The new Bates Isabell Icon dressage saddle offers extraordinary freedom, perfect balance, effortless alignment and an unparalleled connection with your horse.
For you
Beneath the elegant lines, the perfect dressage seat and cutting-edge saddle innovations can be perfectly tailored to your riding biomechanics. Optimizing the saddle for your natural position improves your balance and stability, allowing you to ride in complete synergy with your horse.
“When you sit centrally in the saddle, you feel close to your horse and are able to sit deeper with exceptional stability to move with your horse's movement.” Isabell Werth
For your horse
This saddle is designed to conform to your horse's back, providing total comfort so he can demonstrate strength and suppleness in all his movements.
You will immediately notice that your connection is strengthened and that your horse is more sensitive to your aids.
I love how much shoulder freedom this saddle gives my horse. I can tell by their expressions that my horses are comfortable and supple. The adjustability of this saddle, combined with the CAIR system, has kept so many of my horses comfortable for all these years. Isabell Werth
Product features in detail
Bates Isabell Icon: the seat was perfected
You'll feel closer to your horse than ever before. A narrower seat with panels that sit low on your horse, providing just enough support to move harmoniously and transmit your aids precisely.
Luxury Leather: More Than Just Luxury
When it comes to luxury and the ultimate driving experience, there's no comparison to Bates Luxe Leather, simply the finest calf leather in the world. You'll immediately experience its soft elasticity, exceptional grip, beautiful color depth, and strength, offering ultimate comfort and prestige.
Movable outer girth: stability redefined for dressage
By wrapping the flaps around your horse, the movable girth tabs provide an unobstructed feel with your horse's body and fully stabilize the supple flap. With improved contact, you'll enjoy a stable lower leg that makes even the most demanding movements seem effortless. Position the outer girth optimally so it lies centrally between your girth points for a perfect fit.
Adjustable ergonomic brackets: Power and control start with perfect balance
Select the optimal alignment of the stirrup leathers on the saddle to improve your position for perfect balance. When balance becomes effortless, your power and precision of aids are also enhanced, ideal for a sensitive and responsive connection with your horse.
Adjustable Flexibloc system: subtle and effective support
The Flexibloc system offers exceptional support for your riding position, discreetly placed under the sweat flap. It works harmoniously with your riding position and sits beneath luxuriously soft cushions for exceptional safety.
Refined elegance in a classic presentation
A showpiece in any stable, the elegant details highlight Isabell Werth's journey to becoming a dressage icon. Simple and understated for a classic presentation, befitting the glamour of dressage, with luxury for both horse and rider.
Adjustable Y-belt system
The even pressure distribution along the length of the saddle tree ensures tremendous stability. Because it's individually adjusted for each horse, this girth system reduces noise for your horse and enhances clear communication between you and your horse. The new, streamlined system prevents any bumps and ensures perfectly seamless contact.
Bates SynergyPanel: ultimate shoulder freedom
A new flap model exclusive to Bates saddles. Ultra-narrow and with a low profile, this flap creates a seamless and gradual transition from your horse's shoulder to his body, freeing up the shoulder and creating optimal space around the withers. The connection between you and your horse is accentuated by a close contact with your leg, allowing your horse to feel your aids like never before. Your horse will respond instantly to the soft shock absorption of the CAIR Cushion System, allowing him to fully extend, round, and lift his legs.
HEART: the greatest competitive advantage
The greatest gift for any horse is an elite saddle that allows them to move freely, to their full potential, and that can be adjusted again and again as they develop, grow, and evolve in different areas. Know that you are caring for your horse's back by using the Adjustable HART saddle system . This ensures your horse's comfort, year after year.
Isabell Werth
Isabell Werth's successes have made her an icon of our sport, with a list of achievements that will likely never be equaled.
Her saddle is one of her greatest achievements.
Many dressage riders have a personal connection with the Isabell saddle, which is known for instantly improving the rider's position and confidence.
For Isabell, her saddle is her means of communication with her horse, like a second skin that provides connection, rider balance and horse comfort.
With over 35 years of competitive experience and 90 years of saddle innovation, the Bates Isabell Icon stands alone in the dressage world as a true example of modern technology.
Do you also want to Bates Isabell Icon saddle Testing on your horse? Email us for a to make an appointment and Olivier would be happy to visit you.
FYI, there is also a Wintec version of the Isabell Icon saddle, more info can be found here.
