The Revolutionary Anti-Slip Limpet Saddle Pad was developed in 1992 by horsewoman, Aline Holmes, and thoroughly tested in racing, showing and long-distance events by horsemen and women. 

"I wasn’t really a product developer," says Aline, "I breed horses." Aline’s yard in the horse country Devonshire in South Western England, has produced top-level showing stock for over twenty years.

The first trials with the Limpet pad were at her own yard, where she found that within twenty minutes of riding a horse with the Limpet pad, both the horse and rider noticed the big difference.

"Once the pad formed the bond, it not only eliminated slipping but also the heat friction caused by other pads, so the horse’s back softened, the shoulders opened and we got six more inches of stride."

The first horse to use the pad in competition was Aline’s own Anglo-Arabian show hack, Racing Colours, who had won the Horse of the Year show the previous year without the benefit of the pad. The Limpet pad only seemed to increase Racing Colours performance and the following year, she repeated as winner of the Horse of the Year show.

After her own successful trials, Aline decided to try the Limpet Pad out on other disciplines, like racing, where trainers told Aline that in a close race, the six extra inches per stride could mean the difference between winning and losing.

Soon the Limpet Pad was being used by several of the United Kingdom’s leading trainers like Lester Piggott, the most successful jockey in the history of England, who is now a trainer and Sir Mark Prescott, this year’s leading trainer of English flat racing.

Since then, Limpet has been used and continues to be used by top riders in every discipline from Dressage and Endurance to Show Jumping and Hunting. 


Order Information: 

We try to ship your Limpet to your Horse within 2 business days of receiving your order.  In England and Wales and parts of Scotland, we ship by overnight courier so you should receive your Limpet before noon the following business day.  For the rest of Scotland, we ship Royal Mail, First Class, Recorded. 

You may cancel your order any time up to eight business days after you receive your Limpet Saddle Pad by either emailing us at sales@limpetsaddlepad.co.uk or calling us at 0800 404 7764.  As long as the Pad is still unused, you can then return it for a full refund.

We are also happy to exchange your Limpet if it is not the right size.  We suggest that before you ride with your Limpet, you first put a towel on your horse and then your Limpet and then your saddle to make sure that it fits.  You want your Limpet to extend out about one inch all around your saddle. 

We try to return all calls and emails within a few hours and at the most 24 hours.  We don't really have hours because if we are near the phone, we will answer it.  But afternoons are usually the best times.  Mornings we are often with the horses. 

We only use your contact and credit card details to get your Limpet Pad to you as soon as possible.  We would never sell your details or give them to any third party.  We do not store your credit card details.