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Location: Hill Country of TEXAS!! | Yes, the ones Tiany currently rides in as well as the ones Fallon used to ride in.. If you currently ride or have in the past, Please give me the low down on what fit they give you and your horse. I have put in a call to Tiany but would like to know opinions of others who ride or have rode them while i wait on a return call :) A friend and I had discussed these and we want to know the scoop.
Thanks all.
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Location: SP, Brazil | I live in Brazil and I dont use them. Most of the trainers here only use them to run in because if you use them everyday like a normal saddle they will sore up your horse. |
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Blond Bombshell..
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Location: Hill Country of TEXAS!! | Sharp - 2016-04-27 2:44 PM I live in Brazil and I dont use them. Most of the trainers here only use them to run in because if you use them everyday like a normal saddle they will sore up your horse.
I have heard that a lot. Im not sure how those girls use and used theirs. Is it from a bad fit, bad/cheaper material? This is the kind of info we were talking about and lacking :) |
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Diva
Location: SP, Brazil | Yes, they are not that well made. They are made to be light, so the tree is either fiberglass or of cheap material. I cant stand them. They have a lot of movement in the back too. Its like when you tighten them up, it puts all the pressure on the withers with a lot of movement in the back. I also dont like where they put my legs. They swing your legs forward. |
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Location: SP, Brazil | Heres a video of a guy with one. He won the race on a three year old but if you watch the slow motion part you can see better the movement the saddle makes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2hSUnVKr_g |
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Blond Bombshell..
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Location: Hill Country of TEXAS!! | Thanks Sharp :) Im not looking to change saddles but always want to know what i can. Nobody seems to know much about these so i figured someone on bhw had to! |
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| I agree with Sharp. I wouldn't touch one with a 10 ft pole.
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Location: Louisiana | Dash4KJ - 2016-04-27 5:29 PM Thanks Sharp :) Im not looking to change saddles but always want to know what i can. Nobody seems to know much about these so i figured someone on bhw had to!
I don't know much about them other than that's what Tiany uses lol. Obviously they work for her!! There are a few people in my area that use them, I think they're friends of hers. But I don't know if she or any of them use them daily.
I do know I've heard Tiany say they're supposed to fit pretty much anything, there aren't specific gullets or anything. Unless they changed the design recently. |
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| I have one, it's sitting in my tack room never used. I will give it kudo's for being extremely light weight but the quality isn't anywhere near what they cost. The seat size runs true and the cantle is high and supportive. Stirrups were cheap plastic that were spray painted, along with cheap conchos. I replaced both on mine because I didn't want anyone to see how cheap they were, considering how much I spent on the saddle. I'm sure they fill a niche for a few riders/horses. Bought mine then horse had lameness issues and I never used it. It's now an expensive dust collector. |
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Sock Snob
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| if you want light get a sibley. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I dont own one but have seen one in person and was not impress at all with it, just a cheaply looking all synthetic, no leather saddle. |
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Location: SP, Brazil | I don't know what they sell for in USA but they are not that expensive here. They cost here about $300. |
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| They sell for $1750 here! Reckon those of us that bought them got taken to the cleaners. I'd say they're worth the $300.
However, like I said if you have a need for it specifically, in my case I needed the lightest weight saddle I could find and that fit the bill. Most leather saddles while they say light weight still weigh in excess of 25 lbs, with a few are in the 21 lb range and that was heavier than I was looking for.
However, if you look back in my posts I did post about the condition of it when it arrived, it was pretty deplorable for that price range; the distributor only made excuses for how they are and because it's custom you own it. Going to stick a note on my forehead, sucker born every minute!
If you need a 15. 3/4" seat I'd be willing to sell!
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Sharp - 2016-04-30 6:23 AM I don't know what they sell for in USA but they are not that expensive here. They cost here about $300.
Wow, and the poor people over here get suckered and pay out over 1600.00 in the States, go figure  |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Are these saddles made in Brazil? Are or they made here and someone gave it the name the Brazilian saddle? 
Edited by Southtxponygirl 2016-04-30 10:31 AM
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Location: Sherman, TX | daisycake123 - 2016-04-29 8:46 PM
if you want light get a sibley.
How light are the Sibley's? The Brazilian saddles are 10 pounds.. |
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| Yes, they are made in Brazil, mine was shipped from there, not even in a box, just wrapped in plastic.
Side note, if you do order one, the distributor will only take back one that is in her color preference (brown with black seat), so if you customize it and chose different colors and embroidery etc. you can't return it. Which is kind of the point of their saddles, you can literally choose any color, pattern and even embroidery to make it as fun as you want. Mine did cost $1750, the price had gone up when I ordered, if they are $1600 then the price has gone down.
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Location: SP, Brazil | $1750?!?!? ????
That is $7,000 Brazilian!!!!
You can buy them left and right here for $1200 Brazilian!
The MOST expensive one I have seen here cost $2400 Brazilian.
That is $600 USD.
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Location: CTX | Sharp - 2016-05-01 9:13 AM $1750?!?!? ???? That is $7,000 Brazilian!!!! You can buy them left and right here for $1200 Brazilian! The MOST expensive one I have seen here cost $2400 Brazilian. That is $600 USD.
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| I have a question? If you want a light well made saddle I have always wondered why not try an Aussie saddle. They are light (under 20 lb.) They can be made to fit your horse. they can come with western fenders and horns. All leather. They have deep seats and you can buy a good one for around 1000.00 Just curious why not? |
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Witty Enough
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Location: CTX | jbhoot - 2016-05-01 9:31 AM I have a question? If you want a light well made saddle I have always wondered why not try an Aussie saddle. They are light (under 20 lb.) They can be made to fit your horse. they can come with western fenders and horns. All leather. They have deep seats and you can buy a good one for around 1000.00 Just curious why not?
That could be an option, I know they can come with or without horn. Been thinking about getting one. But am trying to find people with firsthand experience to hear their opions first. |
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| Sharp - 2016-05-01 9:13 AM
$1750?!?!? ????
That is $7,000 Brazilian!!!!
You can buy them left and right here for $1200 Brazilian!
The MOST expensive one I have seen here cost $2400 Brazilian.
That is $600 USD.
It would have been nice to know their cost in Brazil but that info wasn't available and this is the first I've seen anyone from Brazil post about them. Now that the information is posted maybe more buyers will be aware. Wish I had known! |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | 4Horse - 2016-05-01 10:33 AM Sharp - 2016-05-01 9:13 AM $1750?!?!? ???? That is $7,000 Brazilian!!!! You can buy them left and right here for $1200 Brazilian! The MOST expensive one I have seen here cost $2400 Brazilian. That is $600 USD. It would have been nice to know their cost in Brazil but that info wasn't available and this is the first I've seen anyone from Brazil post about them. Now that the information is posted maybe more buyers will be aware. Wish I had known!
Sharp should become a dealer.
Anyone know what the shipping runs from Brazil to the US. I'm sure that isn't cheap.
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| I don't recall the shipping to be very much, got here in about a week. It went thru customs in Miami and then UPS delivered it quick.
If I had a do over and they had cost what they do in Brazil ($300) I would buy one as a secondary saddle for something that is very light weight but I would not buy one at the US cost now that I know. Wish I could take that purchase back, costly lesson for me. |
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Brazilian Barrel saddle info?