Finding the right Saddle Tree and Panel combination for different horse types
Panel Volume: Each saddle is made with wool flocked independant panels that can be chosen in different volumes 2, 4 (and in Dressage Saddles 6 as well). 4 is standard. LHI – If you see this code in any Amerigo serial number, this means that the saddle has been made with an extended head iron.
Assigning Saddle Components correctly
Which Kieffer saddle corresponds best to the shape of your horse's back?
The following information chart helps you finding the right Kieffer saddle by chosing the correct saddle tree and panel combination. Get an overview which saddle tree is suitable for which horse type and which saddle panel variation is available.
Possible combinations for saddles fitted with Saddle Trees ‘Standard‘ and ‘Exclusive‘
The Kieffer saddle trees ‘Standard’ (without gullet plate) and ‘Exclusive’ (with gullet plate) are characterised by an open, distinctive cut back pommel, a curved form as well as longer tree tips. Both are well-suited for normal to high-withered horses with normal to curved backline.
Saddle Panel Options
Standard - classic cut with standard volume for flocking
Drop Panel - enlarged volume and contact area at the front of the panel
Passage - half panel at the front - with Drop Panel option
Shortened panel in the rear - with lower volume and smaller contact area
Saddle panel options | Saddle panel characteristics | Which panel for which horse type? | Dressage | Jumping | General Purpose | Endurance |
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Gusseted Panel, Panel Cut: Standard | Classic cut with standard volume for flocking | • Horses with a normal round back and a adequetely developed muscles | Action, Ascona, Bavaria, Lech Profi, Lusitano Evo, Lusitano Kur, Malmö, Paris, Piet, Sterntaler, Ulla Salzgeber, Rusty, Ulla, Wall-Street, Wien | Jump Vario, Koof AT, Koof FL, Liverpool | Aachen, Europe, Garmisch, Garmisch Evolution, Zurich | Gourbi |
Gusseted Panel, Panel Cut: Drop Panel | Enlarged volume and contact area at the front of the panel | • Atrophies behind the shoulder • High withers • Slightly swaybacked | Anna, Wellington, all models with Standard Panel | All models with Standard Panel | Gourbi | |
Gusseted Panel, Panel Cut: Passage | Shortened panel at the front | • Wide back / wide costal arch • Well-muscled | Bavaria (with rolls on the saddle flap), Champion, Lech Profi, Lusitano EVO, Lusitano Kür, Passage | Gourbi | ||
Gusseted Panel, Panel Cut: Passage + Drop Panel | Shortened panel at the front combined with Drop Panel Cut | • Wide back / wide costal arch • Atrophies behind the shoulder | Bavaria (with rolls on the saddle flap), Champion, Lech Profi, Lusitano Evo, Lusitano Kur, Passage, Young Profi G-Pony | Gourbi | ||
Gusseted Panel, Panel Cut: Short Panel in the rear | Shortened panel in the rear with lower volume and smaller contact area (-1,5 cm) | • Very short back • Significant rising lumbar vertebrae | Inzell, Salzburg, all models with Standard Panel | Gourbi | ||
Gusseted Panel, Panel Cut: + 1,5 cm more height in the rear | Enlarged volume in the rear of the panel | • Significant difference in height between the withers and the 18th thoracic vertebra • Slanting or straight saddle position | All models with Standard Panel | All models with Standard Panel | All models with Standard Panel | Gourbi |
The saddle models Athen, Florenz, Orphee, Kieffer’s Monoblatt, Kieffer Move® and Distance are fitted with individual panel cuts.
Our recommendations for Saddle Trees ‘Standard’ or ‘Exclusive’
Horse with slightly swaybacked backline and sloping lumbar vertebrae
High-withered horse with longer slope into the saddle contact area
Horse with short, rounded back and significant rising lumbar vertebrae
Horse with well-balanced contact area and slightly sloping lumbar vertebrae
Possible combinations for saddles fitted with Saddle Tree ‘1000’
Saddle Tree ‘1000’ (with gullet plate) is characterised by its shuttered pommel, a straight form as well as shorter tree tips. This saddle tree is suitable for low-withered horses with a straight backline and highly recommended for wide-backed horses with a well-muscled topline.
Saddle Panel Options
Standard 1000 - classic cut with standard volume for flocking
Saddle panel options | Saddle panel characteristics | Which panel for which horse type? | Dressage | Jumping | General Purpose | Trekking | Icelandic | Schooling |
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Gusset Panel, Panel Cut: Standard 1000 | Classic cut with standard volume for flocking | • For athletic horses with a straight, short contact area | Lexington, Goteborg, Rotterdam, Young Profi M-Pony, Pony S-Sport | Arezzo, Arezzo Exclusive, Jana | Le Mans | Icelandic Pro | Innovation | |
Foam Panel, Panel Cut: Standard 1000 | Classic cut | • For athletic horses with a straight, short contact area | Arezzo, Arezzo Exclusive, Jana | |||||
Gusset Panel, Panel Cut: Half Panel 1000 | Shortened panel at the front | • For horses with a wide back / wide costal arch • well-muscled | Lexington, Goteborg, Rotterdam, Young Profi M-Pony, Pony S-Sport | Le Mans | Icelandic Pro | Innovation | ||
Foam Panel with extra wide contact area | Extra wide contact area | • For horses with a wider back and straight, short contact area | Brugge | Kieffer´s Trail, Trekk Vario |
Our recommendations for Saddle Tree ‘1000’
Overbuilt horse with slightly curved backline and conical shaped torso
Horse with long and straight backline
Horse with relatively straight backline and slightly sloping lumbar vertebrae
Horse with well-balanced contact area and slightly sloping lumbar vertebrae
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Animal welfare-compliant
Our made to measure saddle concept based on EQUIscan and Saddle-Check (BVFR) measurement data has been renowned as animal welfare-compliant by the ’Austrian Department For Animal Welfare’.
The combination of our saddle tree and panel concepts with professional measurement data enables us to built or adjust custom made to measure saddles fitting perfectly to the horses back. It was and is always our aim to create horse-friendly equipment for healthy horses and lucky riders.
Because of this fact, we are are so proud that our work has been approved once more as animal welfare-compliant from official side.
Please note: to ensure that a saddle stays always animal welfare-compliant, you have to keep in mind to make regular use of professional check ups, documentation and adjustment.
How to read your Circle Y serial number
1990s to April 2006
The first four numbers represent the model # of the saddle. (1551)The next number describes the tree width of the saddle. (5)
The following two numbers describe the seat size of the saddle. (55)
The last single number depicts the color of the saddle. (4)
The next four digits tell the month and year made. (1100)
The last two digits are unique manufacturer numbers. (78)
Simply enter the 10 digit number (top number on sample plate to the left) without spaces or dashes into our program above to learn more about your saddle.
Please leave out the month and year numbers, in this example your number would be 1151555478.
This period of serial numbers are much like the above. Use the chart to determine tree sizes, seat sizes, and colors. There may be an extra number at the end (represented by CD). This just means that more than one of this type of saddle was made that day, so it got a unique number at the end.