Western Saddles
Western saddles are known for their comfort and are perfect for trail rides. If you are buying a western saddle over the Internet you should measure your horse and take its conformation into account to determine which tree will be best for your horse. Your goal in fitting a western saddle on your horse is to make as much saddle-bar to horse-back contact as you possibly can.
Western Saddle Fitting and Tree Sizes
- Quarter Horse (also known as regular bars, or medium),
- Full Quarter (FQHB or wide tree),
- Arab
- Gaited Horse
- Haflinger
- Draft Horse(very wide)
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 New 12 Brown Youth Child Kids Pony Barrel Racing Western Horse Saddle Tack SetUS $299.99 |
 15 Purple Bling Barrel Racing Saddle with matching headstall and breastcollar US $700.00
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 MARTHA JOSEY CIRCLE Y BARREL SADDLE 14” US $900.00
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 16 WESTERN CORDURA TRAIL BARREL PLEASURE SADDLE TACK SET RODEO ZEBRA SAD 24 US $299.99
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 15 inch masters Barrel Saddle US $650.00
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 15 WESTERN LEATHER BARREL SHOW PLEASURE CARVED SADDLE BROWN ALL THE TACK DEAL US $459.99
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Amount of Contact for a Western Saddle
There are two things that determine this:
1. How much the rider weighs.
A heavier rider needs more contact. A lighter rider can get by with less contact. The idea is to distribute pounds per inch.
2. How much bar surface is available to evenly distribute weight.
If you have a western saddle with small bars, then it is more important that all of that tree touches the horse for distribution. If you have a very large tree then not as much of it needs to touch the horse for weight distribution. Regardless of a small or large tree, a certain amount has to contact the horse for distribution.