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Location: Oklahoma | I've been talking to them about a ranch cutter. According to the lady that emailed me, they're getting about 150 emails a day and it's taking them a while to respond (took them 5 days for me). I also asked about reversing the blevins buckles and adding an inlaid seat with hide I provided and was told you have to take their saddles the way they are. They won't make little changes. That for me isn't a custom saddle as they are advertising. I'm a little disappointed with them. |
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Location: NC | weird when I spoke with Wade he implied I could make changes to seat and stuff.... |
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Bulls Eye
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Location: Oklahoma | HorsesNHarleys - 2017-03-09 10:43 AM
weird when I spoke with Wade he implied I could make changes to seat and stuff....
I spoke with Tammy. I asked about supplying my own hide to match my tack set in the size they need and was told I had to choose either imitation elephant or suede. They do not offer anything else. They will not add an additional breast collar D-ring like my triple creek had. They will not reverse the blevins buckles so you don't have all that extra length. Also cannot change tooling combinations. I was told basically what you see is what you get. |
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| As for the customization, I think it depends on what you want. I am going to be ordering my daughter a hard seat rough out barrel saddle with a 12 inch seat. It's going to cost me more than the regular youth saddles but they said they would do it.
The tree in the new Corriente is no different than the old, so I was told by the company. The only difference is aesthetics. If you do not like the fit of the old saddles you wont like these.
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | Here's a few of mine...
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| We just bought a 10" for my daughter. It fits her gelding ok, we only had it on him for about 10 minutes.
We also just got an association ranch saddle. We have only used it on one horse so far and it fits her. She's a little narrower built. |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | Not good pics, but #2 horse.
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 Husband Spoiler
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Location: North Dakota | All the barrel saddles have a 7" gullet with 90 degree angle. I have won two of them and for the money they are a really nice saddle. One sits in the house on a stand and the other gets used almost daily. There are brands out there charging $3k for their saddles that I don't think are any better quality than a $1k Corriente. I do wish they offered a different tree though. I personally don't have any horses that fit a FQHB well. It seems to fit everything decently with a change of pad but nothing perfectly. I prefer how my Coats fits and I just ordered a Roo. But I am thinking about ordering my husband a Corriente ranch cutter for our anniversary. They offer different trees for the cutters with a narrower gullet. Not sure on the bars though. |
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Location: North Dakota | Just Bring It - 2017-03-10 11:21 AM All the barrel saddles have a 7" gullet with 90 degree angle. I have won two of them and for the money they are a really nice saddle. One sits in the house on a stand and the other gets used almost daily. There are brands out there charging $3k for their saddles that I don't think are any better quality than a $1k Corriente. I do wish they offered a different tree though. I personally don't have any horses that fit a FQHB well. It seems to fit everything decently with a change of pad but nothing perfectly. I prefer how my Coats fits and I just ordered a Roo. But I am thinking about ordering my husband a Corriente ranch cutter for our anniversary. They offer different trees for the cutters with a narrower gullet. Not sure on the bars though.
what are they like to ride in? I have a 4 year old that NOTHING I have fits. I throw on my grandkids Corriente and waaalaaa....I have a good fit. I'm thinking about ordering one for her just to ride in until she matures and I can think about investing more. |
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Extreme Veteran
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| Runnincat - 2017-03-10 1:15 PM
Just Bring It - 2017-03-10 11:21 AM All the barrel saddles have a 7" gullet with 90 degree angle. I have won two of them and for the money they are a really nice saddle. One sits in the house on a stand and the other gets used almost daily. There are brands out there charging $3k for their saddles that I don't think are any better quality than a $1k Corriente. I do wish they offered a different tree though. I personally don't have any horses that fit a FQHB well. It seems to fit everything decently with a change of pad but nothing perfectly. I prefer how my Coats fits and I just ordered a Roo. But I am thinking about ordering my husband a Corriente ranch cutter for our anniversary. They offer different trees for the cutters with a narrower gullet. Not sure on the bars though.
what are they like to ride in? I have a 4 year old that NOTHING I have fits. I throw on my grandkids Corriente and waaalaaa....I have a good fit. I'm thinking about ordering one for her just to ride in until she matures and I can think about investing more.
I am pleasantly surprised how comfortable my Corriente trophy saddle is. Not too built up on the ground seat. I'm very picky on how a saddle feels. All my other saddles are Coats. |
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Location: Saskatchewan | They look so great for the price! I love the pictures! |
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Duct Tape Bikini Girl
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| If you don't like it, you'll have no trouble selling it. They are nice fitting, lightweight saddles. |
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Location: Saskatchewan | Okay, so those of you who have them, have the saddles fit horses like this:
She's a big horse, with big shoulders and barely has any withers until she is fully in running shape and on a "starvation" diet (not actually starving but she thinks she is).
I know its really hard to tell from pictures, but every little tidbit of information helps!
You can see how my current saddle fits her (width wise) here, as you can see I have to use a pretty thin pad...
My rope saddle has a bit of a "flatter" angle to the bars and as you can see it fits over her fat shoulders nice, I have to use it until she gets in shape enough for my barrel saddle to fit
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| The only horses that it doesn't set on real great are the ones with a big hollowed out area behind a strong wither. The saddle seems too wide and sinks into the pocket and pops up in the back end. I've been using mine on a stout 3 yr old with a flatter back with not much wither. Sets on him perfectly. |
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Husband Spoiler
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Location: North Dakota | I agree. I like the way my trophy saddles ride. They are both 15" seats though and I normally ride in a 14" but they have a padded roughout seat so I stick well and the size doesn't bother me much (plus I like the extra rooom in the winter for all my layers  ). I am not a fan of any Double J, Crown C, etc. I have ridden in so I can be a bit picky about how one rides. The Corriente definitely isn't my favorite but nothing about the ride bothers me. My feet stay in position, I am able to sit down for a turn and get up over when I have to. I think for the money they are an excellent saddle. If they fit your horse then I say go ahead and buy one! |
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Location: Saskatchewan | I'm going to just post on facebook groups asking around if anyone going to the same jackpots as me has a corriente they are willing to let me fit on my horse before actually committing and buying one, people seem to be pretty good about things like that! |
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Hoping to get some insight... I now own two Corriente saddles, my first is a roping saddle which i love and it fits my mare well, i haven't had any noticeable issues with it.
BUT.
in august i received my barrel saddle from them, i believe the newer style like you all are saying, and i'm having some fitment issues. DRY SPOTS!!!
i messaged Corriente on facebook just to see what they use for size and they replied their saddles are 7" with FQHB.
i love this saddle (it was a birthday present) and my last resort is to get a different saddle. i just picked up some shims yesterday that i am going to try out. has any one else had some solutions to the dry spots?
She is about 14.2HH, not much for withers. built a lot like the gals original post here.
i have posted my own thread with some photos (more coming) looking for some advice, thanks! |
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