Vintage Saddle

[pella]

HEIN??? It is the same picture as the saddle i saw for sale on kijiji in ontario!!! Whos right? ...

so yes Barra (same as morgan saddle thread)

[pella]

I found similar saddles and one on ebay, the front picture was showing an EXTREMLY narrow gullet, dont know for this one.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/OLDER-USED-ENGLISH-SADD...93%3A2|294%3A50

[Echo4V]

Pella, I don't think the saddle that this post is about is the same as the one you found on ebay. They are rigged differently, the pommel is different, cantle and skirts are different and the seat and method of attaching the stirrups are different. The one on ebay is a South American saddle for sure ( I had one just like it but mine had a horn)

Curbstrap- Plantation saddles were not originally designed as pleasure saddles. They were designed as a more suitable saddle, than the English saddle, for all day riding in the American landscape. They all had attachment points for breast collars, cruppers and bed rolls because they were working saddles ( they just weren't for roping cattle) One interesting note however is that they never had attachments for saddle bags, instead a whole new style of saddle bag was used with them. The saddle bags for a plantation saddle have hole in the strap that connects the two pockets, the cantle of the saddle went through that hole and the rider actually sat on part of the strap. The riders weight held the bags in place and they were very easy to remove when the rider dismounted. This new style bag also suited the way they were used in America better than the English saddle pockets that buckled to the saddle.

David

[pella]

They really have horse that narrow is south america?!

thanks for the info.

if oneproudmom is the owner of the saddle, can you post a pic of the front side of the saddle?

[Todd]

I have a neighbor up here in Canada that has a saddle almost identical to this one that he picked up in Argentina for riding his Paso Fino horses. He claims its rigged the way it is to take pressure off the rotating shoulders of the gaited horses.

[Yonatan]

Pella, I'd say CurbStrap 2 is right--it's a South American saddle,

probably from Colombia from the details and looks of it.. They ride

modified McClellans down there. And that's the riggin they use too.

JD