The Custom Saddlery Icon Coda is a premium performance dressage saddle designed to provide a deep, secure rider position while offering extensive fitting capability for the horse. The Icon line is known for combining substantial rider support with Custom Saddlery's highly configurable tree and wool-flocked panel system.
This particular Icon Coda features a generous 18" seat, Wide (W) tree, and flaps measuring approximately 16" long × 13" wide.
The Icon Coda provides a supportive dressage seat with a relatively narrow twist, allowing the rider to sit deeply while minimizing excessive width beneath the pelvis and upper thigh. Large external thigh blocks provide substantial positional support and help stabilize the rider's leg.
The saddle features wool-flocked panels, an important advantage for professional saddle fitting. A qualified fitter can adjust panel volume, balance, and contact to better accommodate the individual horse. The flocking can also be maintained and rebalanced as the horse's musculature changes.
Custom Saddlery designs its saddles with multiple tree and panel configurations rather than relying solely on generic Narrow, Medium, and Wide classifications. For that reason, the Wide designation should be treated as an important starting specification, while actual horse fit depends on the underlying tree shape, panel configuration, wither profile, and topline.
Specifications
• Brand: Custom Saddlery
• Model: Icon Coda
• Discipline: Dressage
• Seat Size: 18"
• Tree Width: Wide (W) - Custom rep could adjust the tree professionally.
• Panels: Wool flocked
• Flap Length: 16"
• Flap Width: 13"
• Flap Measurement: 16"L × 13"W
• Seat: Deep, supportive dressage seat
• Twist: Relatively narrow
• Knee/Thigh Support: Large external supportive blocks
• Construction: Premium leather
• Serial Number: 22440
• Factory Model Marking: Icon Coda
• Suitable For: Dressage, Competition & Performance Flatwork
Horse Fit
With its Wide tree, this Icon Coda should initially be considered for a horse with a broader shoulder and upper-back profile than would normally suit a Medium or Medium-Wide tree.
Potential candidates may include warmbloods, warmblood crosses, broader sport horses, substantial Thoroughbred crosses, and other horses carrying greater width through the shoulder and ribcage.
The wool-flocked panels provide a qualified saddle fitter additional ability to fine-tune balance and panel contact. However, the Wide designation alone does not establish that the saddle will fit every broad horse. Wither shape, shoulder angle, topline curvature, panel shape, and saddle-support area remain important.
Rider Fit
The combination of an 18" seat and 16"L × 13"W flaps is particularly useful for a rider who needs a larger seat but does not require an exceptionally long dressage flap.
The Icon Coda's deep seat, relatively narrow twist, and substantial external blocks provide considerably more positional support than a traditional open-seat dressage saddle. It is particularly suited to riders who prefer a secure, modern competition-dressage feel.
About Custom Saddlery
Custom Saddlery specializes primarily in high-performance dressage saddles and is known for its emphasis on individualized horse-and-rider fitting. The company offers numerous tree, panel, seat, flap, and block configurations, allowing saddles to be tailored more specifically than conventional off-the-rack designs.
Custom Saddlery has also developed a strong presence in upper-level dressage, with its saddles used by international and Olympic-level riders.
