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| Looking to buy another saddle to have another saddle to ride various horses in. That being said I'm not fitting one horse. It will be on many shapes & sizes. What have you guys and gals had the best luck with? |
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 Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | My Carl Ammerman seems to fit everything with only a few minor pad changes for the 3 I own and I've ridden a few outside horses in it with the same minor pad changes. |
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Location: South MS | I have a Double J Lynn Mckenzie Special and it fits almost everything I throw it on |
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Location: South Dakota | It seems like my Pozzi and my daughters Teskey fit about everyone.
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Fire Ant Peddler
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| Lmichaels - 2014-04-09 8:18 AM
I have a Double J Lynn Mckenzie Special and it fits almost everything I throw it on
The Double J LM does almost anything. I have a huge horse that my trainer"s did not fit though. I just ordered a Josey Ultimate. I had it fitted to one horse but will fit the huge one also. (my trainer used her Ultimate on him) It has the semi QH bars |
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Extreme Veteran
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| I will second the Carl Ammerman!! Love his saddles and fit most horses very well!!! |
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 Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I had really good luck with my Marlene special Effx saddle fitting most horses until I'd had it about 8 years and then it fit nothing. My trail pommel bob Marshall is very versatile, but I don't like the way it rides on everything. My crown c has fit several horses, but not my big shouldered, wide loined gelding. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Between my crates Meleta Brown and my circle y marlene, i find that I can fit pretty well every horse I come across! Just bought a coats as well that fits alot of horses. |
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 No Name Nancy
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Location: never in the right place | I have a low withered, wide backed horse and I can't fit anything on him. Hubby bought me an older used Double J Lynn Mckenzie Special and it sits on his back like a guy with a hat that is too small for his head. lol. My Caldwell TG fits him ok but not the best, it rolls if not tightened up. I had Meleta Brown send me her new Wide tree saddle and it was comfy but didn't fit him at all. I have a KK Flex 2 wide tree and that seems to fit him but because the seat is padded up front it is too tight for me ( I like a little room). My older Crates doesn't fit either of us. There aren't alot of choices out here in New England and a lot of people don't care how their saddle fits. |
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 Not Afraid to Work
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| I've had a lot of luck with my Debra Sibley... My gelding is tall, lanky, big shoulder & wither, but leaner all in all and it fits him great. A friend bought one who rides a bulky quarter horse. Ive put it on training horses and colts and also fit well. |
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  Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I had really great luck for yrs with a Triple Creek with regular bars...now not so much :( I don't know what the deal is, but it is too wide in the front. Once they mature it is fine. So I have been collecting older used saddles so I can afford to have some different ones. I can usually find one that fits. I have a Triple Creek with full bars that is really wide but fits my show horse and an Ammerman that I just got that I hoped would fit the show horse but no luck, a Crates that fits my 3yr old, Six I just got back from being started. I just look for a sound and solid older saddle in the $500-$750 price range. |
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| My Martha Josey...it fits my 2 year old (one of Krystal's colts) my foundation bred mare that looks like she's more race built, my cutter reject, and a Paint/TWH thing that is our trail horse. I just have to make pad adjustments according to which horse it is. It doesn't fit everyone "perfect," but then again neither does my Triple Creek, my Crown C, my Dakota, or the CJ Record Breaker that I just sold. Uggh...good luck. LOL  |
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Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | RodeoCowgirl4u - 2014-04-09 6:18 PM My Martha Josey...it fits my 2 year old (one of Krystal's colts ) my foundation bred mare that looks like she's more race built, my cutter reject, and a Paint/TWH thing that is our trail horse. I just have to make pad adjustments according to which horse it is. It doesn't fit everyone "perfect," but then again neither does my Triple Creek, my Crown C, my Dakota, or the CJ Record Breaker that I just sold. Uggh...good luck. LOL
Maybe I should try a Martha Josey? |
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Location: Deep South | Coats |
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Sock Snob
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| I second a debra sibley. |
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Fire Ant Peddler
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| wyoming barrel racer - 2014-04-09 7:51 PM
RodeoCowgirl4u - 2014-04-09 6:18 PM My Martha Josey...it fits my 2 year old (one of Krystal's colts ) my foundation bred mare that looks like she's more race built, my cutter reject, and a Paint/TWH thing that is our trail horse. I just have to make pad adjustments according to which horse it is. It doesn't fit everyone "perfect," but then again neither does my Triple Creek, my Crown C, my Dakota, or the CJ Record Breaker that I just sold. Uggh...good luck. LOL
I just ordered a Josey Ultimate. I did have it fitted to a to one horse but it should fit everything I own. |
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| wyoming barrel racer - 2014-04-09 5:51 PM
RodeoCowgirl4u - 2014-04-09 6:18 PM My Martha Josey...it fits my 2 year old (one of Krystal's colts ) my foundation bred mare that looks like she's more race built, my cutter reject, and a Paint/TWH thing that is our trail horse. I just have to make pad adjustments according to which horse it is. It doesn't fit everyone "perfect," but then again neither does my Triple Creek, my Crown C, my Dakota, or the CJ Record Breaker that I just sold. Uggh...good luck. LOL
I love the way it fits all the horses but I honestly feel like I move around too much when I run in it. I like the TC much better for making a run in, but having been a jumper rider I tend to get way too forward as it is. And I think Cody is going to be way too big for any of the saddles except for maybe the Martin. I put the MJ on him and it FITS! He won't actually be 2 until next month...this is the wide tree. I am NOT looking forward to saddle hunting AGAIN. I had 12 saddles and 4 horses. I don't NEED that many saddles! (But don't tell my husband that! LOl) |
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| Martin saddlery used to make a saddle called I think the iron horse. I had one and it fit everything! No whithers to high whithers to mutton whithers...and never slipped never rubbed it was a 6 and 3/4 gullet? I wish I still had it. I have had a ton of luck with my newer Martin racer (6.5" gullet?) Love it! I had a coats flex tree (6and 3/4" gullet?) and it was also amazing. All three of those saddles are excellent! I'm also really liking my Cecil Phillips, however I don't think it would fit everything. |
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Location: Northern Ontario | ctdrumrunr - 2014-04-09 7:31 PM
I have a low withered, wide backed horse and I can't fit anything on him. Hubby bought me an older used Double J Lynn Mckenzie Special and it sits on his back like a guy with a hat that is too small for his head. lol. My Caldwell TG fits him ok but not the best, it rolls if not tightened up. I had Meleta Brown send me her new Wide tree saddle and it was comfy but didn't fit him at all. I have a KK Flex 2 wide tree and that seems to fit him but because the seat is padded up front it is too tight for me ( I like a little room). My older Crates doesn't fit either of us. There aren't alot of choices out here in New England and a lot of people don't care how their saddle fits.
My LM does the same thing on my 3yr old! :( Anybody want it lol. I love it but sadly doesnt fit my horse. the same way that ctdrumrun described. the LMs fit my cousin's racebreds really well and thats all she runs in. |
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Location: South Georgia | My Circle Y Marlene Special Effx with flex tree fits everything. Well, everything except an obese round-as-a-barrel horse I tried it on. |
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| After reading everyone's response here, I will have to say that I am surprized. I do not believe in a one saddle fits all. It might seem to many of you that because you have several horses with similar size that you can fit your saddle on him/her, but the reality is that any small size change in hight or width or even a small weight different might be hurting your animal even though to you it looks right.
I will totally recomend you spend that extra dollar and fit your animal right. If you are training or riding different horses, then I hope to God that the owner be concerned enough to buy the right size for his or her horse.
Again, do what is right. Measure the horse and get him/her the right size saddle. The slightest difference can hurt your horse.
And for those out there that have more than one horse, get them their own individual saddles.. trust me, you can hurt your horse so much in the long run.
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | realistically, the only thing that is going to fit a majority of horses is a treeless because there is really nothing you have to "fit" bar-wise. That being said, I personally don't care for them. I don't feel the weight distribution is great, but then again a treeless is better than a horrible fitting treed saddle (in my limited experience).
We all do the best we can with saddlefit. I have observed that using a good pad is very important and can help distribute pressure since I am not able to have 85098309 saddles for every slight change in my horse's physique or a saddle for every horse I might ride.
I don't think there is any one Treed saddle out there that fits a majority of horses. JMO
I have had good luck with making a flex tree work on a horse, but when I rode in one for an extended period of time my horse developed soreness in the back. Saddlefit is very frustrating. English saddles were much easier to fit! Probably the thing I miss most about riding English... |
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | RodeoCowgirl4u - 2014-04-09 11:59 PM wyoming barrel racer - 2014-04-09 5:51 PM RodeoCowgirl4u - 2014-04-09 6:18 PM My Martha Josey...it fits my 2 year old (one of Krystal's colts ) my foundation bred mare that looks like she's more race built, my cutter reject, and a Paint/TWH thing that is our trail horse. I just have to make pad adjustments according to which horse it is. It doesn't fit everyone "perfect," but then again neither does my Triple Creek, my Crown C, my Dakota, or the CJ Record Breaker that I just sold. Uggh...good luck. LOL I love the way it fits all the horses but I honestly feel like I move around too much when I run in it. I like the TC much better for making a run in, but having been a jumper rider I tend to get way too forward as it is. And I think Cody is going to be way too big for any of the saddles except for maybe the Martin. I put the MJ on him and it FITS! He won't actually be 2 until next month...this is the wide tree. I am NOT looking forward to saddle hunting AGAIN. I had 12 saddles and 4 horses. I don't NEED that many saddles! (But don't tell my husband that! LOl )
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| Debra Sibley. When I bought my first one I was riding 9 different horses. I just switched pads and it fit everyone of them. Plus I wouldnt hesitate to take out on an all day hard trail ride. Super comfy once you get used to them. |
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No Name Nancy
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Location: never in the right place | krankykowgirl - 2014-04-10 11:41 AM Debra Sibley. When I bought my first one I was riding 9 different horses. I just switched pads and it fit everyone of them. Plus I wouldnt hesitate to take out on an all day hard trail ride. Super comfy once you get used to them.
How do the sizes run on a Sibley. smaller/larger than a treed or same? |
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| I am having good luck with my Jordon Peterson Contender fitting most of what I have. I ride around 8 horses and I've had good luck with it. No saddle is going to fit EVERYTHING, but I've been able to use different saddle pads to adjust accordingly. I've also had good luck with Martha Josey saddles. My Crown C is a different story though ;) |
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 Scorpions R Us
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Location: So. Cali. | What bars are these saddles that seem to fit most horses? FQHB? Semi?
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Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Semi seem to be too narrow for anything I ride over the age of 4-5. I have good luck with my regular bars and my full bar saddle seems to wide and flared in the front for most. |
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 Bye-Bye Jiggle
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Location: Where ever there's sunshine! | BLACK RHINO !!! This saddle has fit every horse we've put it on in the 10 years I've owned it. Race type. Cow typ. mutton withered. Flat backed. Short backed. I put it up for sale be cuss I didn't think it would fit my broad flat backed horse....wrong! I now understand why you can't buy the older black rhinos anymore!! I have yet to find anything that fits as wide of a variety!!!!! |
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| ctdrumrunr I find the Debra Sibley's run true to size |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: TX | Shiloh Saddlery - I've had several, and they fit tall, narrow horses & short wide horses. I've only had one horse that my Cecil Phillips did not fit. Not only that, but IMO they are the best quality for the price. |
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The Advice Guru
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| I am starting to breed and buy the same conformation of horse, so I will not have to play the saddle fitting game |
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 Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | My Tod Slone seems to fit everything within reason. |
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What saddle(s) to buy to fit majority of horses