Philip and Karen Howard have been running Lee Valley Saddlery in the Scottish Borders for many years supplying a bespoke service to all of their customers including made to measure saddles, bridles and driving harness. They are both qualified members of the Society of Master Saddlers with over 50 years of experience working with horses and the saddlery trade.

Their combined qualifications are:

  • SMS QUALIFIED MASTER SADDLER
  • SMS QUALIFIED SADDLER
  • SOCIETY OF MASTER SADDLERS QUALIFIED SADDLE FITTERS
  • CITY AND GUILDS LEVEL 1 SKILLS TEST
  • CITY AND GUILDS LEVEL 2 SADDLE MAKING
  • CITY AND GUILDS LEVEL 2 BRIDLE MAKING
  • CITY AND GUILDS 3 ADVANCED SADDLE MAKING
  • CITY AND GUILDS 3 ADVANCED BRIDLE MAKING
  • CITY AND GUILDS 3 ADVANCED HARNESS MAKING
  • CORDWAINERS COLLEGE LONDON DIPLOMA IN RURAL SADDLERY
  • DIPLOMA IN ADVANCED SADDLERY SKILLS – 2 YEARS STUDY
  • CERTIFICATE FROM THE HARNESS MAKERS AND COACH BUILDERS OF LONDON