A Hands-On Approach to Saddle Fit

…planes of the tree that rest on the horse’s back. There are regular Quarter Horse bars, semi-Quarter Horse bars, full Quarter Horse bars, and more. Such designations are determined by…

A Buyer’s Guide To Trail Saddles

…out six to 10 different fit forms and stock four different bars.”  Allegany Mountain Trail Saddles Cascade Wade Materials: “We use hand selected leather,” says Rettig. “All saddles are handmade…

Western Saddles Are (Slowly) Changing

…horses used to be fine with the standard Quarter Horse bars, today many need either semi- or full Quarter Horse bars. Most mutton-withered horses need the “full” bars, which are…

Save Time With Prefab Stalls

…assemble yourself, including individual grill bars, U-channels to hold the bars and lumber in place, framing pieces for the door, and track/rollers for the overhead sliding-door trolley. For someone handy…

Lighten Your Load With A Flexible Tree

…What sets flex-tree saddles apart from their rigid-tree counterparts is the use of lighter bars. Typical wooden bars have been replaced by high-density foam firmed up with armor coating (yes,…

How to Choose a Bit for a Horse

…will result in temporary numbness. The area in the horse’s mouth where a bit communicates our pressures most effectively to the horse is called the bars. These gaps between the…

Ask Horse Journal: 12/00

…what are the options’ Is it possible (and cost-effective) to replace the stirrup bars’ I have seen riders looping their leathers around the bars so that they hang further back,…