From Sept 2010, Alene Telfer and Louise Smith – Kibaris formerly of The Stirlingshire Saddlery Company have split from their fellow director Ian Simpson and formed and new sister company called Stirlingshire Saddle Fitters.

From Sept 2010, Alene Telfer and Louise Smith – Kibaris formerly of The Stirlingshire Saddlery Company have split from their fellow director Ian Simpson and formed and new sister company called Stirlingshire Saddle Fitters.

Alene and Louise were originally in business with Ian’s wife Suzannah who tragically died in 2006 from cancer, leaving Ian to inherit her share of the company. Due to many other family and farming commitments Ian wanted to scale down his role within Stirlingshire Saddlery and suggested that Alene and Louise took the saddle fitting and show unit side off for themselves.

Alene and Louise have been in the trade for 23 years and are both Society of Master Saddlers Qualified Saddle Fitters, they travel from Northern England to Orkney checking and fitting saddles. The Show Unit is on the road from April until September attending British Eventing competitions providing all the goods that riders have forgotten or need.

After the first year of starting out on their own Stirlingshire Saddle Fitters moved home from their base in Wallyford, East Lothian (originally the Edinburgh base for Stirlingshire Saddlery), to the Stirling Agricultural Market in Stirling. Long standing employee Helen Jamieson has joined forces with Alene and Louise to man the desk and phones there. All the saddles have moved there too.

Alene and Louise would like to thank Ian Simpson and his family for all the support they gave us during the years and wish them all the best for the future.

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