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Location: Land of the Icicles, Minnesota | Looking for a new saddle for my husband. Hes just been using a Martin but its time for him to get one that actually fits! Anyone have a suggestion as to what saddles a guy prefers? Mainly using it for trail riding.
Edited by barrelsblondie16 2016-01-15 4:05 PM
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Location: Kansas | is he running barrels in it? |
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Location: Land of the Icicles, Minnesota | No just all around riding. |
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Location: Kansas | I'd look at a roping saddle, they are pretty comfortable and you can buy a nice used one on facebook for really good prices. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | For just trail riding in I would look at the Corriente saddles, they are priced really good and not a bad saddle at all for the price.  |
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| Get him a nice saddle that will last a lifetime. I personally suggest a Burns Custom Saddle. |
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| My hubby loves my 16" ranch cutter and has labeled it "his". It's just an NRS saddle, but we both use it and love it. |
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| my husband has an old Billy Cook roping saddle. He says its very comfortable for long trail rides as well as roping and can ride in it with no issues for hours. He has ridden in several and says nothing is as comfortable...but I guess just like us with our saddle preference, a trial of something would be best if its a possibility to make sure he likes it. There's nothing worse than a long ride in an uncomfortable saddle. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | To me, a cutter or ranch cutter is way more comfortable than a rope saddle....
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| My husband rides in a martin ranch cutter.
I ride in a martin all around but I recently rode in a Diamond K ranch cutter and fell in love. So I ordered one and it should be done in a few weeks! can't wait! They are a saddle shop in central CA. |
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Location: Opelousas, LA | I agree about the ranch cutters, the better brands ride great and fit most horses well. My husband has a Jeff Smith that is super nice, he really doesn't ride anymore since he tore his knee up but I just can't make myself sell it. |
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| Circle y has a line of trail saddles, more of a padded seat, more designed for comfort. |
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| barrelsblondie16 - 2016-01-15 3:59 PM
Looking for a new saddle for my husband. Hes just been using a Martin but its time for him to get one that actually fits! Anyone have a suggestion as to what saddles a guy prefers? Mainly using it for trail riding.
Take him to several saddle shops and let him sit in different saddles. The production models of saddles are built to fit an average person on a production line. This way he will get the feel if a saddle seat spread eagles his legs if he has big thighs or seat is built up to fit right into his crotch or his butt overflows the cantle ... most will let you fit to your horse and get a mounted up session in the parking lot ... lol
If you like the feel of a used saddle .. be sure to get the numbers off of it to give to an out of town saddlemaker ... these numbers tell him what how he made the saddle you are sitting in ...
Looking at new one ... I would find a local saddlemaker and talk to them on how they fit a saddle to a person. Size of thighs, width of crotch, leg length, forward-centered-back fender/stirrups, his weight, and size of butt .. are all considered by a good saddlemaker. I have had saddlemakers call me to drop by and check the fit as they were building my new saddle(s). A person's height is the base for several of these fitting items.
I hold my hands down low and nothing aggravates me more than a saddle horn that is too high ... and I want my stirrups to move freely so I can use toe tap signals on a shoulder and heel/spurs in front of and behind the cinch. ... Almost as slack as a bucking saddle ... lol
I agree with a good roping saddle and add a reining saddle to your list to take a feel in .... production made cutting saddles are practically all made flat seated with wide seats and are not fun for long rides.
And keep in mind a roping saddle tree is tuff enough to use to pull someone or him and his horse out of a bog if need be ... or drag up some firewood... or rope a wild hog... lol ..
Edited by BARRELHORSE USA 2016-01-16 8:51 PM
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Location: Phoenix | I had my BF ride in my older Stoney roping saddle and then a Tod Slone calf roping saddle and he preferred the TS and could post better in it. However....it's all preference. If probably look for a TS again when we actually buy him one of his own...they last forever and fit a horse good. |
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