The Bates Caprilli Close Contact Heritage Rear Flexibloc CAIR Forward Flap Saddle offers a supportive seat for the rider to ensure safe, comfortable landings. Whether commencing your jumping career, or competing at the highest level you will enjoy exceptional balance and comfort with the Bates Caprilli Close Contact Saddle. Engineered for precision performance, the Bates jump saddle range combines technical design and innovation offering you unprecedented close contact, perfect balance and stability. Your horse will show a marked improvement in their freedom of movement, as world leading performance systems the EASY-CHANGE Fit Solution and CAIR Cushion System maximize your horses comfort and freedom of movement. Your horse will enjoy unsurpassed adaptability for an optimal fit, even weight distribution, a fluid cushioning and the ultimate impact absorption. Heritage Leather combine the comfort and luxury of double-lined leather on the seat and on the knee inserts, with this unique leather being featured in the skirt (over the stirrup bar) and the saddle flaps. Heritage leather upholds the traditional European practices of natural oil and wax tannage. The high oil and wax content of this performance leather ensures optimum suppleness and enhanced rider grip. Characteristic of the finest natural leather, the leather is heavily pre-oiled with visible shade variations, often being referred to as a pull up leather with a tradition not distressed aesthetic. The depth of color is dependent on the infused oil content within the fibers of each particular hide. The distinctive tones of color are particularly visible when the leather is bent as the color lightens returning over time to its original color as the oils migrate back through into the fibers. Further designed is the Rear Flexibloc System for added security in the saddle, along with a forward flap design.