Saddlery

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PLEASE NOTE:  Claire was a tenant at Grandey’s Place between 2021 and 2023 and remains a valued member of the Grandey’s Place community. She now continues her practice in Buckinghamshire. 

Claire is a bench saddler who specialises in harness and bridle-making.  She started her training in 2016 after struggling to find an off-the-peg bridle which fitted her horse correctly.  Since then, she has been lucky enough to train with both Capel Manor College, and with individual Master Saddlers in the trade.  Claire is also a LANTRA qualified bit-fitter.

She firmly believes that only when a horse is comfortable in their tack will they be able to perform to their best, whether they’re competing at the Olympics or hacking round the block.  To this end, Claire uses traditional tools, materials and methods to produce tack which fits to the individual features of each horse, from Shetlands to Shires.

Claire has been the lucky recipient of funding from the British Horse Society, the Worshipful Company of Loriners, and the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers.  Her work has also won prizes at the Society of Master Saddlers’ National Saddlery Competition.  In 2022, Claire was awarded the QEST Saddlers’ Company Scholarship.

Today, Claire works from her workshop based in Wing, Buckinghamshire.  Whilst she has made bridles for film and TV, her regular clients range from sausage dogs to racehorses and include everything in between!