Remember when I said I'd made a decision?!

Well, I've changed my mind! Once the Offenstall is gone we're going to move to a different barn. I can't really say why, but I had a very hard time making my mind up about this. But now the choice is made and I really think it's for the best.

I'm moving Crispin to the same barn where Meike moved Nacho to last fall. She's still happy with her choice, the care is fine, the people and facilities are alright and the stalls are nice. Two other boarders from the Offenstall have moved there too since.

I'm confident that Crispin is going to be fine there too. He will be turned out with three other horses he already knows (plus one or two new ones) and he even gets a stall right next to one of his buddies from the Offenstall.

This is going to be his new home:

It's nice, big and airy. It's not an Offenstall but it is alright for now, I think. We will be moving at the end on june.

The search for a saddle goes on...

...and I thought I just give you a quick overview of the saddles I've tried so far (of course those are just some of the saddles I've tried):

This is my old jumping saddle (it was clear from the start that it would not fit Crispin):



This is the the saddle I started Crispin in. A Tekna, 17.5 seat and 33 gullet. It fit him better than it fit me:



A Kent&Masters dressage saddle. High wither, gullet way too narrow and the distributor a pain to work with:



This one was close. A Euroriding "Achat". Seat was 18 inch and the gullet was a +34. Unfortunately I it was a horrible fit for me. The knee rolls overextended me in the hip:



This one doesn't look too bad either but neither Crispin nor I liked it. It's a Massimo Dressage II with french pannels. 17 inch seat (way too small for me, but they delivered the wrong size) and a 36 gullet:



A Euroriding "Leon". 17seat, wide gullet. Loved the way it fit me unfortunately it was a horrible fit for Crispin! It is a little difficult to see, but the rear pannels hardly touch his back:



And the last one I've tried. A Prestige "Milano" (17/34). I wanted to try the Prestige Hippos Dressage but the Milano was the only saddle with a wider gullet they had in store. The Saddlefiitter said it had a tree shaped similar to the one of the Hippos, so I tried it. Loved the feeling. The fit for Crispin is not too bad but far from perfect. I'm hoping that the Hippos Dressage can be changed to fit him. The saddlefitter will come and check on monday...