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| Anyone have experience racing in one? Thoughts/opinions? |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | They're great if all you're riding is metal saddle stand... Other than that it's a gimmick. A cheap, cheap gimmick....
Cheap materials. Rub your horses raw, muscle atrophy, and soreness.
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| Tiany Schuester rides these. She is leading the WPRA by how much???? She doesn't ride them to cut down on weight because she can't weigh much over 100 lbs. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | streakysox - 2017-05-19 3:20 PM Tiany Schuester rides these. She is leading the WPRA by how much???? She doesn't ride them to cut down on weight because she can't weigh much over 100 lbs.
Actually, that's exactly the reason she rides them. It's sure not the great ride, fit, or quality. |
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She's winning the world because she's a great fit rider with a string of superstar horses and the means to get where she needs to go. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | streakysox - 2017-05-19 3:20 PM Tiany Schuester rides these. She is leading the WPRA by how much???? She doesn't ride them to cut down on weight because she can't weigh much over 100 lbs.
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| You'd better be extremely fit and have massive core strength. That's why Tiany can ride them. She's sort of a beast when it comes to her balance and level of fitness. The saddles aren't really made to hold up so you'd better be prepared to replace it fairly frequently. Or that's what just about everyone that had one has said. |
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| I watched her in a video here just a few weeks ago and she explained that the saddles are designed to just "sit on" the horse and they flex with the contours of the horse's back? I wasn't impressed by the way it did literally just sit there...but she had a smokin' run!! (Which I also understand is part of her as a rider, as well as her horses.) But doesn't every saddle maker say if your horse isn't comfortable, he won't clock? So...while I am personally not impressed by these saddles, perhaps we are missing out?
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | RodeoCowgirl4u - 2017-05-19 4:46 PM I watched her in a video here just a few weeks ago and she explained that the saddles are designed to just "sit on" the horse and they flex with the contours of the horse's back? I wasn't impressed by the way it did literally just sit there...but she had a smokin' run!! (Which I also understand is part of her as a rider, as well as her horses.) But doesn't every saddle maker say if your horse isn't comfortable, he won't clock? So...while I am personally not impressed by these saddles, perhaps we are missing out? Didn't Fallon Taylor used to ride one, too? Tiany is a very balance quite lite rider so she can ride in these, heck she dont even need a saddle to win races she could do it bareback if she wanted.. But just because shes winning barrel races in these saddles I would not be running out there to buy one, the quality of these saddles are not there..
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| Tainy ran about 4 horses at our local Tuesday night race few days ago! Her and her boyfriend ran at our little 35.00 jackpot here locally. She ran her good horse, not sure why but that's just me!! |
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| FLITASTIC - 2017-05-19 6:51 PM
Tainy ran about 4 horses at our local Tuesday night race few days ago! Her and her boyfriend ran at our little 35.00 jackpot here locally. She ran her good horse, not sure why but that's just me!!
Kay would do that with Llave and I always wondered why. A friend of mine rides with her from time to time and she asked her about that. Kay said the more you ran that sucker, the better he did, so we ran against him some down here. Maybe that is why Tiany ran her good horse.
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Location: on the fine line between insanity and geniusness | I rode one of Tiany's a few years ago. I HATED IT! It rides like the saddle on the horse in front of the grocery store! |
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| Don't do it... There was a saddle on display at the local tack shop that had had like 10 rides in it. I think it would be better to list the things that weren't wrong or damaged with it! |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Never seen one.with competition so tough there are way better saddles to use.why ride a sub par saddle when your making a smoking run. Quality is the difference between finishing the run or having your rig ripped out in the turn . |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Here's something to throw you for a loop for the ones saying Tiany rides them what's so wrong with them....
She's the owner of the company people.
Of course she's going to market them to you..... Of course she's going to tell you the're the best. Of course she's going to sell you one. It's Fallon Taylor all over again. Once someting stops bringing in money she will either drop it like it's hot or find a way to convince you to buy one.
These are not qaulity. They are not well made. they are a gimmick in order for people to make money. They are not worth a penny. They are not the only reason why she's doing well. They are not the only reason why she is making smoking runs. These saddles are garbage. If this is all you can afford, more power to you. If you just want one because Tiany has one or because they're coming back in "style" all I can say is buy one. Let me know how the quality, ride, and endurance of that saddle is to you.  |
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| Tiany Schuester is the reason why I asked. Saw Fallon ride in one a few years ago and recently noticed her running in one. Thanks for the info. |
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| IRunOnFaith - 2017-05-22 9:58 AM
Here's something to throw you for a loop for the ones saying Tiany rides them what's so wrong with them....
She's the owner of the company people.
Of course she's going to market them to you..... Of course she's going to tell you the're the best. Of course she's going to sell you one. It's Fallon Taylor all over again. Once someting stops bringing in money she will either drop it like it's hot or find a way to convince you to buy one.
These are not qaulity. They are not well made. they are a gimmick in order for people to make money. They are not worth a penny. They are not the only reason why she's doing well. They are not the only reason why she is making smoking runs. These saddles are garbage. If this is all you can afford, more power to you. If you just want one because Tiany has one or because they're coming back in "style" all I can say is buy one. Let me know how the quality, ride, and endurance of that saddle is to you.
These saddles are $1700. For $1700 you can a very nice, well made sturdy saddle. These Brazilian saddles look cheap to me but I have never seen one up close in person.
I guess if you want light weight synthetic go with the Connie Combs. They are $600 and they probably have a better return policy.
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | SloRide - 2017-05-22 12:48 PM IRunOnFaith - 2017-05-22 9:58 AM Here's something to throw you for a loop for the ones saying Tiany rides them what's so wrong with them....
She's the owner of the company people.
Of course she's going to market them to you..... Of course she's going to tell you the're the best. Of course she's going to sell you one. It's Fallon Taylor all over again. Once someting stops bringing in money she will either drop it like it's hot or find a way to convince you to buy one.
These are not qaulity. They are not well made. they are a gimmick in order for people to make money. They are not worth a penny. They are not the only reason why she's doing well. They are not the only reason why she is making smoking runs. These saddles are garbage. If this is all you can afford, more power to you. If you just want one because Tiany has one or because they're coming back in "style" all I can say is buy one. Let me know how the quality, ride, and endurance of that saddle is to you. These saddles are $1700. For $1700 you can a very nice, well made sturdy saddle. These Brazilian saddles look cheap to me but I have never seen one up close in person. I guess if you want light weight synthetic go with the Connie Combs. They are $600 and they probably have a better return policy.
If you guys knew what cost and wholesale was on these saddles you would be sick to your stomachs at how much she makes per saddle.....
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| As other's have said aren't worth it. Someone in another thread about this brand said they sell in Brazil for about $300. If the sold for that here I'd say it might be something to try but at $1700 there are better saddles that will better serve you and your horse. I own one, it sits collecting dust in my tack room, put it on the horse, did not like how it fit and promptly took it off. Now that doesn't mean my horse wouldn't or didn't like it but I just didn't feel good about the fit and didn't think it would work for her. Maybe horses do well in them because they are so light weight, I don't know. I've wondered if Fallon went back to riding one if she would do better or not? I don't like how riders look in them at all. Really, it boils down to if you want to take a chance buying one or not and if you think it will be worth it to you and your horse. I will say that if you have some physical limits that make it where you can't lift a heavier saddle but you ride really well, then it might meet your needs, if you can find one used and cheap.
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| Southtxponygirl - 2017-05-19 5:33 PM
RodeoCowgirl4u - 2017-05-19 4:46 PM I watched her in a video here just a few weeks ago and she explained that the saddles are designed to just "sit on" the horse and they flex with the contours of the horse's back? I wasn't impressed by the way it did literally just sit there...but she had a smokin' run!! (Which I also understand is part of her as a rider, as well as her horses.) But doesn't every saddle maker say if your horse isn't comfortable, he won't clock? So...while I am personally not impressed by these saddles, perhaps we are missing out? Didn't Fallon Taylor used to ride one, too? Tiany is a very balance quite lite rider so she can ride in these, heck she dont even need a saddle to win races she could do it bareback if she wanted.. But just because shes winning barrel races in these saddles I would not be running out there to buy one, the quality of these saddles are not there..
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | I had looked at them online and what I'm hearing in these posts *kinda* goes along with my thoughts on the thing.
It's almost like a high end running shoe for racers. They're great for top end racers who want that extra edge, but not great for everyday use. (Much like a fat chick like myself, jogging a 5k, won't benefit from a shoe for top end runners.)
My thoughts were that it would be fine to put it on and make a competition run. Light weight, but would wear out fast if you try and use it every day.
As for the cost, it takes a lot of money to run a company. You have to have inventory, a place to keep the inventory, marketing, then there's paying our workers to answer phones and e-mail and ship products. Maybe they can do all that in Brazil for three hundred bucks. I'd sure give the company owner the benefit of the doubt on that one. Maybe some other small business owners can shed some light on that part is it.
If the darn thing works for you, and it's worth the cost then use it. If not, then don't. Doesn't really justify bad mouthing the company owner. I've heard nothing but good things from people who know her and she seemed nice the times I met her. Let's not beat up a barrel racer for trying to make a living, folks. |
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| Nita - 2017-05-23 8:56 AM
I had looked at them online and what I'm hearing in these posts *kinda* goes along with my thoughts on the thing.
It's almost like a high end running shoe for racers. They're great for top end racers who want that extra edge, but not great for everyday use. (Much like a fat chick like myself, jogging a 5k, won't benefit from a shoe for top end runners.)
My thoughts were that it would be fine to put it on and make a competition run. Light weight, but would wear out fast if you try and use it every day.
As for the cost, it takes a lot of money to run a company. You have to have inventory, a place to keep the inventory, marketing, then there's paying our workers to answer phones and e-mail and ship products. Maybe they can do all that in Brazil for three hundred bucks. I'd sure give the company owner the benefit of the doubt on that one. Maybe some other small business owners can shed some light on that part is it.
If the darn thing works for you, and it's worth the cost then use it. If not, then don't. Doesn't really justify bad mouthing the company owner. I've heard nothing but good things from people who know her and she seemed nice the times I met her. Let's not beat up a barrel racer for trying to make a living, folks.
I am with you here. I just said Tiany rides with them. I am kind of set in my ways and have certain preferences. the Brazilian Saddle is not one. My trainer goes through expensive saddles fast. Like Double J's and Joseys. She needed a wider saddle for one horse and decided to buy a TOUGH ONE synthetic saddle. It is hot pink and black. Seriously. I told her if she started winning in that saddle everyone would have one. Moral here is use what works for you. I am sort of into leather myself. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | streakysox - 2017-05-23 8:34 AM Southtxponygirl - 2017-05-19 5:33 PM RodeoCowgirl4u - 2017-05-19 4:46 PM I watched her in a video here just a few weeks ago and she explained that the saddles are designed to just "sit on" the horse and they flex with the contours of the horse's back? I wasn't impressed by the way it did literally just sit there...but she had a smokin' run!! (Which I also understand is part of her as a rider, as well as her horses.) But doesn't every saddle maker say if your horse isn't comfortable, he won't clock? So...while I am personally not impressed by these saddles, perhaps we are missing out? Didn't Fallon Taylor used to ride one, too? Tiany is a very balance quite lite rider so she can ride in these, heck she dont even need a saddle to win races she could do it bareback if she wanted.. But just because shes winning barrel races in these saddles I would not be running out there to buy one, the quality of these saddles are not there.. . She is a good friend.
I believe this statement right here is why she is succesful. I don't believe the saddle helps her at all. In fact I'd be interested to see if a change in her saddle and fit would make her faster.... |
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