Coolmax® Jumper All-Purpose Saddle Pad - Navy/Navy

The jumper pad in navy on navy.

Ovation describes this as a Euro-styled jumper pad, cut to sit under a more forward jumping flap. That shaping is the reason to choose it over the Diamond pad, not the color. Underneath, it is a cotton shell over 8 mm foam with 300g poly fill and a Coolmax lining. Cotton is the side you see and wash. Coolmax is the layer against the horse, an engineered polyester with a channelled fibre cross-section that moves moisture along the fibre and out toward the surface rather than holding it against the back.

Specifications:

• Cut: Euro-styled jumper, shaped for a more forward jumping flap
• Shell: cotton with 8 mm foam
• Lining: Coolmax
• Fill: 300g poly
• Quilting: 1 in square
• Dimensions: 21 in spine, 21 in drop
• Color: Navy on Navy
• One size
• Care: machine wash; line dry or machine dry on low heat

Fit:

One size, 21 in along the spine with a 21 in drop. That is a full-size horse pad. The pad should clear the back of the saddle without sitting out onto the loin.

Which pad:

Two pads in this collection, and the difference between them is structural rather than cosmetic. The Jumper All-Purpose at $62.95 is a Euro-styled cut shaped for a more forward jumping flap, built on 8 mm foam with 1 in square quilting, 21 in along the spine. The Diamond All-Purpose at $60.95 is a straight all-purpose cut on 15 mm foam with 1 1/2 in diamond quilting, 22 in along the spine. Choose the Jumper if the saddle has a forward flap. Choose the Diamond if it does not, or if the thicker foam is what you want.

Colorways:

The Jumper pad is stocked here in Navy on Navy, White on White, White with Navy and Black on Black. All four are the same pad; only the shell and binding colors change. Navy is the traditional dark alternative to black. It hides a day's work the way black does, but it reads as a chosen color rather than a default, and it does not fade to the grey-brown that black cotton eventually reaches.

Why it is here:

A pad actually cut for a forward flap, rather than a square pad sold as all-purpose, is the specification doing the work. Ovation publishes the foam thickness, the fill weight, the quilt size and both dimensions. Most pads at this price publish none of them.