Thank you everyone for all your suggestions and information regarding
wide saddles. I have received so many emails I have not been able to respond to
all of them. Because of this I have listed the various saddle suggestions
I have received below. This is not an exhaustive list and the information
is not guaranteed to be correct. Prices are for new saddles, many can be
found used at less cost. To all who have wide backed horses and
have experienced the “great saddle search,” I hope the list will
assist you in your wanderings. Thank you all again for your assistance,
Nancy Reed
Lazy J Ranch
Elfin Forest,
CA
Reactor Panel (RP), English, expensive (about $3,000 and up),
adjustment is expensive and not easily done, well made, several people
suggested.
Simco Arab Tree, western leather saddle with Arab tree.
Can be hard to find, but is available.
Big Horn endurance, western leather saddle, full QH bars
with a flex tree, about $1,000.
Big Horn 117, suggested by several people. However, my
research shoes it has semi-quarter horse tree not full QH. This is a
cordura/leather saddle, about $600.
Wide Specialized, not on the market yet. Unknown when
it will be available.
Duette Saddle, leather English saddle built for wide horses
with numerous wide sizes, quality saddle from about $1,000.
Synergist, custom made English and Western saddle available
in a wide tree. Well made leather saddle, can be re-fit as back changes,
expensive at over $3,000.
Smith-Worthington, leather English saddle with an adjustable
tree. Expensive at about $3,000.
Barefoot, treeless saddle with both Western and English
styles, moderately priced from about $700 to 900.
Trekker saddle, both treeless and adjustable soft tree
saddles, English and hybrid styles, moderate to expensive, $1,000 and up.
Sensation saddle, treeless in English and hybrid styles, moderately
priced at about $1,100
.
Freeform Saddle, treeless in English and hybrid styles,
expensive starting from $1,500.
Bandos by Athletic Equine, new treeless saddle, well priced
at about $700.
Boz saddle, hollow plastic tree form with leather.
Very expensive (over $3,000 to start), but loved by those who ride in them.
TexTan flex tree endurance, has full QH bars and rubber flexible
bar ends. All leather, moderately priced at about $1,100.
Abetta, inexpensive cordura saddles with wide, extra wide
and wide flex trees. Prices start at about $400.
