BOUQET SONs story by his person....... Nora Brasken from Sweden
I went on a BALANCE seminar in Finland in March 2004, mostly out of curiosity. I had seen the saddles being tried on horses before, and they seemed to work well. I have two horses with whom I ride and compete in three-day eventing, a gelding and a mare.
The gelding, Bouqet Son, was for sale at the time, because things were not working out very well for us. He is a horse with a very long back and was at the time very reluctant to commit to any form of work where he had to collect himself. Dressage felt absolutely impossible.
My other horse is a mare, which I had recently bought. My original plan was only to try the BALANCE saddle on her, since I was going to sell the gelding. However, after I attended Birgitta Bergstens lecture, where I saw other horses improve in the saddles, I couldn’t resist trying one on him, just to see if it made any difference. I am glad that I did because it turned out to be a success. The change was remarkable straight away. He was much better as soon as I put him into the BALANCE saddle during Birgitta’s saddle clinic, but this was nothing compared to the changes obtained at home when I really could start riding with my BALANCE saddle.
Suddenly it was so much easier to ride dressage and the jumping also improved amazingly. The trot that it had been taking me an hour of hard work to get, was now there after just 10 minutes! When jumping, he practically threw me out of the saddle during the first time, but luckily I now have become accustomed to extra power he can give over the jumps. He also became stronger and collection was so much easier. It was a joy to see the changes in him. It turned out I didn’t have to sell him after all.
Nora Brasken
Sweden
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