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NRS Sharon Camarillo Court's Elite Saddle

On a farm visit, I will first evaluate a horse's condition. This involves his fitness and muscle development, as well as finding areas of soreness. After I look over the horse, I will then examine the saddle. When I first visited BHF, I found three horses sore in the same place. Then I looked over the saddle, and I found the reason: the left bar of this saddle bulges outwards. The pink chalk shows the approximate area of the soreness.

BHF returned the saddle to NRS, as it was under warranty. BHF expected that NRS would stand behind its warranty for an expensive saddle that was originally purchased new. NRS told BHF that they could not find any problems with the saddle, and that they sent it to the manufacturer (Courts Saddlery) to be checked over. They stated that the manufacturer could not find any problems either. BHF provided NRS with my contact information and told them that I could fully explain the problem, but they failed to contact me. NRS returned the saddle to BHF; the whole process took 3 months and cost BHF more than $60 in shipping.

BHF, being a rescue, could not afford to purchase another saddle, and began using this saddle again. After all, the seller and manufacturer both claimed it was not flawed.

Each horse who is ridden in this saddle eventually becomes sore. This saddle has a major flaw. This saddle was purchased new and should be covered under warranty.

The red line indicates the bulge (the right side of the picture contains the left side of the saddle; the left bar bulges).


The red line shows the left bar (right side of the photo); the green line shows the right bar (left side of the photo).

The red and green lines across the top of this photo show how the surface of the bars is different on the right and the left. On the right, it bulges; the surface is much higher and pushed outward. This makes the horses sore.

The saddle also has some overall symmetry problems; the bottom pair of lines shows the asymmetry in the skirting in the rear.


Again, the red line shows that the surface of the left bar (right side of the photo) is much higher than the surface of the right bar (left side of the photo).

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