Saddles: Ainsley MVP Saddle

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Each saddle is fitted and adjusted regularly as part of the saddle fleet solutions

Adjustable to three different widths and available with four different panels, the Ainsley MVP saddle is almost guaranteed to fit your horses, does not spread over time (which is a frequent issue with many saddles) and its construction allows it to flex with your horse’s movements, avoiding pressure points and does not hinder movement.

Performance Polo have an announced an exciting new initiative tailored to the current lockdown environment we currently find ourselves in and while Performance Polo cannot currently come and visit your polo yard at the moment they are offering to ship a demo Ainsley MVP for you to test for a week with no obligation to buy!

Testing & Visualising Saddle Pressure Fit

It can be difficult to determine how well a saddle fits and if there are any problematic pressure spikes under the saddle. Performance Polo use a pressure pad with 920 cells that accurately capture the pressure exerted across the surface of the saddle, which identifies and illustrates any pressure spikes that indicate a poor fit. A poor fitting saddle can create new back The New Ainsley MVP saddle fleet initiative problems or exacerbate existing back issues. Once the Covid-19 lockdown has been lifted, Performance Polo will start to offer this service within a 100 mile radius of London; visit their website to register your interest and they will arrange an appointment – the first 20 people to register will have up to four polo saddles tested for free!

Saddle Fleet Solutions

This year, Performance Polo are launching a saddle and tack fleet solution for players and teams with four or more horses. In order to minimise the risk of your saddles causing or exacerbating back problems, each of your horses should ideally have its own dedicated saddle, perfectly fitted and checked and adjusted regularly: better performing horses, more ‘productive’ playing time and reduced vet bills. With a three or five year leasing solution, Performance Polo will provide an Ainsley MVP (17”, 18” and 19” available) for “Our polo saddle fleet concept makes it possible to have a saddle fitted for every horse in your string and maintained for perfect fit over time, or changed to fit a new horse. I believe that a perfectly fitted polo saddle is an investment that pays itself by allowing your horses to perform to their full potential and keeps the vet away.”

Performance Polo’s Michael Husted

each of your horses, with each saddle fitted at the start of each season. The saddle fitting each season includes the correct gullet plate installed and the wool flocked panels adjusted perfectly for fit by professional saddlers. Plus, halfway through each season they will check the saddles again and adjust the fit of the panels if needed. Saddles are tagged for easy identification for each horse and defective saddles are replaced immediately.

If you would like to take up Performance Polo on their offer of testing an Ainsley MVP saddle for a week, email info@performance-polo.com with a few photo of your horse(s) that you would like to try the saddle on and they will pre-install the most suitable gullet plate, as well as including other gullet plates in the box which you can swap in less than 10 minutes.

If you are interested contact Michael Husted Email: info@performance-polo.com Call: 07487 548242 Web: www.performance-polo.com

Photograph by Pablo Ramirez Facundo Pieres’ fleet of Ainsley MVP saddles