Bates Isabell Icon Dressage Saddle

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.

For your horse: Comfort, Stability, Fit, Communication
Fluid cushioning for your horse’s working muscles that eliminates pressure points and distributes your weight evenly over the full bearing surface of your saddle. Even weight distribution promotes blood flow through to your horse's muscles for greater development and increased performance.
Quilted panel points enable a closer more comfortable fit of the panel behind your horse’s shoulders.
The Running Y-Girthing System offers the ability to achieve even pull from the front and rear of your saddle, increasing your horse’s comfort and saddle stability.

Features include the CAIR Cushion System, which replaces traditional saddle flocking with air cushions to eliminate pressure points and evenly distribute weight over the full bearing surface of the saddle; the Easy Change Fit Solution, which allows the rider to easily adjust the width and shape of the Elastiflex tree and add panel risers to ensure optimum fit and comfort for the horse; ergonomic stirrup bars and the rear Flexibloc® system, which enables riders to customize support for their individual riding position.

Fluidly working with your horse's muscles, the revolutionary HART Panel System replaces traditional fillings in your saddle with air. The cushioning nature of air encourages your horse to soften, relax and engage.

Features the EASY-CHANGE Gullet system allowing you to get a custom fit. Saddle comes with medium width gullet - other gullets sold separately.