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Location: Kansas | 14"......I'm 5'6" weight 142lbs and I'd keep the same 14" seat maybe go up to a 14.5"
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Location: Northern Ontario | I am 5.8", 150lbs, size 27-28 jeans. I ride in a 15".... any smaller is too tight and I have too much room in a 16" |
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Location: NE Texas | You and I have had this discussion privately, but I will post here as well. Just depends on the saddle and the set up for me. I'm 5'8", weigh about 155 and wear a size 29-30 jean. I'm "curvy". HAHA Most of my weight is boobs and butt and I could certainly stand to be in better shape, but don't feel that i'm overweight. In my Jeff Smith I ride a 15" and don't feel like I could ride anything smaller considering the seat pocket and how it's set up. That being said, I am comfortable in a 14" Shiloh Contender for the same reason, how it's set up. I would say for most barrel saddles I would comfortably ride a 14.5, depending on how the fenders are hung. I want them a smidge in front of my hip or right under me, but can't do the slightly behind my hip. A bigger seat does allow me to get and keep my feet where they need to be in most saddles. |
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| 5'6". 135lbs. 13.5"-14" saddle any bigger and I feel like I slop around which impedes my horses. I have a huge pet peeve of girls riding too big of a saddle...or too small, but I see too big more often then too small |
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Location: TEXAS | I ride in a 13.5 seat and I'm 5'8" 135 lbs. |
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| I'm 5'7", 120lbs and ride a 13.5.. I hve some 14's also but prefer the 13.5.. |
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| Good thread...
I am 5'7 and 180# and going down, size 32 jean,...rode in a 16" last year and had trouble keeping my seat...and everyone told me my seat was too big...so I ordered a 15" in a new Storme Camarillo Reinsman...waiting for it to come in. |
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Location: Desert Land | I am 5’3” and weigh too much (LOL) – I wear a size 18 in most jeans. I have 2 Caldwell’s and they are a 14.5” & 14.75” and I think they fit good…but maybe I am trying to squeeze 10 lbs of crap in a 5 lb sack??? LOL. I also have a 16” Coats, but it feels a bit too big. I have been having a hard time selling it and I thought it was because NOBODY rode in a 16” and I was surprised to see more people than I thought in this thread riding in a 16” saddle. |
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Location: South Georgia | TheOldGrayMare - 2016-01-20 12:23 PM I am 5’3” and weigh too much (LOL) – I wear a size 18 in most jeans. I have 2 Caldwell’s and they are a 14.5” & 14.75” and I think they fit good…but maybe I am trying to squeeze 10 lbs of crap in a 5 lb sack??? LOL. I also have a 16” Coats, but it feels a bit too big. I have been having a hard time selling it and I thought it was because NOBODY rode in a 16” and I was surprised to see more people than I thought in this thread riding in a 16” saddle.
Yes, there are, and they'd be willing to pay you well for that 16. I used to ride in a 16 when I weighed more (I got up to 245) and I had the hardest time finding a qualtity BARREL saddle in a size 16. |
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| Right now I am riding a 15.75 Caldwell - I need to order a smaller one as soon as I recover from the huge vet bill I just incurred. I think I can go to a 15 at this time. I am 5'11" and weigh in at 155. Lost over 80 pounds and a new saddle is my reward. No smaller since my legs are so long (38 inseam) and the mechanics won't let me. |
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| I'm 5'6 and 175. I ride in a 14.5 Just B Natural treeless and have a custom R Bar B on a Martin tree that is a 15 inch.
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Location: Desert Land | horsegirl - 2016-01-20 9:25 AM TheOldGrayMare - 2016-01-20 12:23 PM I am 5’3” and weigh too much (LOL) – I wear a size 18 in most jeans. I have 2 Caldwell’s and they are a 14.5” & 14.75” and I think they fit good…but maybe I am trying to squeeze 10 lbs of crap in a 5 lb sack??? LOL. I also have a 16” Coats, but it feels a bit too big. I have been having a hard time selling it and I thought it was because NOBODY rode in a 16” and I was surprised to see more people than I thought in this thread riding in a 16” saddle. Yes, there are, and they'd be willing to pay you well for that 16. I used to ride in a 16 when I weighed more (I got up to 245) and I had the hardest time finding a qualtity BARREL saddle in a size 16.
Well that's what I had thought and why I had gotten the saddle...I NEVER saw a quality 16" barrel saddle, so I thought it would be a slam dunk to sell it. Everyone told me how beautiful is was and they wish it was a (insert numerous seat sizes here)" saddle. So now I am going to send it back to Larry and have him make a smaller seat size. |
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| I'm 5'8" and as others have so gracefully put it, I'm not 'fat' but could definitely be in better shape. I ride a 16" purely because its what I'm comfortable in. I rode cow horses for a very long time and that's a pretty standard seat size for cutters, so that's what I rode in from the time I was 13. I like room to move and adjust and I just don't feel like I can do that when I'm sucked into a smaller seat size. I have a 14" Shiloh that I won and it is SO darn comfortable and I CAN ride in it, but I much prefer the roomier seat size :) |
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Location: CA | I'm 5'3, 115 lbs. I ride a 14. It seems like there's a trend lately of people riding seat sizes that just seem too small, but I prefer a little room. |
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Location: Iowa | 5'2", 170lbs. I ride in a 15.5 Martin Racer and I bought a 15.75 Caldwell Pro max. The 15.75 makes me feel like I'm sliding when I go to sit at the barrel. I'm going to look for a 15.5 or 15.25. |
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Location: Bama | 5'2" 105# I love my 14.5" Sibleys. I'm comfy and don't feel trapped. I think I'd go crazy if someone put me in a 13.5"  Never tried one under a 14". |
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| I'm 6ft and 170# with absolutely no booty and I like riding a 14.5 in a Pozzi. I should probably be riding in a 14, as that's what seems to fit me the best with room between my thighs and swell, but I like to have a little more room, and the 14.5 puts me right in the pocket easily. I've tried a 15 and I just felt all over the place, which is a hard thing to do in a Pozzi |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | I'm 5'8" and weigh 140...its winter so probably more like 145ish, I ride an old Carl Ammerman that has a pretty flat seat, its a 15 in. and a Crates all arounder with a 14.5 inch seat.
I prefer my Ammerman of two, I like to be able to put myself where I want, not get put in a place by a seat. I have one ratey mare that I need to get up over and my gelding who is a free runner but who rates hard, I like to be able to get my butt down on him so I don't get launched from the Mother Ship. I am short legged for my height and thick thighed, so that extra space between the cantle and pommel on the 15 gives my Earl Campbell running back legs some room. |
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Location: Southern Indiana | 5'6 140lbs and I ride in a 14". I used to always have either a 15" or 14.5". I realized I've been riding in saddles too big. I either need a 13.5" in seat that runs big and a 14" that's true to size. Now I have saddles in a 14, 14.5 & 15" I can still ride in them but mostly ride in my 14"s. A 14 will put me in that sweet spot. |
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| rpreast - 2016-01-20 9:55 AM
I'm 5'8" and as others have so gracefully put it, I'm not 'fat' but could definitely be in better shape. I ride a 16" purely because its what I'm comfortable in. I rode cow horses for a very long time and that's a pretty standard seat size for cutters, so that's what I rode in from the time I was 13. I like room to move and adjust and I just don't feel like I can do that when I'm sucked into a smaller seat size. I have a 14" Shiloh that I won and it is SO darn comfortable and I CAN ride in it, but I much prefer the roomier seat size :)
Yes!! I came from jumpers and so a tight barrel saddle made me feel trapped for years! Now that I have a better idea of what I'm doing and a turny, swift colt I need a smaller size. I have three saddles of all different sizes for 3 different horses.
4 year old, small, wide, fast and turny colt- 14.5" Triple Creek
Older push style mare who has the same run every time- 15" Triple Creek
Older free running mare with a huge engine and lots of power- 16" Triple Creek
i used to have a 16" Josey Ultimate that I was just all over in, and a 14.5" Crown C that I just couldn't get out of my own way in. I am 5'6" and 170lbs. I wear a size 32 with a 36 or 38 inseam (My true measurement is a 37.) Most of my weight is in my stomach and that's really the only place I would consider myself "overweight." Of course it affects my riding and is super annoying because I could wear a 29" pants in the leg right now but not in the waist. All weight loss efforts affect all the other areas FIRST before my gut. Uggh.
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