Carike Fourie - South Africa 2022
I have had my Pandora Saddle for 2 and a half years and LOOOOOVE it. I have been winning all my Endurance rides and received my South African National Colours (Sprinbok) in 2021 when I won the SAIC 120km ride in October 2021. I ride with 2 different Arab mares and always get A's for their backs.
Lisa Engel Belhage - Denmark 2022
I own Akhal Teke horses and ordered my first Pandora Saddle in 2016 as part of a batch of the first saddles sent to Denmark. I now have 2 Pandora Saddles to do Endurance riding with. I find the Acavallo seat cover very comfortable to ride in.
Maggie Swartz Bradshaw
I don't have a Pandora but I have witnessed its magic! My friend Leigh Ann Hoover s boy, Diego was increasingly acting out on our rides. They tried numerous saddles to no avail. After she started riding with a Pandora saddle, he was a completely different horse! He loves his Pandora saddle too!! 🤠
Sarah Dumbrell - Australia
I loved my Pandora so much I ordered a second for one of my other horses. I love how light weight they are and fit my short backed Arabians better than any other saddle I have tried. I don't only use them for endurance.
Maggie Swartz Bradshaw
I don't have a Pandora but I have witnessed its magic! My friend Leigh Ann Hoover s boy, Diego was increasingly acting out on our rides. They tried numerous saddles to no avail. After she started riding with a Pandora saddle, he was a completely different horse! He loves his Pandora saddle too!! 🤠
Gillian Taylor
I love love love my Pandora and it suits my short backed arabian
Kyleigh Rodes
We love our pandoras!! Super comfy and haven't had any fit issues
Rebecca Sulusi
We love our pandora's 💙💞 so versatile we use them for every discipline from pleasure riding, cutting clinics, endurance, beach rides... You name it our Pandora's have done it. I love how secure I feel in it and despite its appearance it's very comfortable and not slippery. Very lightweight and easy to care for.
Trish-Dakin
I so love my Pandora, and with a damaged spine and spinal cord this saddle allows me to ride in longer distance rides holds me in place when my spooks and fits my horse amazingly well nice and light and I love how we can custom colour them as well. Photo is taken by Maureen Davie
Sara Morris
I love my Pandora! I have back problems, so the light weight made it possible for me to start riding again.
Jeanne-O-Donnell-Piepers-Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Love, love, love my Pandora saddle! This is #244. It fits both me and my horse, Justin. I'm comfortable and secure in it, and he's happy. Pasadena, Maryland, USA.
Tammy-Peacocke
L❤️ve our Pandora
Kaye Lancaster
my girl Frosty December 17. Love our pandora
Kaye Lancaster - January 24, 2017 · New Zealand
Riding my young horse in her Pandora at the North Island Championships in a her first novice 80km ride. Poured with rain all night and all morning. Great saddle !
Photo credit Seahorse Photography.
Kaye Lancaster - January 24, 2017 · New Zealand
Riding 100km last weekend at the North Island Championships (horse furthest from the camera) in our weighted Pandora. Second place and Best Conditioned Horse. We love our pandora saddles — feeling happy.
Photo credit Seahorse Photography.
Julie Hooper - January 13, 2017 · Canberra AUSTRALIA
Just love our new pandora saddle!
Lea Ann Anderson Savage - January 12, 2017
Ruby sporting a Pandora. I'm not an endurance rider - just a trail rider, but I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that this saddle fits a variety of equine shapes and sizes, and that it is SO LIGHT!
The Blazin' Belle's - October 2, 2016 · TX, United States
Emily Rose Stamboulieh, Maranda Bibb and Flash Accardo love their Pandoras!
Anna Søgaard Hanusova - July 6, 2016 · DENMARK
Pandora Saddle in Denmark, Europe, riding 40 km endurance ride on my young anglo arabian mare - She´s 6 and this was her second endurance ride, 3 weeks ago. Both the saddle and the horse did great ;-). We rode a 52 km ride this weekend, again in the Pandora Saddle - again with no issues what so ever, just a great saddle! We both love it and we get a lot of attention because of our "fancy saddle" ;-)
Christy Miller Harding - June 21, 2016 · NEW MEXICO
Yesterday, for the first time ever, I rode almost 20 miles and didn't have a sore crotch! This saddle is SO WORTH IT.
Amy Rasmussen - June 5, 2016 · NV, United States
Not sure if my mule, Winston, is going to make it in the endurance world. But he can trot all day long … And we sure look great going down the road! I love this saddle! Thank you! You guys rock!!
Belinda Cruickshank shared her photos - February 6, 2016
Venus and I on our first ride with our Pandora and in the water. We had a lovely trot through water too 😄
Kim Noble - VIC, Australia
I have to give a massive shout out to all the team at Pandora Performance Saddles. I had ordered a saddle for my daughter and the time frame worked that it would be ready for our State Champs. Unfortunately an injury slowed the manufacturing down as well as bad weather and even working double time and one handed the saddle was just not going to be finished in time. But all was not lost, a spare saddle was found and sent down to us! Not only did my daughter now get to compete in a Pandora, she completed the 160kms, became the Junior Vic State Champion and took out BC. This is testament to the quality and comfort of the saddle for both horse and rider. I know you are not meant to try new gear at a ride, let alone a 100 miler! We did and conquered!!!
Thank you Natasha, you made a little girl (and her mum) very happy.
Emily Stamboulieh
After buying and trying several different saddles for many different horses I decided to give Pandora a chance. I could not be happier with how this saddle fits every horse I've put it on and how
comfortable for me it is!
I previously was dealing with very sore backed horses and tried numerous different pads as well. My mare has white hairs on her shoulders now from ill fitting saddles. We recently completed 75 miles of very rough terrain with lots of inclines and declines, and the saddle stayed perfectly in place and never once had the slightest bit of soreness and passed vet checks with all A's :-) I too was not the slightest bit sore from the saddle!
The Pandora allows plenty of room for shoulder movement and doesn't sit up in the shoulders like some saddles. Since switching to the Pandora my horses move more freely and can tell they enjoy themselves more now that they are comfortable.. won't be switching saddles any time soon and look forward to another in the future :-)
Oh and lastly the weight is amazing! I need a light weight saddle because my mare is tiny so need to cut weight wherever we can. When I add everything to it including my pommel bag and cantle bag filled, saddle pad, bridle, reins, and stirrups we are still only at 17 lbs total! Amazing!
Lara Verdouw
Hi. Just thought I'd send you this photo of Shine and I completing 80km at Jarrahdale WA on June 27th. We just love the Pandora, and he hasn't had a sore back since we've had it.
Thanks, Lara Verdouw (photo courtesy of Chris Ros, WAERA photographer)
Janet Hedding Sarver
Completed my first 50 mile endurance ride with the Pandora saddle! It was such a great fit for me and my horse - very balanced ride, lots of room for my horse's shoulders to stride out, and all A's on his back/withers after 7.5 hours.
I used a Coolback pad and it gave the right amount of padding for his back and my legs. My cantle pack with two bottles fit right behind securely and the front two D rings held my martingale, sponge and bottle holder. I loved how light it was to take on and off his back.
My horse settled into a nice big trot and we did a lot of cantering - the saddle was comfortable at all paces. Thank you, folks at Pandora, for everything!
Karen Chaton - USA
We completed the Tevis in 22nd place out of 198 starters and 90 completions, 45% completion rate. The Pandora worked great on my horse, and for me too - I felt great afterwards! Bo scored A's all day through the end on his back, and looked terrific.
This ride has 41,000' of elevation with 23,000 of that being downhill so it was a pretty good test. I also used the new Pandora shaped D-Lua Park Saddle Cloths and it worked great. I turned it over at Forest hill so that Bo would have a clean side on his back for the last almost 1/3 of the ride. Bo has a perfect back, girth and sides - not a single hair rubbed or out of place.
Amanda Kettlewell - NSW, Australia
Aloha Mamma Mia owned and trained by Oso recently competed in a Pandora saddle.... Very happy as we needed a super light weight saddle to fit our 16hh high withered mare! Happy horse and rider
Jay Randle - QLD< Australia
I have a very special Pandora Saddle, and we use it specifically for FEI competitions. This saddle is a very valued part of my saddle collection... in fact, I think I need another one!
Mindy Nguyen - QLD, Australia
I just successfully completed my first Tom Quilty and wanted to say again how in love I am with my saddle. I rode a horse that I've never ridden before and he had an exceptionally high wither at well over 15.2hh ... The complete polar opposite of my two ponies at home.
My saddle not only fit him like a glove but gave his high wither plenty of clearance. We completed the very difficult ride with some extreme rock climbing in around 16 hours with fantastic vet scores. I am also not at all sore and feel fantastic... Could probably do another 160 today! Thanks Pandora love my saddles!!!!!
Gillian Taylor - QLD, Australia
This is my wonderful Purple and Aqua Pandora Saddle which I love and adore. My gorgeous boy Saf has a small back and any other saddle would make him pull up sore, I have now done heaps of km's in the bush as well as 3 x 40km rides and I love love love my Pandora saddle. I am thankful that Saf does not pull up sore and neither do I.
Kaye Lancaster - New Zealand
I took delivery of my Pandora saddle 3 weeks before a 160km I was intending to ride (3rd April 2015) I would not normally ever change anything before a big ride but the horse and I have been a team for 6 seasons so I felt confident that this would be a reasonable decision given the horse appeared to love this saddle and I was intending to go slowly.
We were successful, the horse received all A's for back and girth and had great scores overall. His final HR CRI was 56/48. I had not been looking to get another saddle but I do keep up with research and trends and had been aware of the minimalist saddles that were making their appearance. Mostly I was just jealous of any one who could ride in anything so tiny that weighed nothing!
I ride FEI in my country, all our bigger distances are run under FEI rules which means riding to weight. (75kg/165lb) I weigh 52kg (114lb) so I have to have gear that makes up the difference. I asked Pandora Performance saddles if they could make a saddle to weight; they made a splendid job of it. (14.5kg unmounted) It is perfectly balanced and I can lift and swing it onto the horse without too much trouble over the 6 stages of a 160km ride. Because of the weight factor the saddle being right is critical.
The Pandora is the first saddle I have purchased that is not custom made. It is super to ride in, very secure and close contact. The horse is very happy in it and I can slide my hand under the front as we move along, no shoulder contact! I would have no hesitation in recommending this saddle.
Julie Macleod - Australia
I would love to give you feedback on my Pandora Saddle which I use on all three of my horses, Ari is 14.3hh and very high withered, Marley is barely 14hh and very short backed I have been unable to fit her for any saddle and Dolly is 15hh.
All of my horses are totally different build and my Pandora fits them all like a glove without moving the pads. No rubbing no sore patches! The Pandora is extremely comfortable for endurance, lightweight and great value for money. Thank you!
Sarah Dumbrell - Australia
I loved my Pandora so much I ordered a second for one of my other horses. I love how light weight they are and fit my short backed Arabians better than any other saddle I have tried. I don't only use them for endurance.
Tara Leah Van Zyl (Sandymount Express 1000km winner 2015 & 2016) - November 2016 · Bloemfontein, South Africa
In my opinion, my Pandora has passed the ultimate endurance test: the Sandymount Express 1000km. Each loop ridden by one of the eight horses in my team is 40km, which would be enough to produce problems with an ill fitting saddle. However, none of the eight showed any signs of a sore or sensitive back or any problems relating to the saddle such as chafe marks. This is remarkable as two horses completed more than 200km each, another two also successfully completed 165km each and all eight horses have very different conformation. I was most concerned about one of my mares enduring the transition to the Pandora as she has a cold back and has only been ridden in a treeless, but she also completed 125km with ease. My saddle arrived 3 weeks prior to the Sandymount Express, which didn't leave my horses and I much time to adapt from my previous treeless saddle. Upon order I could not imagine completing the entire 1000km in the Pandora but after a 100km training session in my "Lamborghreenie" I knew the ride would be a breeze. In comparing my 2015 1000km ride to 2016 ride in the Pandora, I cannot imagine riding it again in a different saddle. It appears that the most FAQ regarding the Pandora in my experience is: "doesn't it hurt your backside?" and I can testify that after 8 days of 125km each day, the answer remains "NO"! It is also a pleasure being able to hop on and off in mountainous areas without the saddle shifting, not having to worry about getting leather wet when grooming on course and having but a feather to carry after a long ride. I'm sure my horses would express their gratitude to the decrease in weight over the longer distances if they could. The Pandora is a pleasure for horse and rider. The only problem that I am currently experiencing is deciding what colour my next Pandora is going to be :D