Cheap saddles and why you should avoid them

sbloom said:
You may have been less than happy if you had had it opened up.
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I have a couple of these in my tackroom. One was in use for 10 years on an old pony with a child rider. No issues with it, except it no longer fits. The other is still in use as I've yet to find anything else that fits my XXXwide Dartmoor stallion. TBH it's so wide that it might as well be treeless! I'm under no illusions as to what I would find inside - they're cheap, but they fit, and have been checked for lumps and bumps.

IMO, they're better than some synthetics which flex so much at the tree they collapse at the wither under load.
 
cremedemonthe have PM'd you , just about to go look for saddle for newly arriving young horse, would love to know which makes to avoid ;-)
 
I live in walsall and my Mum actually sells leather to most of the well known 'walsall brands' some are amazing some are as dodgy as hell!

Great for cheap repairs though!

I bought a second hand saddle and had the saddler who made it out to fit it and he looked at the serial number and told me all about the horse and rider it was made for!
 
On a slightly different tack is there a weight limit for flexible plastic trees. have several and always mount from a high block with someone holding the other stirrup , I too have found most second hand ones are twisted left at the back where people have grabbed the cantle when mounting, i was taught many years ago to hold the opposite stirrup flap but even that could twist the tree if you hauled yourself up from the ground. Have no bounce in my left leg as it got paralysed in an accident, works now but am unlevel.
 
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