area, you can call Tad to arrange to visit the shop where old world craftsmanship and ultra-modern technology come together. If you will be in the Charlottesville, Va. This is also the time to dial in the model, seat size, and flap configuration to optimize your fit.Īll of Tad’s saddles are custom built to order and this process takes approximately 12-16 weeks. During this process, Tad will be in dialogue with you about padding protocols and the horses’ responses to the SmartRide Rx technology. This can happen before or after you place an order. Part of the process of getting the most suitable model and size for you and your horse is arrived at by trying a demo saddle. (You can also email him at, or fill out the form below, but please include a phone number and time zone in your message.) If you seek a better partnership with your horses and want to explore the highest levels of performance possible in your rides, the first step is call or text Tad at (434) 989-3229. I unfortunately know nothing about the rest of the number.In a world that is becoming increasingly impersonal, we believe connections are more important than ever. I’ve seen special edition 1996 Olympic models that line up with this as well, and some from other years that the owners claim they purchased them new in, that match up with this theory, same with other Ruiz Diaz-manufactured saddles with the same type of serial number, like some Ovation and Pessoa saddles. Mine reads “604021842”, and I believe is a 1996 model. 1995-ish, seems to have no numbers) represents the year of manufacture as well, though again, I can’t say for sure. Oh, and the Ruiz Diaz manufactured Miller’s Collegiate saddles (prior to 2002) have a small string of numbers on the right side of the left sweatflap (if that makes sense), and I believe I’ve figured out that the first digit or two (depending on whether it was made in the '90s or 2000’s, as anything made before the two riding boot LL’s in the Collegiate logo on the brand plate, c. Mine also has a number towards the bottom of the flap that reads “45205”, which I’m unsure of the meaning of. I unfortunately can’t figure the rest out, but it may just be the sequence in which it was produced that year or something to that effect. Like I said, I don’t know this 100%, but this is my best guess. 11 01) on a top line, and one once that had “2001” written on a line, and seemed to line up with the approximate year of manufacture. I believe the number format changed in the early 2000’s or so, and I’ve seen a few models with numbers that appear to be month and year (ex. My saddle has the “Miller’s Crosby England” nail heads and I believe this makes it a 1999 model, which would add up with the leather and overall design of the saddle compared to my much older Crosby. I don’t know as much about anything after that. From my best educated guess, the saddles from before the early '80s or so seem to not have numbers (my very old PDN doesn’t) and the older ones with the gold “Crosby England” nail heads appear to be early '80s to circa 1990, while the black and gold “Miller’s Crosby England” nail heads (or anything from their later specialized lines such as XL Excel or Selle Française, or their special edition 1996 Olympic models, with their own nail head designs) tend to be 1990’s to around 2002, when Miller’s folded. With my saddle, the number is “9 3 9910”. I unfortunately don’t know anything else, other than that 2 might be the month of manufacture (not sure about that, though). Seeing that this line of saddles was offered from around 1997 to 2001 or 2002, this adds up, and I’ve seen the late '90s ones numbered like “XLH7” (XL H hunter model of the XL Excel line made in 1997), for example, so it seems like the single number in the beginning is the last digit of the year of manufacture. XLE obviously means it’s the XL E model (the equitation model from the XL Excel line), with 01 being the year of manufacture, 2001. I haven’t confirmed it with anyone who worked for them or Walsall Riding Saddle Co., but it’s my best educated guess.įor example, I found a Crosby XL Excel E on eBay with the number “XLE01 2 5906”. As a big lover of older Crosby saddles who has been trying to crack this for quite some time, I believe I’ve found that one of the numbers is the year of manufacture.
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