Horse Saddles and the Quality of Italian Leather

Italian leather it's not only about shoes, bags and Christmas presents. Horse riding is heavily involved with leather with saddles, reins and horse harnesses components. The better the quality of the leather, and the manufacturing of course, the better the harnesses will serve to the scope, might it be competition or fun, in whatever discipline. Main subject of the present discussion is horse saddle. What's the importance of the correct choice of a saddle? How can it affect the feeling between man and horse and ultimately their joint performance? How can the quality of the leather influence the above? Hold on, or, to stick to the matter, "hold your horses", we'll go into each single point. As a soft start, why saddles are used in the first place?
Response: support (as a primary purpose). A saddle will support the driver, giving more stability with its ergonomics. And it will support the animal by distributing your weight on a bigger portion of his back. The latter aspect tends to remain in the background so that many people are unaware of it (clearly referring to non Pro here) but its importance is extremely relevant as it translates in a useful recommendation: when it comes to choosing your saddle, seek for one that fits both yourself and the horse. That brings in some complications. If you wanted to follow the advice fully, you would need not only to try the saddle's seance yourself, but ideally try it on your horse. That is generally easier with second hand saddles but it might be complicate with new ones.
Solutions here might be different and range from basing the choice on the horse's withers measure to preparing a sort of template shape of your horse to avoid to bring the bulky "original" along. Whatever your method will be, the message is hopefully clear: make sure that saving your money for your saddle now will not mean spending a fortune for veterinary services in the future to fix the issues caused by a wrong saddle! Your horse's health in relation to saddle choice is something that should worry you on the medium or long run, but still the short run can be affected. It goes without saying that if you choose a saddle that hurts your horse somewhere, interferes with his shoulder's movements or makes him suffer somehow, you should not expect 100% performance.
What to say about the quality of the leather? We said that the saddle primary purpose is supporting. Support should be guaranteed along with the necessary softness to not hurt the horse (and yourself of course!) and materials should be elastic enough not to over-tighten. And you want your saddle to last as much as possible. Quality of the leather affects all the above. Italian leather is famous to excel at this, by selecting best materials, tanning and handcrafting leathers with ancient traditions remained unaltered as unaltered is the final result.

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Leather Horse Saddles Come in a Variety of Styles

A great collection of leather horse saddles can be found online in a variety of colors, styles, and sizes. Some popular categories are Showman, Blue River, Circle S, and Double T saddles. Each of these varies slightly, providing many choices of saddles for the avid or weekend rider. There is also tack to match any of these saddle styles as well.
Showman: These are great for barrel racing and have either a round or square skirt on them. They also offer full quarter horse bars. They are made from a hardwood tree covered in bullhide, making them built to last through tons of usage. Ranging between fifteen to seventeen inches in seat sizing, these also make a great roping saddle.
Blue River: When looking for a small barrel saddle for kids, Blue River offers one geared towards girls. The seat is pink ostrich print, with matching heart accents on the saddle. Seat sizes on these saddles range between thirteen to fifteen inches. The larger sixteen inch seats are found on the roping and pleasure riding saddles offered in this category. There's definitely something for the entire family.
Circle S: This line of saddles covers a variety of riding styles. There are saddles for cutting and reining, barrel racing, roping, and showing. The seats range between ten to seventeen inches, depending on the style of saddle chosen.
The unique racing saddles come with either a square or round skirt and the seats on each type of saddle are made of suede. The barrel racing saddles in this line weigh between twenty two to twenty five pounds, making them very manageable for even small riders.
Double T: Whether it's a show, pleasure, roping, cutting, or barrel racing saddle being searched for, this line of saddles covers all bases. The seats range between ten to seventeen inches, depending on the style. Some of the these saddles come with either pink, purple, or teal colored ostrich print seats and accents on the skirting. Seats found on the other saddles are either top grain or suede.
The leather horse saddles listed above are only a few of the types available to horseback riders. Additional tack such as, browband bridles, one ear bridles, cowboy style, and show style bridles are available to match any type of saddle found. There are also breast collars, leather roping or split reins, barrel racing tie downs, and roping tie downs.



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Leather Horse Saddles - Styles For All Riders

Choosing among the many leather horse saddles for sale today can be tricky. There are so many styles to pick from, each in a variety of colors and sizes. Popular categories are Circle S, Blue River, Double T, and Showman saddles. With the many styles of tack offered to match any of these saddles, it's easy for any level of rider to have all the necessary gear for riding.
Circle S: For a variety of riding styles, this line of saddles covers them all. Saddles made for roping, barrel racing, showing, or cutting and reining, are available with a range of seat sizes. The suede seats range between 10 to 17 inches in size. Barrel style saddles found within this line weigh between 22 to 25 pounds, which makes it easier to carry for small riders. These saddles also come with a round or square skirt.
Blue River: The entire family is covered with this line of saddles. There are large saddles for trail riding and roping events, or smaller saddles for girls who enjoy participating in barrel racing. The large saddles have seats that are around 16 inches, providing plenty of room for most riders. As for the small barrel racing saddle, this 13 to 15 inch seat is covered in pink ostrich print with matching hearts on the back of the saddle.
Double T: With seats ranging between ten to seventeen inches, as well as covering a variety of riding styles, this line offers saddles for different sized riders. There are saddles for cutting, roping, barrel racing, show, and pleasure riding.
Most of the non-barrel racing saddles are either a dark or light grain bullhide. The seats are either top grain or suede, while the unique saddles also come in ostrich print with matching accents on the skirting.
Showman: Made to last for many year, the hardwood and bullhide construction looks great and is comfortable as well. These are perfect for people who participate in barrel racing or roping events. The fifteen to seventeen inch seat is what makes this functional as a roping saddle. Each saddle has a square or round skirt and also full quarter horse bars.
Tack available to go with any of the saddles above includes a variety of bridles, as well as breast collars and reins. There are also roping and racing tie downs. The bridle styles offered are one ear or browband bridles, show style bridles and even cowboy style.



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