VH Saddlery Welcomes Fiona Cork Saddlery to Australia!

We are super excited to welcome FCS - Fiona Cork Saddles to Australia!

People often ask how we select the companies we work with and which saddles we choose to bring into Australia.

Lots goes into the decision, not only the obvious such as the quality, design and fit of the saddles, from the tree upwards, but also the research team behind the company and the history of the company itself.

The story behind FCS is not dissimilar to that of VH Saddlery! Fiona Cork, like Victoria Hamilton, has been a very successful competitive rider and it was her understanding of her horses' needs that drove her to develop FCS and become a saddler. Fiona's background is in showing - especially natives which is great news for all the riders in Australia of these wonderful breeds. Her saddles are beautiful, comfortable and she is incredibly passionate about every single one of them.

FCS is a small, family run saddle-making business based in Shropshire, UK. Saddle maker Fiona Cork comes from a showing background where she specialised in showing natives and from this developed an incredible understanding of the needs for these types of horses and ponies and some of the common issues encountered by riders when buying tack for them. Through her endeavours to design the perfect saddles for these horses she met her partner, Richard Belton who was a member of the Albion design team for over15 years. Richard brings a wealth of experience from the design and engineering sector and is regularly working on new tree moulds for their ever increasing range of saddles.

All of the beautiful FCS saddles are designed and made by themselves beginning with the tree. Each tree is tailored to the individual horse after a template is taken of their back shape.
Stay tuned for posts on some of these beautiful saddles and to organise to test ride some that we have in stock now!