Welcome to Central Saddlery

We repair a lot of leatherwork that has absolutely nothing to do with horses. It makes a change for us. Dog collars are always great ‘cos the oil off the dog’s coats makes the leather awesomely soft and it is so easy to stitch. Most saddles come in with the leather brick hard. That makes them awful to ride in and nearly breaks our fingers stitching them…..elbow grease, conditioner, please! But we get flag pole holders, straps for holding drums for the drummers in a marching band, cherished handbags, vintage cases and even World War 1 flying jackets to stitch.

Central Saddlery is helping to raise money for the Riding for the Disabled Association. We believe in supporting grass roots charities, our local RDA centre seemed like a good place to start. We plan to raise money for them from our website as well as from our shop.

Supporting charities at a grass roots level means your money gets straight to the people who need it most. That is why we have selected one of our local RDA centres first. We plan to raise money for the Bannockburn RDA until we hit our goal of £1000. Once that goal has been hit we will pick another regional RDA centre to support.

The RDA Bannockburn and all other RDA centres help people with disabilities move forward with their lives by using horses to provide therapy and exercise as well as being a great place to meet new people and get out in the countryside.

In their own words.

“The aim of our charity is to enhance the lives of disabled and disadvantaged people by offering a range of services designed to improve health, wellbeing, confidence and self esteem.”

Hello all my new friends at Central Saddlery. I’m Knockandhu Stohelit but you can call me Binky.  I’m a pure Clydesdale boy (though humans like to complicate things and call me a gelding, no privacy you see) and I have just had my second birthday.

I have lived with my herd and have had the same humans since I was seven months old when I left my Mum. At the moment I’m about 17hh but the measuring stick has gone walkabout so that’s an educated guess for now.

My name comes from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books as Binky is the magnificent steed ridden by Death on his travels.

Most importantly I am awesome, you’ll hear that a lot.