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A new saddle model from the exciting saddle company, Arena Saddles, has just hit the market. The latest addition to their collection is the brand-new Monoflap jumping saddle. If you’re unfamiliar with monoflap saddles, read on and prepare to fall completely in love.
A monoflap saddle is a modern take on saddle design. A Monoflap saddle is designed and made with only one saddle flap, hence the name "Monoflap." It typically has two long girth straps, which means that a short girth needs to be used.
One of the biggest advantages for riders is that fewer flaps mean less material, resulting in better contact between you and your horse. Less leather also means less weight, making the saddle easier to handle for the rider and lighter for the horse to carry. The long girth straps prevent buckles under the rider's leg, increasing comfort.
Arena Saddle’s Monoflap Jumping Saddle offers a modern jumping design where form and technology blend seamlessly. It’s designed to create the perfect connection between you and your horse. With only a single layer of leather between you and your horse, you’ll experience an ultra-sensitive feel for your horse’s muscles, movements, and effort beneath you.
With a slim, contoured seat, anatomically shaped knee and thigh supports, the Arena Monoflap Jump saddle provides the rider with optimal comfort and the greatest possible support.
The narrow waist, soft seat, anatomically shaped external knee/thigh supports, and the monoflap offer optimal comfort and contribute to good balance—even in challenging situations, whether on the cross-country course or in the show jumping arena.
"A comfortable seat with adequate support and great freedom—and it hardly weighs anything," state a handful of test riders after trying out the saddle.
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Arena Saddels new monoflap jumping saddle combines the best of two saddle worlds. The seat and long girth straps are made from European leather, offering all the advantages of leather saddles, including a luxurious, classic look. Meanwhile, the underside is crafted from the durable, flexible technical material familiar from other Arena saddles. This makes the saddle exceptionally easy to maintain, as the underside, which is in closest contact with the horse, can be wiped clean with a damp cloth.
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All Arena saddles feature HART (Horse and Rider Technology) a system desired by all horses and horse owners. The system includes the CAIR Cushion System which you might have heard of. But what is CAIR and how does this system differs from traditional saddle systems.
This system provides a total solution where all adjustments are measurable, symmetrical, and fully reversible, ensuring optimal comfort and enjoyment for both horse and rider. The technology that makes up HART (Horse and Rider Technology) has been proven to be transformative for both horse and rider.
Only if a saddle has all of these features, is it worthy of the HART badge.
One of the key elements of Horse and Rider Technology (HART) is the CAIR Cushions System.
Each saddle pad contains two independent A difference that makes the entire system remarkable. The technology that makes up HART (Horse and Rider Technology) has been proven to be transformative for both horse and rider.
The crucial element in HART is the CAIR Cushion, an air saddle pad system that replaces traditional saddle pad materials. Each saddle panel contains two independently sealed pads that never need “adjusting” but continually adapt to the horse’s musculature while eliminating any pressure points, offering the horse great comfort, making it more free, more relaxed, more joyful, and providing much freer movement while distributing the rider’s weight over a larger area and refining the aids. The idea of air as the ultimate comfort material for horses is simple: it acts as a fluid medium that constantly adapts to the horse’s moving muscles. While the concept is straightforward, the difference the CAIR Cushion System makes to a horse’s comfort is profound.
"A lovely saddle, easy to adjust, easy to handle, and at an extremely favorable price," A-M Horse, Danish agent.
The globally patented CAIR Cushion System works alongside the EASY-CHANGE Fit Solution to ensure you and your horse are confident and comfortable, ready for anything that lies ahead. These groundbreaking systems ensure a tailored fit for your horse’s withers and a floating padding that adapts to your horse’s unique build, evenly distributing weight along the entire panel length.
Finally, the price—starting at 1.400 € —makes this saddle incredibly affordable for such a well-designed, technologically advanced, and beautifully crafted product.
Visit the Arena Saddles website to find your nearest stockist and see Arena saddles, including the Arena Monoflap Jump!
Sources:
A-M Horse - Danish agent
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