Bates "Isabell" Icon Dressage Saddle
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Total elegance meets high performance in an iconic dressage saddle that is state of the art. The Bates Isabell Icon stands alone in freeing your horse’s full scope of movement and conveying your aids clearly. Strengthening your natural position and enhancing your intuitive connection, through saddle innovation and career experience. Your journey starts here.
The Bates Isabel Icon features Horse and Rider Technology (HART)
The technology that makes up HART 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.
Elastiflex Tree
Imagine the comfort of a tree with the ability to flex and move with your every stride. Your horse’s spine is protected from concussive forces, whilst lateral flexion enables your horse’s back to swing and move uninhibited and naturally. It is exceptionally lightweight, symmetrical and strong over time, protecting it from breakage or warping. You’re in safe hands in a saddle with HART
CAIR Cushion System
Trust in simply the best protection you can offer your horse. Super soft air cushions lie in constant contact with your horse’s moving back muscles, for their total comfort from an even and lower pressure combined with the ultimate in shock absorption. With CAIR, your horse will respond through freedom of movement you can feel. You’re in safe hands in a saddle with HART.
EASY-CHANGE Fit Solution
When your horse is your world, we understand your need for total reassurance of a perfect fit solution now and in the future. Relax with confidence in full adjustability to both the tree and panel. With the greatest scope of customization in your hands that is measurable, symmetrical and completely reversible, you know you are giving your horse your absolute best with the EASY-CHANGE Fit Solution. You’re in safe hands with HART.
Performance Panel Technology
Look beneath your saddle and see the thoughtful design that is key for your horse to move naturally. Each individual saddle has a generous footprint with edges that gradually taper for a seamless and gentle transition of weight. Careful tailoring ensures maximum clearance for your horse’s spine with provision for lift adjustments where needed for perfect balance and stability in riding. You’re in safe hands in a saddle with HART
Comfort Seat Technology
It is a comfort we hope you will never notice, designed to help you feel naturally balanced and connected in the moment with your horse. Perfect balance starts with a seat anatomically sculpted from exacting multilayers of foams to support your optimal position. Feel the difference of closer and seamless contact, elevated by complementary technologies including an ergonomic stirrup bar and knee blocks positioned specifically to you. You’re in safe hands in a saddle with HART