Contact Saddle Tack Where can I find a good saddle for riding on trails?
I have a $4,000 close contact Jumping saddle (it is more like $5500 when you add the girth, stirrups, white saddle pad, leathers, etc...) and I have a $500 bridle, bit, and reins! So I don't want to use 6,000 plus dollars worth of tack on muddy trails (just in case it gets scratched or something)! I board at an english boarding place so it may not madder but I would rather have a english saddle! Do you use a SUPER comfy english saddle (and bridle, reins, and bit and stirrups, leathers, saddle pad) on trails that is not more then $2000? If you do please post all the links in your answers! Thank you in advance! Price does not madder! I don't want ebay! I want a $2000 nice leather western saddle (since that is what everyone says I should get)!
you may just want to get a western saddle. i ride english and western, and after you ride in an english saddle and then go to a western saddle, it feels like a big easy chair lol. but on the other hand, you ride only english so you probably have all of the same stuck up ideas on western that everyone else does. but seriously, just go by a synthetic western saddle for $250 or use an aussie saddle if that would be more comfortable for you. but if you are going to be on a trail for 3 hours, you do not want to be sitting on an english saddle. trust me!
