FIT RIGHT SADDLE SOLUTIONS
  Before moving to TN in 2017, Terry Peiper had been "Helping Horses With Their People" (training horses and their riders) in Maryland and Pennsylvania for over 35 years.  In addition to being an accredited Richard Shrake Resistance Free ® Trainer/Instructor, she was certified by the American Riding Instructors Association (ARIA),the International Society of Rider Biomechanics and Saddlefit 4 LIfe Saddle Ergonomist.
 

  She has more than 55 years horse showing experience in several different disciplines, as well as several years of barrel racing, fox hunting and open show judging experience.  You could say she has been there and done that. 
 

 Studying saddle ergonomics started out as just another way for Terry to help her students however, it quickly took over her life when she discovered through the Saddlefit 4 Life saddle ergonomist training, that her own horse, Easy (Easy's Story) had a condition called kissing spines. 

 When Terry began spreading the word about proper saddle fit and evaluating saddles for her students, the same question kept coming up, "Where do I get a saddle that fits?"  For most riders, finding a saddle off the rack that fits is very frustrating, expensive, time consuming and sometimes even impossible.  Terry says "that's why I do what I do." “I know it's frustrating, I was there.”  

  Recognizing the huge need for properly fitting saddles, she continued with more saddle fitting training and started FIT RIGHT SADDLE SOLUTIONS.  She passionately pursues her mission to "spread the word about proper saddle fit, how it affects the horse’s performance, behavior and ultimately the health of horse and rider" to prevent horses from needless suffering. 


   
   Now based in Crossville, Tennessee, Terry works with all types of saddles but she prefers the adjustable saddles that she knows can be adjusted to fit continuously.  The saddles she carries are adjustable in the width, angle and the arc, so that when the saddle no longer fits, it is not a problem.  She can adjust them onsite to fit the horse or another horse again and again. 

 

  For riders that don't need or want an adjustable saddle she offers Basic Saddle Fit Classes for riders to learn how to evaluate their own saddle fit.  The goal is for participants to recognize which saddles fit, which ones don't and why.  The class is for everyone that puts a saddle on a horse regardless of the discipline or level of training.  "We don't know what we don't know, but once you find out how the saddle effects the horse, you can't go back."