Two tone with large barbwire tooling
all brown saddle - English leathers
with easy ride stirrups
The Soft-Seat
What about that blocking? The front blocking will hit your upper thigh when your horse does the sideways shy, acting fresh or when he stumbles forward. It also allows for more bend in the knee as there is nothing to impend the knee. The rear blocking on the flap will catch the back of your thigh if your horse goes down or stumbles forward. (As your upper body gets thrown forward, your leg may swing back, it is this blocking that catches your leg, holding you in the saddle.) This is a nice secure saddle for the rider that needs that little bit extra.
with
irons
saddle shown with brown saddle sox
girth and stirrup holder
All Brown shown with English leathers and easy ride stirrups
Two tone
All black
Brown black with tooling
Brown black with tooling
With tooled breast collar to match - no extra tooling charge when ordered with the saddle.
With tooled breast collar to match - no extra tooling charge when ordered with the saddle.
An all black Officer with border tooling.
This tooling is called raindrop.
Standard padding or the extra padding of the Soft Seat - that is the question.
Center photo of lighter color saddle DOES NOT have the extra padding that is in the Soft Seat.
Why select the extra padding of the Soft Seat?
There are some points to consider when deciding to select this option-with the Soft Seat. First, you will lose some of the room that the saddle has to offer for your rear-end - so if you are between sizes use this to help gauge your seat size. Secondly when you select the Soft Seat, you will lose a bit of the "pocket" to sit down in, (since the extra padding is now there for your rear-end and /or your bone-y butt bones). Lastly, with the Soft Seat, the saddle will have a bit of a narrower twist. The twist is the part that is between your thighs (your crotch area). Therefore, if you like a narrower twist, have a bony butt or need a smaller seat size, adding the extra padding of the Soft Seat is key.
The officer with Biothane leathers and Easy ride stirrups.
