Savior Saddle Racks

November 30, 2011 by  
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I’ve recently discovered a nifty saddle rack that is now a must-have in my tack room. The Savior Saddle Rack is a very creative design that creates a wonderful home for a valued saddle. It’s a bit pricey at $110, but it delivers a lot for the price. Curved to evenly support your saddle and [...]

Used Saddle Pick of the Week: 15″ Hereford Trail Saddle

November 28, 2011 by  
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The “Used Saddle Pick of the Week” But you’ll find more great Trail Saddles for sale in our Tack Shop Every week we scour the Internet searching for a particularly juicy bargain on a high quality used western saddle and feature it here on the WSG Saddle Blog. The saddles featured are listed for sale [...]

Leather Dry Rot Blues

November 23, 2011 by  
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I get quite a few questions about how to reclaim leather that is in sad shape. Unfortunately, it’s often just not reclaimable. The tell tale sign of leather that is all used up is dry rot. Dry rot was originally defined as a type of decay in timber, but it is also used to describe [...]

Used Saddle Pick of the Week: 16″ McCall Lady Wade Saddle

November 20, 2011 by  
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The “Used Saddle Pick of the Week” But you’ll find more great McCall Saddles for sale in our Tack Shop Every week we scour the Internet searching for a particularly juicy bargain on a high quality used western saddle and feature it here on the WSG Saddle Blog. The saddles featured are listed for sale [...]

Saddle Pad Storage: The Right Way

November 16, 2011 by  
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Does this sound familiar? You come in from a ride and unsaddle your horse. Your saddle pad is wet with your horse’s sweat, so you flip it upside down and place it on top of your saddle to dry out. That’s what I used to do. That is, until I got a good talking to [...]

Used Saddle Pick of the Week: 16″ Martin Trail Saddle

November 14, 2011 by  
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The “Used Saddle Pick of the Week” But you’ll find more great Trail Saddles for sale in our Tack Shop Every week we scour the Internet searching for a particularly juicy bargain on a high quality used western saddle and feature it here on the WSG Saddle Blog. The saddles featured are listed for sale [...]

Know Your Silver

November 11, 2011 by  
Filed under Saddle Parts, Saddle Tips

Silver is the metal of tradition and choice for saddle decoration and to draw the judge’s attention to you and your horse in the competition ring. However, just because your saddle has silvery metal on the skirt or horn doesn’t mean that it’s really silver. Before you buy a saddle with “silver,” make sure you [...]

What’s an All Around Saddle?

November 7, 2011 by  
Filed under Featured Posts, Saddle Types

We see folks misunderstanding this saddle type quite a bit. To many people, an All Around saddle sounds like just the ticket – it will work for whatever type of riding I do, they reason. Just like its name says … it’s an All Around, right? Well, actually, that’s not the case. An All Around [...]

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