iskandar.equine@gmail.com
Although passionate about horses for most of my life, it wasn’t until 2016 that I left my job as a Civil Engineer to pursue a career as an Equine professional.
After having experienced a lot of pain and misery with my own horse, and had spent thousands of euros on saddles and saddle fitters, I decided this would be my first step. So i started the MSFC saddle fitting course in the Netherlands, and soon after the Schleese course in Germany. But that wasn’t enough: being an engineer, I wanted to know how a saddle was built, and what was achievable in making them, so I started doing saddle- and tack making courses in the UK, where I learned the skill from experienced Master Saddlers.
Being a classical trained dressage rider myself, I noticed that while we can fit saddles on horses at any given point in time, we also need to make sure that the horse is fit enough to receive a well fitting saddle, and stay fit. So musculature, symmetry and carriage have to be optimal.
Being a perfectionist, I started focussing on anatomy, straightness, biomechanics and so on, and got my degree Sportsmassage at BIHH and started the study of Equine Osteopathy, all so I could have a better understanding of how a saddle should fit and what the possibilities are. Although I am not a practicing osteopath, I believe a good saddle fitter should know the physiological repercussions of a saddle on a horse, and vice versa.

I specialise in saddle fitting on horses that are in rehabilitation need extra attention.
In order to stay neutral, I do not sell saddles myself, but always aim to help the horse and his owner with their current saddle. If necessary I help them in the search for a new saddle. I also strive in sharing my knowledge with my clients, so they become better at assessing saddle fit, which can only benefit horse and rider.

While I’m a firm believer in science, I believe in the horse first. The horse tells us all we need to know, and it’s up to us to listen.