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Location: Central, Texas | For those of you with multiple Shiloh saddles, which one are you finding that fits the most horses?
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Location: who knows? | fasterhorses - 2014-05-23 11:28 AM For those of you with multiple Shiloh saddles, which one are you finding that fits the most horses?
The contender or the finalist, they are both the same tree, only differnce is the size of the swells. |
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 Banjo and Baby
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Location: South of Canada and North of Mexico | I love the Jerri Mann the best. I special ordered a contender before they were called JP Contenders and it fit my more tb built qh like a glove, he actually out grew it though, I think because it fit him so well. Anyways ordered another Shiloh late 2012 and Stacy thought a Contender would work best for this other horse - I had an Ed Wright Shiloh on him and it was a bit tight on him, Stacy used a 7" gullet, by the time I got it my horse was back in his fat shape and it turned him into a bucking machine, pulled back at my trailer , dumped me bad once had it traded off in a week on a Crown C, Stacy did offer to make it right I just couldnt be out a saddle another 4-8 months. The Jerri Mann has more bar flare and seems to fit better through the back, its a tad wider than the Ed Wright Shilohs. I will not order another Contender, I dont know why Stacy pushes that saddle so much, I know Sharon Hall had her own tree/saddle with Stacy and I never once heard him mention it. If I order another Shiloh it will be a JM. |
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Location: Central, Texas | bump |
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 Gotta Have a Gray
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Location: Tex. Panhandle | i have a jerri mann and LOVE the way it fits my mare. She has been hard to fit and I was very nervous about buying a saddle without trying it on her first. Love the way it fits and rides! |
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 Mighty Elk Slayer
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Location: Lewisburg, Tennessee | I don't have multiple Shilohs, but I LOVE my Contender - it's very open in the front and has fit multiple horses better than any other saddle I've tried. I ride it on our 15.2 DFP gelding, 3 yr. old colts, and it fits my 14.1 cow-bred gelding perfect with a 1/2" 5-Star Pad.
Edited by wyodrumrunner 2014-06-05 2:16 PM
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Location: East Texas | Im opposite. I dont care for the contenders. Ive found the Kim Thomas tree is the most diverse fitting tree. Or the buster welch. I also have a Cecil Phillips that fits a lot of different horses. |
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| Love my contender. I ride between 5-7 horses a day and it fits most. |
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