Description

Trust in simply the best protection you can offer your horse.

Super soft air cushions lie in constant contact with your horse’s moving back muscles, for their total comfort from an even and lower pressure combined with the ultimate in shock absorption.

With CAIR, your horse will respond through freedom of movement you can feel.

You’re in safe hands in a saddle with HART.

Finally a panel system that understands the mechanics of the equine back and the impact saddles have on horse and rider performance. The revolutionary CAIR® Cushion System replaces the traditional fillings in your saddle panel with air. There are two independently sealed Air Cushions within each Saddle Panel. The concept of air, as the ultimate in cushioning for the horse is simple.

Air being a fluid medium will constantly adapt to the horse’s working muscles. This means that your weight will be distributed evenly across the entire length of the cushion, virtually eliminating pressure points. This extraordinary comfort results in freer movement, better carriage and a happier horse. For such a simple concept the dramatic difference the CAIR® Cushion System makes to a horse’s comfort and performance is profound.

The CAIR® Cushion System is patented worldwide and exclusive to Bates and Wintec Saddles.

Bates Australia is a leading innovator in their industry, globally renowned for their relentless pursuit of creating the ultimate in performance saddles through innovation and technology. Bates Australia has shifted their focus to the horse in the development of revolutionary systems that function to maximise horse and rider potential. After all, tradition is only an innovation that worked.

An Air Cushion, as the ultimate in cushioning for your horse’s back, is a simple concept, however, presents many challenges in its application to a saddle. There has never been any doubt that air provides unsurpassed performance when it comes to panel fillings. The challenge lies in developing an air system that limits any opportunity for human interference on the performance of the panels.

The cutting edge Research and Development Team at Bates Australia have spent many years refining and perfecting techniques for incorporating an air cushion into a saddle panel, before reaching a breakthrough in manufacturing method. The CAIR® Air Cushions are shaped and refined at the point of manufacture to provide an even thickness throughout the panel. A unique feature of the CAIR® Cushion System is that the Air Cushions are unable to be adjusted eliminating opportunity for human error. The balance of saddles featuring the CAIR® Cushion System is easily adjusted without compromising the performance of the Air Cushions. The CAIR® Air Cushions themselves can not be over-inflated resulting in bounce, or under-inflated resulting in excessive saddle movement. Saddlers, Vets and Riders can then be relaxed and confident that the CAIR® Air Cushions will provide consistent performance for horse and rider as it’s performance is not dependent on the capabilities of the person adjusting the air levels .

The break-through manufacturing method is patented worldwide. The CAIR® Air Cushions are shaped and refined at the point of manufacture to provide an even thickness throughout the panel and consistent performance. This eliminates potential for bounce, or excessive movement that can result if the air panels are over, or under inflated.

Air is captured at atmospheric pressure in an open-celled foam and sealed in the Air Cushion. Once the air cushion is welded the open-celled foam becomes irrelevant, as it is the air trapped in the cushion, which is doing the work

Furthermore, the balance of saddles with the CAIR® Cushion System is easily altered through your retailer with the CAIR® Cushion Insert System, without compromise to the performance of the air panels.

Once the rider’s weight bears down on the saddle the air fluidly moves to hug the horse’s individual conformation and distribute the rider’s weight evenly over the entire bearing area of the saddle panel. Even distribution of the rider’s weight, eliminates pressure points and ensures maximum support of the horse’s working muscles, unsurpassed shock absorbency and unrestricted blood flow, aiding in muscle development of the horse.

The CAIR® Cushion System has undergone a rigorous testing program to ensure their durability. CAIR® air cushions have been subjected to a series of tests equivalent to in excess of 10,000 hours riding time in the saddle.

Bates Australia spares no expense evaluating the performance of their innovations employing external expertise in the areas of physics and engineering to conduct independent testing to provide comprehensive reports on their findings.

In the unlikely event that that an air cushion has a fault it can simply be replaced and is fully covered under the new saddle warranty for a period of two years against faulty materials, or workmanship.

Key Benefits of CAIR
Since the launch of the CAIR Cushion System in 2001 it has continued to win awards and gain global advocates.

The significant performance benefits have been documented by veterinarians, equine remedial, chiropractic, and massage therapists, saddle fitters and not least of all riders.

CAIR is regarded as the world’s leading performance system in saddles.
It has been independently accredited with the following key benefits:
• Even weight distribution over full bearing surface of the saddle panel
• Superior shock absorbency
• Increased saddle stability
• Enables muscle redevelopment due to the reduction in pressure per sq cm
• Promotes freer movement and better carriage
• Increases comfort and willingness to work
When independently tested against other panel types, the CAIR Cushion System has always produced the best results.

The phenomenal success of this system in Bates and Wintec saddles is indicative of a changing market, whereby riders are more informed on the importance of saddle fit and are rightly demanding more from their saddle.

Bates Saddles Australian Dealer of the Year Winner for 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 – Bonnetts

Bonnetts also won the Arena Saddles Award for the Top Seller in Australia for 20/21, 21/22, 22/23 and 23/24

Bonnetts was Winner for Wintec Saddles for the Top Seller in Australia for 22/23, 23/24 and Runner up for 20/21 and 21/22.

Bonnetts was Winner of Saddlery Brands International Dealer of the Year in Australia for 20/21, 21/22, 22/23 and 23/24

Bonnetts are part of the Bates Dealership Program, a centre of excellence for all Bates, Arena and Wintec Saddles in South Australia.

Gary Slack in 2019 was awarded the highest rating Saddlery Brands International Certificate for completing the Applied Anatomy and Biomechanics for Saddle Fitting Professionals in Australia.

We will contact you with every saddle sale to find out the best gullet width for your horse and change to suit free of charge

For all saddle fitting options and saddle information please contact Gary on 0419 860 139 or email gary@bonnetts.com.au