About

Please note: materials and subject matter may change at times due to circumstances outside our control.

Every effort has been made to present our products in an appealing manner and to make ordering as easy as possible. Behind this catalogue are over 45 years of saddlery construction know-how and experience in the style we have chosen (along the US saddle factory line). The years have given me the knowledge of what works, what will last, and what will be comfortable for both you, the customer, and your horse. As a result, most of our saddles are built on Ralide or Polyride (Ralide-type) trees. These are injection-moulded polyethylene, a high-tensile plastic material that will not warp, rot or change shape in our planet's hot or cold weather conditions.

Polyethylene trees help the saddle retain both low weight and strength. So much so that they come with a five-year replacement guarantee from the year of construction, with responsible use. Responsible use means the saddle must be used appropriately; e.g. a saddle without a roping horn should not be used for roping. Our new western trees are from the Steele Saddle Tree Company (est. 1848) in the USA and are wooden trees covered with fibreglass cloth and resin. Also used is the hybrid Aussie tree (stock on top, western underneath).

Tree widths are semi Quarter Horse, standard Q/horse and full Q/horse, as well as Arabian and Gaited trees. In the construction of our saddles, we now use Mexican-tanned US leather skirting, as our NZ tanneries closed down years ago.

For comfort to both horse and rider our seats are lined with durable open foam laminated with close cell foam. This sits under either a suede or leather seat. We also line our under skirts with the close cell foam covered with saddle fleece available for horse's back comfort. To ensure strength and durability in the saddles we use stainless steel in most of our saddles, and Nickel plated steel in our budget lines. We leave this option of material entirely up to you the customer.

In most cases our stirrups come from the same companies as our trees and come either covered or uncovered. We cater for all sizes from kids to deep large roper styles, we also now have a 6'' wide stirrup for those who want maximum width. Most are lined with comfortable easy on the feet treads. However we do have aluminium stirrups if required. Most saddles come with nickel-plated steel or Stainless steel dees screwed into the front and back of the tree. We do not drill holes in our saddles for ties as this weakens the tree and forfeits the guarantee. However the dees have leather removable laces attached. Leather or metal conchos fit over the dees. Our standard girths are made of anti-chafe material; sweat resistant, or wool felt material. Our endurance girths are 3" wide with standard 1 1/2" roller, half buckle and keepers to hold strap ends, plus dees in the centre for the breastplate. We also have 4" Girths with 3'' half buckles made in the same materials and fleece girths available upon request; they have 2 dees in the centre. Our girth straps are either 1 1/2" leather billets, latigo straps or a combination of both. We have a choice of 6 colours, they are black, dark brown, mid brown, red brown, cherry red, natural tan. Overall we build saddles that are designed to suit you and your horse for years to come.

Chicken 1994 - 2014

Sadly, last month we lost Chicken as a result of an injury that refused to heal. Rest in peace, mate; we'll see you again in glory.