The CorrecTOR & ProTecTOR by Len Brown
SADDLE FIT, by the man that started it all!
The GET DOWN Roper has an 8.3” gullet with a 15.5” width fork. The fork swells swing back & down to give you 2 pads to rest & steady yourself against to throw that loop. The waist of the seat is narrow so you can ride all day in comfort. How can the gullet be wide & the seat narrow? It’s the bar Twist. As I twist the BARS out at the top in front, they get a steeper hourglass seat shape and narrower at the bottom bar foot in front. NO-PINCH TWIST means it doesn’t pinch withers, is straightened Ft. to R... and supported on the upper rib cage, outside the withers, by the bar foot on each side. This basic geometry is used in all my trees. It lets me send you a saddle without playing “SADDLE-FITTING GAMES”. Only the length is a concern to be sure the saddle is not too long for your horse’s back. A couple of text photos tells me that. Regards, Len Brown
The GET DOWN will MAKE YOU A BETTER ROPER EVERY TIME.
The NEW> POCKET HYBRID is made with an In-skirt Dropped D rigging. It still has the English Narrow waist seat & is shown in Chestnut leather.
If you have a sore horse from saddle soring etc., you've come to the right place.
has been bringing awareness of SADDLE FITTING problems to horseback riders world-wide since 1983.
Len did this through clinics, booklets, videos and inventing the Ortho-Flex Panel systems that attached to a saddle. He spent millions and fought the industry. IT CHANGED the WORLD OF THE HORSE. While ORTHO-FLEX became the largest saddlery in the US., there was never an article done in a major horse magazine! After having the 3 major publishers settle in an anti-trust legal action, Len shut the Company down in spring of 2001. It was not worth pursuing a battle with multi-billion dollar publishers supporting the rest of this industry. By 2003 Len designed a new device that has since been improving the life of horses and their owners alike!
The Corrector was made to eliminate having to buy a saddle to fix your horse's problems. It is made to work with any saddle and any horse or mule! Find new ways to solve your horse's saddle-fit problems while enjoying the site
Len Brown, the pioneer of this field,
These "impact resistant" polymer Shields are NEVER USED DIRECTLY ON THE HORSE AS SHOWN under the CUTTER TREE above ! They are laminated in between layers of felt to make a single unit saddle-pad called "THE PROTECTOR" . Balance shims are then inserted into a pocket under the top layer of 1/8" WOOL FELT of the PROTECTOR PAD. This Combination is all you need under your saddle as the balance shims are used to take the "Rock" out of your tree bars & balance yourself & your saddle on the horse. THESE PROTECTIVE SHIELDS ARE INSIDE ALL PROTECTOR PADS and a 4MM felt LINER PAD is included so you never have to Wash your Protector. Balance shims come with the Protector as well.
The PROTECTOR is a pad with the patented CORRECTOR system built into it.It is : Closer, Softer,& Lighter, and has the Protective Shields built into the envelope pad.6 front & 4 rear 1/4” thick balance shims are std.w/ WESTERN PROTECTOR PADS. They slip in a pocket under the top 1/8” felt layer of the pad & over the PROTECTIVE SHIELDS.All PROTECTOR Models have a Liner Pad 4mm Thick that is shaped just like the Protector above it.It attaches via 1” Elastic & Velcro at the center of the Pad. NOW YOU NEVER HAVE TO WASH YOUR PROTECTOR PAD.Just remove the Liner & hose it off, let dry for a half hour, Velcro back on & ride.
The PROTECTOR
The NO FLINCH CINCH
The result of Len’s 38 yrs of Cinch making & innovation.
The BUTTERFLY RACER, my most popular barrel saddle starts at $2998 >Includes: Protector Pad w/Balance shims & 4mm Felt Liner Pad.
The BAROQUE is made on my English bars. The Sweat Flap has 3 position billets quick change billets. The Line of stitching across the flap is where the sweat flap is attached. In-Flap rigging I 1st developed in the 1980’s. Poorly copied as “Mono-Flap”. Here the flaps are sewn to saddle leather under the 3/8” neoprene & seat leather. This way, the one layer of leather Flap is all that’s between you & your horse. The stirrup straps are also quickly adjusted front to rear without removing. Add the ProTecTOR Pad and you have a saddle that works on any horse. This is what creates true & lasting value in a saddle.
The MORK WORKING CUTTER from .Natalie Larizza Len Brown
First pics of the year! Being off for 9 mos and this saddle made me not only feel secure, it kept me in place feeling balanced! No other saddle has helped me like this!!! You can really feel the horse under you! Fits my horse like a glove too!!!
The Ranch Versatility , my closest contact saddle
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The COWBOY DRESSAGE saddle
16" seat size
weighs 22lbs.
25" long
Shorter than a barrel saddle.
The old time Chuck Shepard fork was widened to an 7.5" gullet. It comes with a Special ProtecTOR pad which is a 30"/32" that measures 30" at the top front to rear.
MORE than JUST a SADDLE PAD--a Saddle Fitting System that:
EVENLY distributes EXCESS saddle PRESSURES as your horse MOVES.
WORKS with Wide or Narrow Saddles & Any Horse,
( balance shims are often required to achieve the above ) They work like a wedge under the rocking chair as they ride between the Protective Shields and your tree bars. Front & or rear they adjust the angle of your saddle and stabilize it from Rocking up & down in the front & stop much of rolling side to side!
The Plastic Shields Protect shoulders in the downhill while holding the saddle from sliding forward! The more prominent the shoulders the more effective
The PROTECTOR'S FRONT horse-shaped SHIELDS are designed as a FLEXIBLE LEVER to position your saddle out of the way of your horse's natural movement . That is why I put a label on the Pad that says: "FRONT OF SADDLE HERE" . It gives the 3" of pad extension that lets it ride over the shoulder & hold your saddle back of the shoulders. The smooth shouldered animal still needs a NEVER*TIGHT CRUPPER!
Mules can be ridden with many regular saddles using the front and rear shims with the PROTECTOR PAD. They straighten the tree to help reduce pressure on the mid-back.
Just one ProTecTOR goes from horse to horse, Mule to Mule & saddle to saddle-Not Custom Fitted! It's literally self adjusting so it helps to position the same saddle individually for each horse you put it on.
NO Delrin Flex Panels, NO Bounce, NO Loin Rubbing! The NEMESIS of flex panel systems!
CLOSE CONTACT! The Protector requires NO padding above it.
Corrects the Design Deficiencies INHERENT in most Saddles except the extremely wide angled trees on a withered horse.Treeless saddles are improved but nothing will make them worth putting on a horse.
Described as a Parallel Scapula (in-front) by Dr. Ezra Edgerton NC. , after testing on a number of different animals.