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Absolute Horse Magazine Column - June/July 2020
Lockdown is responsible for a lot of bad decision making... one too many slices of banana bread, home hair cuts... and awful saddle...

Poppy Webber
Oct 26, 20211 min read
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'Poppy, What do you do?'.... I'm a saddle fitter... and a YouTuber. ;)
At. Last. At last. I have finally had the time to set up a YouTube channel, teach myself how to edit and upload videos, and replaced my...

Poppy Webber
May 6, 20201 min read
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Absolute Horse Magazine Column - May 2020
Why do stirrup leather's stretch? How do you check them? And what's the meaning of life? Two of these three questions are answered in...

Poppy Webber
Apr 29, 20201 min read
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Absolute Horse Magazine Column - April 2020
This month, Poppy looks at Connemara ponies... because they're more than just a cute face, they're also a saddle fitter's nightmare....

Poppy Webber
Apr 23, 20201 min read
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Absolute Horse Magazine Column - March 2020
In this month's column, Poppy discusses the broad, hunkychunky type horses; the barrel shaped beach balls... and the saddle fitting needs...

Poppy Webber
Apr 23, 20201 min read
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Absolute Horse Magazine Column - February 2020
Synthetic saddles... are they a good idea? Or a bad idea? In this month's column, Poppy explains the difference between leather and...

Poppy Webber
Apr 23, 20201 min read
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Absolute Horse Magazine Column - Dec 2019/Jan 2020 (Page 48)
This month, Poppy is busting the 'if your saddle fits, you don't need a numnah' myth. Should saddle fitters use numnahs when they're...

Poppy Webber
Apr 23, 20201 min read
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Absolute Horse Magazine Column- November 2019 - Page 46
Things never to say to your saddle fitter. Including asking about the D to D measurements. They mean absolutely nothing. Niente. Zilch....

Poppy Webber
Apr 23, 20201 min read
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Absolute Horse Magazine Column - Oct 2019
This month's column was about those old school instructors/friends/neighbours who judge a saddle fit by how many fingers they can fit...

Poppy Webber
Apr 22, 20201 min read
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Poppy Webber
Apr 22, 20200 min read
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Saddles need to fit their riders... or riders need to fit their saddles?
Here's something I wrote... which was used by the FEI... It was hard writing in a grown up style, but it's all good practice i guess? ...

Poppy Webber
Apr 22, 20204 min read
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Something Big Is Coming
Ok, 'big' is a hugely enormous exaggeration... but yes, something is coming. I'm trying to put all my advice posts, articles and other...

Poppy Webber
Apr 21, 20201 min read
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