Equitex Saddle Pad Technology

The foam is designed to adapt under pressure by compressing and expanding dynamically, helping to maintain saddle fit while providing resilient yet flexible support:

• helps expand the contact area to reduce localised pressure points
• helps maintain even weight distribution under movement and changes in rider position
• helps absorb impact and vibration contributing to the protection of skin, muscle tissue, fascia and whole thoracolumbar region
• features an optimal-grip system designed to help stabilise the saddle without restricting the spine
• is designed to maintain its structural integrity over time with minimal deformation or performance loss

It offers a protective, durable, and horse-friendly structure between saddle and back engineered to support long-term comfort and biomechanical freedom.

Tests - Pressure Reduction

In independent pressure-mapping research (static and dynamic), Dr. David Marlin found that Equitex pads delivered the most consistent reduction of both mean and peak pressures, demonstrating lower mean and peak pressure values relative to the other products in the test group.

Read the whole Dr. Marlin's Equitex Performance test paper here.

Its purpose is simple: to help keeping the spine free, protected and comfortably ventilated. 

The anatomical design helps keep the spinal channel freer even during movement by distributing the rider’s and saddle’s weight over the muscles along the sides of the spine, helping reduce direct pressure on the spine.

The multilayer cold-foam technology helps support this function under load, while premium materials and the Optimal-Grip System contribute to saddle pad stability.

Benefits for the Horse

• helps reduce pressure along the spine and withers
• promotes natural freedom of movement for the back and topline muscles
• helps reduce the risk of soreness, swelling, and friction under the saddle

Benefits for the Rider

• helps stabilize the saddle for improved rider balance.
• could result in a more relaxed, willing, happy and athletically moving horse
• supports improved performance in all disciplines, leisure time riding, training or competition

The 5 cm spinal clearance channel remains clearly visible also from behind once the Equitex saddle pad is correctly positioned on the horse.

The Optimal Grip System integrated with our special Cold Foam Core is designed to support horse's natural shoulder movement and help promote balanced back muscles development.

The saddle pad is also easy to clean from sweat and horse hair, while giving the horse a natural sense of comfort, similar to its own coat, helping to prevent hair breakage.

This unique combination of stability and practicality is what makes Equitex saddle pads truly exceptional - a difference that is felt most of all by the horse.

Thanks to a special bonding technique, each functional layer of the saddle pad is fused into a single, balanced structure. The result is a saddle pad designed to maintain stability, alignment and adaptability even after numerous washes and years of use.

This seamless multilayer core is designed to allow the horse’s back to move more freely and naturally - a synthesis of technology, biomechanics and comfort.

In most cases, no straps are needed, making Equitex saddle pads exceptionally practical and easy to put on and take off the horse while enhancing their sleek, elegant appearance.

Because we value your time and honor the beauty of the horse, every detail of Equitex is designed to combine functionality with elegance.

As Leonardo da Vinci said: "Details make perfection, but perfection is not a detail."

More about Equitex Story & Philosophy here.