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Communication, feel, functioning together as one
mind. What you think and feel, your horse does simultaneously! This is the thrill of DRESSAGE RIDING
at it's best. A world where Less is More! But sometimes more is too much for your
horse: training, stress, pain from the saddle and all of the above.
Think of your
horse as a radio & you as the broadcaster. A little bit of pain over a long period of time
can build up to suddenly block his reception. You then start searching! The bit? The teeth?The shoes? The pad? Your seat
& lack of skill? & Last / The saddle? Then the
search becomes EXPENSIVE. An
industry thrives because of your searching for a fix to your beloved animal's problems. What would
the big Companies and Retailers do if you no longer needed a Fix! Would they sell or promote something for $150.00
that ended your continual searching? Only
in the HORSE WORLD would a market survive in this manner!
A Reining Horse professional and large
saddle retailer
looked at The Corrector and said "I was afraid you would
come up with something like this; You know this could ruin my business!"
He then promptly bought one for his wife a horse
trainer and Equine Physiotherapist! One week later, he called and ordered the std. size for
himself. These were bought at my reg. price because the last thing this man wants to do is sell
the CorrecTOR! Don't look for one in your tack store, they might end that "continual searching;"
by the most educated and concerned Horseperson, you the
English Rider.
Welcome to The CorrecTOR>
English
| MICHELLE McMillen, a serious Dressage rider, OR. |
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| MICHELLES HUSBAND RICK is an Equine Vet in R & D on BACK MUSCLES AND SORING PROBLEMS. |
Hi Len,
I bought your Corrector system about a month ago and I'm really pleased with the
results. My horse is much more comfortable and the dry spots behind his withers are greatly reduced. The massage
therapist I use could tell a difference in my horse's comfort as well. Thank you for providing us with a solution to
our problems!
-Amanda R.B, Tucson, AZ
| NATALIE & SAME T/B + NEW HUNTER FLEECE ENVELOPE |
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| THE HORSE IS TURNING AT SPEED, HUNTER ENVELOPE HAS FLEECE EVERYWHERE BUT UNDER FLAP> CLOSE CONTACT! |
Hi Len, I have just purchased the english corrector from you
and went for my first trail ride on my mare yesterday (an arabian with a dip in her back) with my 15 year old daughter
who has problems with her australian saddle staying put on her donkey and his girth rubbing him raw, so I let her test ride
the Corrector. I took the shims out, and she had no trouble throughout the ride with her saddle sliding and her donkey
had no raw spots from the girth with she was done with the ride. Im letting her keep the corrector and we are selling
the Saddleright pad she was using with the saddle.
-Thanks, Michelle C., Berkey, OH
| 17.5" GP ON HUNTER FLEECE ENVELOPE PAD, STD. ENG. |
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| NO FLEECE on UNDER FLAP, JUST CORRECTOR & OUTER> CLOSE CONTACT & CLASSY> CREAM COLORED FLEECE ON REQ |
Len,
Thanks so much for shipping me another Corrector
Pad. I do dressage and my daughter does eventing. I have read about your pads before but read a discussion on
the Chronicle of the Horse BB a month or two ago about someone trying to get a saddle to fit a sharkfin withered TB.
One of the posters recommended your corrector pad. I went to your website and read all about your pad. It seemed
like a good solution for my daughter's horse so I bought one. My daughter's horse has very high withers, an atrophied
topline, hollows behind the shoulders and big shoulders. He was a successful intermediate event horse when I bought
him but his musculature indicated that his saddle didn't fit. He looked like the horse with saddle fitting issues on
your website. I bought a Devoucoux jumping saddle and a County dressage saddle specifically for him and had them fitted
to his back. He was very hard to fit when they tried to fill in the area next to the withers to get wither clearance.
Your pad has helped provide protection for his shoulders and raise the saddle up in the front for wither clearance and to
keep my daughter from getting pitched forward. He has been going better and better and his topline has been filling
out since she has been using your pad. My daughter is thinking that maybe she can now take out one of the shims in the
front as he has finally started to fill in behind the shoulder.
I have another prelim Event horse that fits your description
of the one sided horse perfectly. Although his strong side is opposite from your example. I have been rehabbing
him and have been having trouble getting him to take his left lead at the canter and holding it. He keeps switching
as we go around turns. One day he was particularly bad and I realized that my girth was not tight enough and the cantle
was fishtailing to the left over his spine. He was scooting sideways trying to avoid the pain. His saddle was
also specifically fit to him and has been checked multiple times. I took the advice from your website and switched to
a non elastic girth, adjusted my stirrups and used my daughters corrector pad with the shims on the left. He took both
leads perfectly and held the canter without switching. He is the reason I ordered the second pad.
Thank you so much for inventing this pad. It seems
to be the missing link in getting both these horses sorted out and working up to their potential.
-Lauren Thayer,
| Std. English Corrector with G-P TREE |
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| Only the 4 holes in the upper front should show, it's smaller than it looks. |
Hi Len,
I bought your corrector pad with a sock just under a year ago, fantastic product.
We recently moved to Tasmania- the small island south of Australia.
I have recently seen a horse down here with saddle fit problems as I do Equine Touch.
I lent her my corrector and in less than 1 week the soreness had disappeared. This particular lady had been in contact
with Linda Parelli to try and fix the problem - her horse used to try and attack the air pad she was using - and they say
horses can't talk.
The only problem is that I see so many saddle fit problems and I am always lending
mine out - no one has heard of them down here.
Thanks again,
Cheers,
Nicole- Tasmania
| LARGE ENGLISH CORRECTOR W/ SHIMS FOR 18" + SEATS |
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| 4 SHIMS FRONT, 4 SHIMS REAR, USE ONE OR THE OTHER TO LIFT & BALANCE |
Hi Len, Thanks for your call to check on how the English CorrecTOR
is working on our Connemara Cross. He is mow moving out freely with no signs of pressure or discomfort. Having studied the
literature on all of the flex-system saddles out there, it is no surprise to me that the simplest approach is the one that
worked best. Thanks for solving the problem (and saving me $2500 bucks)! Best regards, Nelson Garnett DVM Learn
more on the HORSEMENS FEEDBACK PAGE, on the navigation bar at the bottom.
| DVM,Nelson Garett's Conemara Cross with rider. |
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| The Corrector saved thousands and fixed his saddling problems. |
Hi Len,
Thanks for the follow up. I mostly foxhunt these days, but previously evented
and made a feeble attempt to be a dressage queen.
I've known about your corrector pad for some time. My Trakehner gelding, now
16, is starting to be a bit "cold backed", lowering his back when I put on his saddles. I have his saddles checked by
Gary Severson, the Saddle Dr., every year and they still look good to me, but he's obviously in some pain.
In addition, he was tripping and had become less willing to hold his left hind leg
up for the farrier. I had the vet out and he diagnosed hocks, so I had them injected about three weeks ago. He
feels better but still not quite right. I find his canter on the left lead to be slightly disjointed. I've
been working with stretching and massage techniques, which he enjoys but I want to keep him comfortable, so I'm trying your
pad.
One thing that struck me when reading your site is that I know that I ride somewhat
unevenly -- I typically have more weight in my left stirrup. For that reason I ordered the pad with the shims so I could
try evening myself more and seeing if rebalancing me could help him.
I look forward to seeing how it works for him.
Best Regards, Elizabeth
| Std. size ENGLISH ULtraLite Envelope... 26"Long |
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| CORRECTOR & BALANCE SHIMS SLIP INSIDE the ENVELOPE , Std. in Black felt. |
| Large Eng. Corrector w/ 2 bal. shims ft. & 2 rear |
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| Rider Balance is achieved without re-stuffing panels! (in minutes) from horse to horse! |
| Michelle McMillen using the Corrector. |
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| Michelle's husband is an Equine Vet, the corrector plays a role in his research in back problems. |
| BLACK Only $95 and cut to the shape you desire! |
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| ENGLISH UltraLite has 1/4" of black Polyester felt and cool fleece under the Corrector only. |
| Linda Simmons on the 1st ENGLISH CORRECTOR , 2003 |
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| I DEVELOPED THE CORRECTOR TO IT'S PRESENT STAGE AT THE REQUEST OF THIS DETERMINED ENGLISH RIDER. |
Linda Simmons Twin Brooks, SD. In her own words!
"I have bought no less than 7 different "Orthopedic" pads and 9 different dressage/eventing saddles../..nothing has made as
much improvement in the horses as the Corrector"....After the Corrector was used on my horses for just a couple of months
I started to receive compliments on my riding. "When your horses feel better, you feel better and then you ride better!"
"The Corrector might be the secret
to the full potential of horses and riders." To read the rest of Linda's story, go to the Customers Tell It The Way
It Is Page.
GET OUT YOUR M/C, VISA, Discover or American Express and CLICK HERE to ORDER YOUR ENGLISH CorrecTOR, sizes and details are
all SIMPLIFIED, it's PAIN>FREE for you and your horse! Thanks Len
There are NO Returns or Refunds on the Corrector. Not even Wal Mart allows
such on used Underwear, nor do quality Saddlepad manufacturers.
The horse Pictured below, follow the story:
Hi Len, I'm excited about the possibilities of your Corrector
pad.
We have an 8 yr old thoroughbred gelding who after a very short
racing career, an injury and a 3 year lay-up, is now in training for equitation jumpers. He is 17.3 hands and has immensely
high narrow withers.
After wrorking with 4 different saddles. We (and
a few fairly well "saddle educated" barn members) have come to the conclusion that our Courbette
Alpina fits him the best. (the other 3 saddles we tried were
a Crosby Prix de Nations, a Nice close contact as well as a Henri de Rivel close contact) The problem
has been rubs (sometimes raw and bleeding) on the sides of his withers. It has gotten to the point
where I'm afraid to really ride him for fear he is hurting under my seat. Sincerely Kimmie & Victor
| vICTOR HAS A TOUGH BACK TO SADDLE ! |
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| FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT THINK A HORSES BACK DOES NOT BEND !!! |
We have tried many different types of pads and at the moment
are using a quilted square pad, with wither cut out, with a Cashel Wedge Foam pad over it also cut out completely around the
withers.
It seems that if we have a saddle with a
narrow enough tree so that we get good wither clearance, it is too narrow for his back and he gets sores below the withers
along his spine. as well as it is obviously extremely uncomfortable for him and we cannot get any real smooth gaits or bending!
If we put a wide
enough saddle on him so that his spine and back are comfortable there is not enough wither clearance. Which brings us to where
we are now..... padding up to hold the saddle high enough to clear and keeping the pads cutback from his withers so he doesn't
get rubs from the pads being pressed on top of his withers.
It is quite a "makeshift " solution and
will not be feasible next year when I hope to start the show circuit her on Long Island. Kimme
| TYPICAL WITHER PINCHING WITH TOO MUCH PADDING |
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| THIS HORSE WAS A NEW ANIMAL IMMEDIATELY WITH THE CORRECTORM! |
| VICTOR SHOWN WITH THE PADDING DESCRIBED ABOVE ! |
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| THIS PADDING WAS NECESSARY UNTIL THE CORRECTOR. |
Hello Len,
We wanted to really give the Corrector a good test before emailing
you with progress.
The first day we used the pad, with the front shims, and nothing
else. As I was still concerned about the rubbing on his
back I just trotted for about
20 minutes and left it at that, anxious to get the saddle off and see what his back was like. Well!
Let me tell you. I thought I was going to cry I was so excited!!! Not a hint of any rubbing . Completely even sweat marks
under the entire Corrector, not to mention the fact that he had felt more balanced and supple when I rode him than he ever
has!!!!!!
I have been riding
him every day since we got the corrector, using the front shims and just a simple baby pad over it. We are getting up to regular
workouts including jumping. His back is just wonderful. He is bending and coming down into the bit more quickly and easily
than ever before. I used to have to "warm him up" for at least 20 minutes to get him to grudgingly agree to move the way he
does almost from the instant I get on him now since I am using the Corrector. He is like a different (and
much better and happier) horse!!
I cannot thank you enough!!! You have given us more than you can ever know. I am once
again confident in knowing that I can ride to my heart's content without constantly being worried he's bleeding under the
saddle, and Victor... well if he could ... I'm sure he'd thank you too... for taking the hurt and frustration out of being
ridden!!!
Again from both of us... thank you thank you.. thank you!!!
Sincerely,
Kimmie & Victor
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