Bring Out the Best in Your Horse
Unlock your saddle's full potential with Verhan Saddlery performance optimization. We offer specialized saddle fitting services designed to enhance comfort and optimize performance for both you and your horse. Our expertise covers all Verhan models and most alternative brands, where we meticulously rework your saddle to resolve issues such as pressure points, balance, and contact problems like bridging, rocking, or pinching.
Trust Us for Customized Fit
In instances where brand permissions allow, we can adjust tree size for an even better fit. Leveraging insights from our own saddle manufacturing practices, alongside our extensive experience collaborating with riders, horses, trainers, and veterinarians on an individual basis, we fine-tune your saddle to maximize performance. Trust Verhan Saddlery with your dressage and jumping saddles to bring out the best in both you and your horse.
Service Center
Make your saddle new again!
Our Ocala, Florida Saddle Service Center provides advanced repair, flocking and maintenance work for all quality brands of English saddles.
We are authorized US warranty repair providers for Harry Dabbs, Jaguar, TrustIn, Vale Brothers and Verhan saddles. We hold to the highest standards of saddle making, having over 20 years of service and repair experience.
Look at our before and after photos to see what we can do for you!
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After
We offer complete saddle repair services including –
- Seat replacement
- Flap and knee roll repair
- Panel service and re-flocking
- Tree size change
- Billet replacement
- And more
All work charges are by individual quote after evaluation. General Price information is available as a guide. Please contact us for instructions before shipping or dropping off a saddle.
Caring for Your Verhan Saddle
Always remember that leather is an organic material that is elastic, soft, and permeable. Quality leather is treated with natural ingredients such as plant oils, vinegar, natural dyes, and water. Leather will react to its environment, such as humidity, temperature, use, storage, cleaning, and conditioning. Different reactions may happen since it comes from different hides. Variations in color and texture are a natural part of the leather and are not to be considered flaws. Keep reading for more of Verhan Saddlery’s care instructions.
Sweat is an irritant to leather. The salt and pH will break down the fibers of the hide. The pH of some people’s sweat may affect the leather on the seat more than others. Cleaning the seat with a damp, clean cloth to remove the sweat is always recommended immediately after every use.
Friction is also an irritant and will result in excessive wear and eventual tearing. All materials that come in contact with the leather should be clean and smooth, and the leather should be maintained with enough grease to prevent rubbing. Boots, full-seat britches, and jackets can contribute to wear.
We recommend Effax leather care products. We do not recommend glycerin soap or any kind of one-step cleaner. Our suggested care of the saddle is to wipe it down after every ride to remove sweat and dust with a clean damp cloth. Apply Effax Leather Balsam all over after riding as needed to keep the saddle soft and supple without getting flabby. Once a month, deep clean the saddle with Effax Combi in a spray bottle. This product deep cleans and can strip the natural oils, so do not overuse them. Follow deep cleaning with an application of Effax Leather Oil. This will deeply penetrate to nourish and soften, so do not over-apply. A new saddle should be oiled before being used and may need a second oiling before one month. Never saturate the leather on the seat and knee rolls with oil since it will compromise not only the leather but also the foam underneath. Different leather may react with different products making the saddle two- oned. Never grease, oil, or wet the billet straps.
If the rider desires to darken the color of the leather, success can be achieved by using two parts of Blue Ribbon Oil and One part of Tanner’s Oil with or without darkening dye. Apply in light coats and repeat in a 24-hour period.