Maxflex adjustable Dressage Saddle 17.5

Description

Maxflex Dressage Saddle. 17.5. Fully adjustable tree. The tool to adjust comes with the saddle. Wool flocked with sandwich panels. Moderate knee roll. Saddle keeps you secure without locking you into position. If you suffer from hip or back pain this is the saddle for you. One of the most comfortable saddles for horse and rider.
Pictured at its widest setting. This saddle fit warmbloods, QH’s and a haflinger. Perfect for a short back horse. It will also accommodate a bigger shoulder and has adequate wither clearance.
Maxflex was founded in Germany in 2008 and came to the US in 2017. Saddles start at the 00 mark and go up.
All our models are based on our flexible tree with reinforced steel springs that has been successfully approved for the past 12 years.
The tree is made of a special polyurethane that gives us the exact degree of flexibility required to fit the saddles perfectly to each horse's back. Whether straight or more curved, it can adapt to both. The tree is re-enforced with steel springs to absorb and distribute the rider's weight optimally.
We also offer a very smart billet system consisting of 2 parts.
Part 1: is the double V-billets that prevents pressure points through even distribution over a wider area. However, we do not attach the billets to the gullet as this would limit the rotation of the tree in the front and therefore restrict the movement of the shoulder under the saddle.
Part 2: are the 4 loops that allow us to lead the billets through at the end of the flap. These special loops help us to adapt perfectly to the horse's girth position.
For a horse with a forward girth position, we can use loop 1 and 3 or 2 and 3. For a horse that is making the saddle too busy in the back, we can use loop 3 and 4. This is a nice and very horse friendly way to customize this important part of the saddle.
Our spinal channel is per standard 4 to 5 cm wide but can be customized in case it is needed.
However, too wide is not good for the horse. The wider the channel is the smaller the area where the horse carries the weight, since the contact area on the longissimus dorsi becomes smaller as a consequence. Also, note that the "legs" of the tree must lay on the panels. Therefore, if you want a narrower twist we would have to adapt the panels according to that.
Normally a spinal channel of 4 to 5 cm is more than enough but in extra wide cases, we can widen it as well.
The saddle was the winner in an independent pressure point measurement test where they measured and compared the pressure that arrives on the horses back. We had 2 horses with 2 riders and in total 14 saddles to test.
The maxflex showed the best results of all brands tested there. You can see that on the right, there are zero pressure points and that the shoulder is perfectly free. The rotation of the saddle head is responsible for that incredible result. Our saddles also provide a long and wide contact area on the horse's back all the while never going over the longissimus dorsi at the 18th rib.
This saddle is in demo condition. I own several of them and have downsized my horses so some saddles must go.