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| The 4 HORSE-SHAPED SHIELDS, SLOTTED TO MOVE |
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| LAMINATED BETWEEN 2 FELT LAYERS LIKE FLEXIBLE BODY ARMOR. |
| The English CorrecTOR on the mold of horses back. |
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| STD. ENGLISH CORRECTOR SHOWN UNDER 17 |
| BLACK MESA CURVED CUT NAVAJO, A WADE SADDLE DREAM |
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| NOTHING LIKE IT ANYWHERE, PURE FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION! ROUND OR SQ SKIRTED SADDLES LOOK GREAT WITH IT |
Len Brown started Ortho-Flex
saddle company in 1984. He had just ridden 3000 miles thru the west in 1982. Len's motto was : "putting the horse first".
He has traveled the world and has 4 ortho Flex Panel patents and 3 other horse related patents issued
in his name. The Flex panels have been knocked off and similar trees with all the pattern work Len did on saddles,
even their names. This is by former dealers and 1 or 2 employees. Most are quite poor in function and quality. You can
read more about that below. Len's quest for perfection was incessant and he was never satisfied enough to leave the
Flex panel system alone. They just never performed up to his demands and had too many negatives! The Corrector has
performed beyond his standards and is the same now as when it was designed and tested in 2003.
Other
products Len introduced into the horse world: Neoprene Girths, Contoured Pads, Safety cam stirrups, Dropped yoke
rigging plate, In-flap or Mono-Flap billets, LoadLeveler Pad with shim pockets,Softsides Neo/Leather girths & tack, all originated
with Len Brown. Welcome to 26 pages of education and product that actually solves your problems.
| CALF ROPER BROWN, TELLS ABOUT THE CORRECTOR! |
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| ROPING IS A QUICK TEST OF SADDLING. THEY PAY PER RUN, IT'S WHY THEY BUY SO MANY CORRECTORS. |
CLICK HERE> View PRICES & SPECS or order if you like. VISA, AMERICAN EXPRESS, DISCOVER or MASTERCARD can make it a PAIN>FREE
EXPERIENCE for you and YOUR HORSE!
If you have questions about the Corrector or getting the right Envelope pad for your saddle & horse,Just click here & Email
Len Brown. If he's in the office he'll get right back to you. His ph# is 816-625-0333
This home page is
long and gives you an overview of product and how it works. There are 25 more pages listed at the left of this. They
range from English riding to Roping and Barrel Racing. Page 6 applies to everyone's horse that's ridden a lot.
The store is where you find all the prices with pictures and detailed information on each item.. Just cruise to
the upper part of this or any page & click where you get a hand cursor on the large white print> saying: "click
here and view prices and spec's." It's easy to order on and is working fine. Thank you, Len Brown >
816 625 0333.. PS> I'm the only one that sees your fia. info!
This horse's back will come up 1inch or more at a walk. Higher at a trot. Then
the tree will sore the middle of the back!
The Balance Shims shown, will take
out the ROCK, balance you, and stabilize the saddle front to rear while eliminating pinching at the top half of the
BARs on your horse's withers.
| 15H avg. backed horse with too much CURVE IN BARS! |
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| Horse's back is up an inch at the walk. This tree is already a Rocking Chair ! |
| The most commom problem of a rocking Tree, solved |
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| The Corrector with 4 shims front and rear give room for the horse's back to lift. |
| TOO WIDE OF TREE > BARS ARE FLATTENED, NOT SPREAD! |
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| WIDE TREE ANGLES PINCH MORE THAN ANY OTHER. |
THE MOST COMMON PROBLEM SEEN IN SADDLES
TODAY! The mold shown here is a 15 H horse I owned with a good back. The Tree is too curved in the bars and flat in the angle
at front! That Angle will do nothing but pinch at the top of the bars. Many Full Quarter Horse bars
have this very same problem!!
I've designed
the front balance shims so the more you add, the more contact you gain at the foot of the bars in front. At the same time, you remove pressure at the
top area of the bars where the "pinch" takes place!
It's the cut-away of the shims that make this happen.
That means less pinch at the top of the="wide tree bars". Tree & saddlemakers seldom
widen a tree, they just flatten the angle as in this picture.
| Ft. Balance Shims, don't pinch horse's withers. |
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| The New cut of the front & rear Balance shims for the Corrector. |
| Show-N-Go NAVAJO,CORRECTOR, SOCK,SHIMS, VALUE PKG |
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| THE BEST THERE IS FOR THE LONG SADDLE ON A SHORT BACKED HORSE! SEE IT'S NEW PAGE ON UPPER LEFT! |
If
you have a sore horse from saddle soring etc.,
you've
come to the right place. Len Brown, the
pioneer of this field, 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 systems that attached
to a saddle. He spent millions and fought the industry. IT CHANGED the WORLD OF THE HORSE. Now Len's designed
a new device that will better the world of the horse again! Find new ways to solve your
horse's saddlefit problems while enjoying the site --- 26 Pages in all and growing.
| The New Aussie Envelope shown in the Large size! |
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| Std. or large This fully fleece lined 1/4" Felt Envelope will work for many different saddles! |
Below are the Western Protective Shields carefully placed on my horse's back. I did this to show you what is inside the
Western Corrector and is the heart of what makes it function.
| ILLUSTRATION ONLY = THEY NEVER TOUCH YOUR HORSE" |
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| PROTECTIVE SHIELDS DEEP INSIDE THE CORRECTOR WORK WITH YOUR SADDLETREE! |
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 rolling!
- The Plastic Shields
also Protect shoulders in the downhill while holding the saddle from sliding forward!
- Mules can be ridden with just about any
saddle using the front and rear shims with the Corrector and an Envelope pad.
- ENGLISH & WESTERN Versions
for ALL Saddles.
- BETTER than my former ORTHO-FLEX and other cheap DELRIN PANEL SYSTEMS; Maintains Correct Saddle
Position with the leverage designed into the front Shields and requires no yearly tune-up (like Flex Panel saddles) nor
BOLTS PROTRUDING INTO STIFF PADDING TO SCAR YOUR ANIMAL!
- Just
one CorrecTOR goes from horse to horse, saddle to saddle-Not Custom Fitted! It's literally self adjusting so
it positions 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! Go to the Navigation bar, above
left, to see converted flex-panel saddles and learn what's involved. Also Steele Plantation saddles do
well with the stuffed Panels to straighten the banana bar design.
- Replaces
Delrin Panels on Ortho-Flex and all other OrthoFlex Clones (knock-offs) , very successfully! (and they are
all knock-offs of the systems I patented) None of the mountings or panels are new. Most have
"simple logic" mistakes that I made 20 years ago with the early Ortho-Flexes..
- CLOSE CONTACT! The Corrector
requires little or NO padding above it.
- Long Lasting and Costs little
more than a Quality Saddle Pad.
- Corrects
the Design Deficiencies INHERENT in ALL Saddles, even Treeless saddles are improved, for the horse &
rider, with the Corrector's Treeless Shim & E Pad Combo!
- Described as a Parallel
Scapula (in-front) by Dr. Ezra Edgerton NC. , after testing on a number of different animals.
All prices, specs, and ORDERING INFORMATION are in the Store!
Click on the large white print at the top of this page / screen. There you can get details and
prices by making a test order! You don't even have to enter your name to do such. It's very non-invasive.
Len
Feel free to call if you have any questions. I also take orders over the phone and usually
ship within 3 days or less. I hope you enjoy the site, Len 816 625 0333
The HORSE SHAPED.. Protective shields glued to my horse's back > are
to show you the inner workings of this Patented device: unlike anything
used before!
| TREE ON FOXTROTTER WITH BRIDGING BETWEEN SHIELDS! |
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| THE 16" TREE WON'T BRIDGE ON THIS HORSE WHEN RIDING, THE BACK COMES UP 1.5" ON THIS HORSE. |
These "impact resistant" polymer Shields are NEVER USED DIRECTLY ON THE HORSE AS SHOWN, OR SEPERATE
OF THE CORRECTOR! They are laminated in between 2 layers
of felt to make a DEVICE called "THE CORRECTOR" . It is then inserted into a pocket in an Envelope pad.
The Combination is all you need under your saddle along with some balance shims used to take the "Rock" out of your
tree bars & balance your saddle on the horse.
| AT JUST A WALK THE BACK COMES UP, MORE AT A TROT! |
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| HORSE'S CAN'T BE FITTED WITH TREES! BECAUSE THEY MOVE YOU NEED THE CORRECTOR & SHIMS + ENVELOPE PAD! |
The Std. Western CorrecTOR
with 4 molded to a horse shape shields. Making the protective
SHIELDS of the CorrecTOR is the most difficult task. The 4 protective shields have 112 linear inches of slots. Some are
cut parallel
others Tapered. Normal die
press cutting is not feasible because of the thin slots and tough plastic polymer the Shields are made from.
Then each of the 4 individual shields are molded, by hand, to the general horse shape they're designed
to sit on. The slots are not just for Ventilation, but to let the protective shields move better with
the horse. When the horse's shoulders bend the front shields upward, the shields act as a flexible lever to hold the
saddle off the shoulders. That's how they keep your saddle positioned and eliminate interference with the shoulder and
body movement. The tree bars hold the back 2/3rds of the front shields down to the horse &
in front of the saddle.
The
CorrecTOR & Saddle are working with AND against each other. OPPOSING FORCES, a basic of how one
keeps the other positioned -- all initiated by the ULTIMATE FORCE TO BE OPPOSED=PRESSURE---from the front of the bars.
Einstein elaborated on the theory of "Opposing Forces" ... it's used throughout your own body, as well as that of the horse
to maintain stability during movement and integrity of the muscular-skeletal system!
There are 42 holes and 38 slots in a Western CorrecTOR and 2 extra for English.
The
112"of air-filled slots in all four shields (not completely seen) are ventilated by the 38 holes in the CorrecTOR's top
layer. There is a 1/4" layer of soft polyester felt on the bottom of the CorrecTOR and a thin 1/10"
thick nylon-reinforced felt top layer.
THERE
IS LITTLE OR NO BREATHING IN ANY PAD, ONLY HEAT TRANSFER CAPABILTIES. That's why the felt body of the CorrecTOR
has an Elliptical cut 1 & 1/2" WIDE down the top center. It's also cutback in front & forward
in rear. It is cooler for the horse, is cut to move with him, and why it doesn't work to
put a one-piece pad underneath it. I hope this explains "how it works" to you! LEN
{For CorrecTOR prices
and specifications, scroll to the lower part of this page and CLICK into the Store. For further details on some products, click
add to basket, then the color selection page will pop up. It's easy to do a "MOCK" order
& see the details without even putting in your name. You don't buy anything unless you keep clicking "continue" to where you enter your card information.
Thanks, Len
| ENGLISH SHIELDS ON MY 17.5H T/BRED, A 17" G/P TREE |
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| These "PROTECTIVE SHIELDS", Never touch your horse. USED FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY! |
The first
question is always "Should I use another Pad
with the CorrecTOR?" Adding
pads doesn't work because they're not cut like the Envelope pad and Corrector. They don't allow the Corrector to move
with the horse and can pinch at the withers. That's the role of the balance shims, to lift as needed but not pinch
at the withers. The stretchy 1/4" thick Show blankets on top of a Pro E pad or SOCK work fine with the Corrector. The "E" pads aren't too thick, give close contact, wash well at a car-wash,
vacuum to clean regularly, have body (not flimsy) and are only 1/2" thick on average. The Supreme Comfort Roper and
all Navajos are 3/4" thick.
You add shims used and Corrector's 1/4" to
these figures.
The top
centerline cut is cool and moves with the horse, basically making regular contoured
saddlepads obsolete!
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The Envelope is made to be used Exclusively with
the CorrecTOR!
Regular saddlepads
don't have the patent protected> elliptical cut at the top and can't move with the horse. They bind up with downward pressure
at either the withers or mid-back and don't let the Corrector do it's job near as well as when using an Envelope
pad. Your saddle isn't positioned as well nor does the horse work as well. This is what I've had customers tell me that did
the testing on the trail with 1/2" pads over or under a Pro E pad. It was un-solicited info they wanted to tell
me. Thanks, Len
It's hard to realize that little or no padding is needed---and the CorrecTOR works best with
less.
That's why the Envelope Pads
are beneficial as they are designed to move with your horse like the CorrecTOR.
Remember, "It doesn't work if you don't use it!" Getting an Envelope Pad makes the CorrecTOR easier
to use EVERY TIME!....Len
The CorrecTOR
with Front Balance Shims and Envelope Pad make a "COMPLETE SADDLE-FITTING SYSTEM ". The
horse's shoulder rotation (or body bending) bends the front shields, that act as a flexible lever against
the saddle tree---that leverage positions the saddle & keeps the tree from damaging
the shoulders.
The
190 sq. inches of front protective shields spread the weight over the shoulders and withers where
the most damage from tree bars occur.
Front Balance shims are
used to lift the saddle for: the rump-high horse, thin or small horse, the too-wide saddle. They also help
hold the saddle back through better contact where the bars have too much flare
in front (as is seen in many saddles coming out of the Southeastern U.S.)
Almost
everyone asks me how to use the Balance Shims. I tell them to remove them and ride
your animal 15 minutes at a walk & slow trot or gait; notice the way you feel & sit in the saddle.
Then unsaddle and put them all back in, ride again the same way comparing how
comfortable you are from one extreme to the other. Then you will know what balance is all about. When balanced
you should be sitting relaxed with little pressure in the stirrup and not "tilted forward" (too
low in front).
Too low in front is like riding
down a hill all day long and will sore withers even through an Ortho-Flex panel system.
Balance of the rider is important
the more you ride. It holds true with any saddle. NOTE: You can't adjust the balance of a rider
in some TREELESS SADDLES --- or in the extremely flexible "Flex-tree" saddles.
You should feel what your horse is doing as he does it, not be behind the movement of the horse
(that's too high in front). If you need shims at all, you'll usually need 2 on each side in front.
YOU ARE NOT FITTING THE HORSE WITH THE SHIMS! They go on top of the shields and adjust the way your
saddle sits you and as a result, work for the horse & you.
Setting up Mule
shims are done first in front as described above. After getting properly balanced, get back in the saddle,
reach back and feel up under your bars in the rear while riding. If you've got more than ample space
there, add shims on each side in the rear. All you're doing is filling in the gap here.
All trees
on a comfortable horse will have 2" or 3" of no contact at the rear of the bars. Those same
bars will be digging into the loin while the animal is standing still and you are sitting
in the saddle. That's why I keep telling people you can't fit a saddle while the horse is standing still.
You have to be riding the animal with the bare tree, then you can see what's going on. Chiropractors can't
say the back is out while looking at the horse standing. Vet's can't determine one shoulder is larger than
another while the horse is standing! The above can only be determined while the horse is moving
because he never stands with even pressure on all 4 legs.
The back is always out 1.5" or more on every horse while standing.
For saddles with too
much curve in the bars (as happens with many trees that are custom-fitted while the horse is standing)
you can correct them with the mule shim method described above.
For
the horse with one shoulder larger than the other, the horse that won't hold one lead
or bend one direction: Go to my page listed on the navigation bar upper left, pg. 6 "Saddlefit by
the man that started it all".
It will tell you how to use the shims
and why your horse is like that. Plus you'll learn how to fix it in short order. You've got to have the shims and a just
a little technique. "You will find it's fun when it's more comfortable for you both." Len
| Find the scapula on your horse! |
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| The line up from any horse's elbow will be 1 to 2 inches in front of the rear of his scapula |
The
"sock" covering a std western CorrecTOR is pictured above on my 15H Foxtrotter. Want to know where
the scapula is on a horse? Follow the line from
the elbow up, go 1 to 2 inches back depending on horse's size and the scapulas are in the same relationship
to the elbows on all horses.
[If saddlemakers knew this they could make riggings to put the saddle in the right place on all horses. Instead
they're made to keep going up over the shoulder to better balance the rider because they are too wide.] Sorry
just a pet peeve of mine, using front balance shims with the corrector will hold them back anyway.
Yes, this
is where the CorrecTOR should ride, over the shoulder about 2 inches, saddle tree just back of the shoulder.
Caution: if your horse's back is short and you ride a long saddle, it's hard to put it behind
the shoulders. You can use that saddle behind the shoulders and keep the skirts from hitting the
points of the hips. It's done with the Show-N_Go Navajo Pkg shown above. . REMEMBER: SADDLING IS ALWAYS
EASIER WITH THE SHORTEST SADDLE YOU CAN USE COMFORTABLY. Some saddlemakers are making shorter saddles; look for them
or just buy old ones. Saddlemakers were a lot smarter back then.
The CorrecTOR is a product of
LEN BROWN'S INNOVATIONS
38901 E. Colbern Rd. Ext.
Oak Grove, MO. 64075
Ph #( 816) 625-0333
| 500 miles into our 3000-mile-trip, LEN & CHARLIE! |
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| What started a Mission to correct the problems of SADDLES. |
I closed the doors of Ortho-Flex Saddle Co. Inc. in
2001 because I could see no future in the DELRIN PANEL SYSTEM. I was in the midst of moving the company there.
I could have kept it and worked out an operating plan but it wasn't worth it. I offered to help move the rest
of the company to Warren & spent 6 weeks doing so.
They never had anyone there for me to train in saddlery or how the system is attached or works.
They just started over with a building full of patterns & no trained employees. I am not associated with
the new Company in Arkansas. The 3 different panel systems created a revolution in saddlery, but were difficult
to use and left the rider feeling "PERCHED" above their horse! For the HORSE it was the best system available for many
years. I also created the First: Dropped Yoke Rigging,/ Neoprene Girths,/ Contoured Pads with Shims, all
to help adapt the Delrin Panel system! The Customer Service alone was the largest single expense of
OrthoFlex when I owned it. Overwhelming!
There
had to be Something BETTER, EASIER to use, that would CORRECT <PROBLEMS> INHERENT
in all saddles, and be AFFORDABLE!
Creating the CorrecTOR took me 2 years alone
with my horses and a collection of the worst old saddles you could imagine. I'm more excited about what I've developed
(the CorrecTOR) than anything I've done since Lisa and I rode 3000 miles through the West on horseback in 1982. When
you call or email you'll be talking to me (or CJ my girlfriend). I work with you direct---no more Oversized
Company with inexperienced folks on the phone. Call me anytime at ( 816) 625-0333----I enjoy what I do!
It
feels good to be "back in the saddle" with a new Product that works as well as the Corrector! Thanks, Len Brown
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