enhances saddle stability and horse and rider comfort.

The lateral plates are designed and placed so there is no interference with the expansion of the rib cage.

Available in black and chocolate brown, dressage and jump models as well as ones for cold-blooded and other very broad chested horses and ones with big-bellies and forward girth grooves.

Scharf Freedom Girth Introductory price from $395.

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VH Signature saddles

The VH Signature range of Dressage and Show Saddles offers supreme comfort and style.

Designed by veterinarian Dr Victoria Hamilton to maximise free movement and performance, VH Signature Saddles are made by English Master Saddlers, ensuring the best quality and attention to detail.

The wood tree used is suitable for flat backed horses with an open head, wide channels and lovely flat, flock-filled panels.

Custom-made for horse and rider, and starting from just $5250, the VH Signature Range are a true work of art.

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Max Benz One Saddles

Max Benz offers world class handcrafted saddles, with an excellent reputation for delivering quality and style.

The Max Benz One Herakles and Kenzie are off-the-shelf alternatives to their custom range, offering excellent value for money while maintaining superior design and fit.

The very attractive Max Benz One saddles have several unique and innovative features to minimise any restriction to the horse's movement and to allow movement to flow across the saddle.

Each saddle comes with its own set of gullets for just $3850.

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Wembley Pro Saddles

Wembley Pro dressage saddles are the first saddles made by Jeffries with their new quick change, screw in/ screw out gullet system.

Featuring an open head to avoid pressure around the withers, a lightweight plastic tree, flocked panels, a flexible girthing system and a comfortable deep seat, the Wembley Pro dressage offers optimal rider balance and horse comfort.

Currently out of stock.

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Jeffries SADDLES

Jeffries is one of the best known and most respected names in the horse-world.

The experience of Jeffries' saddle-makers is second to none, with every saddle started and completed by the same expert craftsman to ensure consistency throughout the process.

Made in the UK from the finest quality leather, laminated wood trees and pure wool flocking, Jeffries saddles are manufactured using only the highest quality materials combined with the latest technology.

Jeffries saddles represent excellent value for money at only $3450.

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Victoria Hamilton BSc, BVMS (hons)

founder

Dr Victoria Hamilton’s passion for saddlery was ignited by her drive to find a better solution for her own performance horses. A veterinarian, international competitor and dressage coach, Victoria has worked in the equestrian industry for over 30 years. As a petite rider on large and big moving horses, she struggled to find saddles to suit, finding she was always compromising on her own comfort for the wellbeing of her horses.
Through extensive research and her vast knowledge of equine anatomy and rider biomechanics, Victoria has developed top-end custom saddles through the VH Signature Collection and carefully selected a range of individualised and off-the-shelf models crafted by British master saddlers, to deliver the very best in saddlery to Australian horse riders.
Horses are Victoria’s life-long passion. She is dedicated to finding the perfect saddle for every Australian rider without comprising the comfort, freedom of movement or overall well-being of their horse.

the vh Saddlery difference

Creating a world of pain-free performance

Customisable

For a superior fit and
unique look.

Expertly crafted

To ensure the highest quality and design.

Veterinary input

For saddle design and fit, horse biomechanics and rehab.

Far more than just saddles

As a veterinarian, elite dressage coach and international dressage competitor, Dr Victoria Hamilton’s wealth of experience extends far beyond saddles.
VH Saddlery offers a range of other products and services including horse health products, saddle accessories and consultations, and workshops, demonstrations and lectures.