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[clarissacoleman1992]

Horse Saddles: A Comprehensive Guide to Finding the Best Saddles for Sale

When it comes to equestrian gear, horse saddles are one of the most important investments a rider can make. A well-fitted saddle not only ensures the rider’s comfort but also plays a crucial role in the health and performance of the horse. With so many different types of saddles for sale, choosing the right one can feel overwhelming. In this guide, we’ll break down the types of horse saddles, key factors to consider when shopping, and tips on finding the best saddles for sale that suit both you and your horse.

Understanding the Importance of Horse Saddles

A well-chosen horse saddle can make all the difference in your riding experience. Poorly fitted saddles can cause discomfort for both the rider and the horse, leading to issues such as poor posture, imbalanced riding, and even long-term back problems for the horse. For riders who want to get the most out of their equestrian experience, investing in a quality horse saddle is essential.

Types of Horse Saddles

Before diving into the wide selection of saddles for sale, it’s essential to understand the different types of horse saddles available. Each saddle is designed for specific styles of riding, and knowing the differences will help you choose the best option for your needs.

English SaddlesEnglish saddles are often used for disciplines such as dressage, show jumping, and eventing. These horse saddles provide a close contact feel, giving the rider precise control over the horse. If you're into competition or arena work, searching for saddles for sale that include English models is a good starting point.

Western SaddlesWestern saddles are designed for comfort during long rides, making them popular among trail riders and those involved in ranch work. With a deeper seat and a sturdy design, these horse saddles allow riders to spend hours in the saddle without discomfort. If you’re looking for saddles for sale for leisure or working ranch riding, Western saddles are an excellent choice.

Endurance SaddlesEndurance saddles are built for long-distance riding. These lightweight horse saddles provide maximum comfort for both the horse and rider by distributing weight evenly across the horse’s back. Riders focused on trail competitions or long-distance riding should consider this type when browsing saddles for sale.

Treeless SaddlesUnlike traditional horse saddles, treeless saddles provide more flexibility and allow the horse greater freedom of movement. They’re often chosen by riders who prioritize comfort for their horse, but they may require some adjustment for the rider.

Key Factors to Consider When Buying Saddles for Sale

When exploring saddles for sale, it’s important to focus on several key factors to ensure the best fit and performance:

Fit for Your HorseA saddle that fits your horse well is crucial for avoiding discomfort or injury. Measure your horse properly and choose a saddle that distributes weight evenly and avoids creating pressure points. Poorly fitted horse saddles can cause saddle sores and long-term health issues for the horse.

Rider ComfortJust as important as the fit for your horse is the fit for you as the rider. The seat size, stirrup length, and overall design of the saddle should accommodate your body to ensure balance and comfort. Test different sizes and models when shopping for saddles for sale to find what suits you best.

Material QualityWhen choosing horse saddles, you’ll come across both leather and synthetic options. Leather saddles are durable and offer a traditional look, but they require more maintenance. Synthetic saddles, on the other hand, are lightweight, easy to care for, and more budget-friendly, though they may not last as long as leather models.

Purpose of RidingThe type of riding you do should influence the saddle you choose. Competitive riders will need specialized horse saddles that cater to their specific discipline, such as jumping or dressage, while casual riders may prefer a versatile trail saddle.

BudgetWith so many saddles for sale, it’s important to set a budget. Saddles range from affordable starter models to high-end custom options. While it can be tempting to go for a cheaper option, remember that investing in a quality saddle will benefit both you and your horse in the long run.

Where to Find Saddles for Sale

There are numerous places where you can find saddles for sale, including online retailers, equestrian shops, and even second-hand marketplaces. Many equestrian stores offer trial periods, allowing you to test the saddle on your horse before making a final purchase. Additionally, second-hand horse saddles can provide excellent value, offering high-quality models at a lower price.

Conclusion

Investing in the right saddles for sale is critical for ensuring both rider comfort and horse health. Whether you’re a casual rider or a competitor, understanding the types of saddles for sale and the factors to consider when choosing one will help you make the best decision. Remember to prioritize fit, material quality, and your riding style to find the perfect saddle for you and your horse.

[sunderwight]

Thinking about a crack SV AU where Shen Yuan transmigrates into a horse.

Luckily he is not a normal horse, no! He is a spiritual stallion, a character that was mainly a joke about the novel's genre in PIDW, originally bred on Cang Qiong's beast tamer peak but not actually encountered until Luo Binghe's "raze cultivation society to the ground" phase. At which point there was a subplot about him finding the stallion and letting it loose to run free, as like, an allegorical reference. Occasionally Binghe would find other horses across the years that were obviously descended from that one, as more jokes, until Airplane forgot about the reference and never brought it up again.

Shen Yuan, of course, was always Big Mad that Binghe never got to actually ride this super magical mystical horse, and never got the horsegirl arc he deserved! Where is the man's companion animal? How can someone with nine billion wives and even more nameless underlings be fated for a life of perpetual loneliness??

Naturally, the first thing Shen Yuan does upon figuring out that he's this magic horse is break out of the beast peak and make for Qing Jing. He's not necessarily planning to go bond with the protagonist or anything, but he's not particularly keen to live out his fate as some feral horse that fucks other horses either, and he's extremely valuable so it's unlikely anyone will kill him even if they catch him again. So, might as well take the opportunity to clap eyes on his favorite character before he's doomed to a life of eating hay and whatever, right?

Horse SY manages to arrive on Qing Jing Peak right before the start of the skinner mission, though, just as Ming Fan is telling Luo Binghe that there aren't enough horses. Ning Yingying points out SY and is all oh look, one of the stable hands must have realized the error and brought another, and everyone else is kind of like "uh that is... not a normal horse...?" but then Shen Qingqiu gets impatient and snaps at them to get a move on, and fear of their mercurial shizun overrides everything else to the point where Binghe just clambers desperately onto this mystical saddle-free horse.

Airplane borrowed kelpies for his demon beasts at some point and they are pretty common, so it occurs to Luo Binghe only after he's climbed onto the strange and definitely not normal Horse SY that he might be on the verge of getting carried off and drowned. But SY just kind of rolls with it, and falls into line with the other horses.

Hey, it's an excuse to leave the sect! And practice doing horse stuff! And also, he's not going to buck Luo Binghe off of his back!

Of course as it happens, the specific kind of magical horse that Shen Yuan is comes with a specially bred-for trait where they only bond to one rider. They're usually bred for like, kings and emperors and other highly important figures as status symbols, like magical companion animals but ones with perfectly mundane utilities. He's also got Shadowfax-like stamina and speed, meaning that Airplane can treat this kind of horse as interchangeable with a motorbike, and of course the capacity to cultivate. Which means that when the party finally arrives at their destination, everyone suddenly realizes that Luo Binghe has unwittingly bonded with a horse that's worth a fortune and won't ever let anyone else ride it now.

Shen Qingqiu flips his shit, Shen Yuan bites Shen Qingqiu, Luo Binghe hyperventilates, Ning Yingying gets kidnapped, and the situation basically resolves with Shen Yuan kicking the shit out of the skinner demon in defense of his new BFF the baby protagonist.

Well if he's going to end up letting anyone ride him for the rest of his life, Luo Binghe would be his first choice.

Anyway they get back and Shen Qingqiu is still spitting mad and offers Luo Binghe's head on a platter to the lord of the beast peak, but Beast Peak's people are actually kind of pleased. Like sure it's a little inconvenient, because Luo Binghe is a Qing Jing disciple and not one of theirs, but they were honestly beginning to worry that this stallion wouldn't bond with anyone! It's really hard to manage them when they don't! And SY in particular comes from a long and illustrious lineage that has nearly died out a few times, so they were never planning to sell him off even for a high price anyway. With a rider chosen, the odds of them getting him to cooperate for breeding purposes are a lot higher, plus it will be much easier to take care of him now! Though they will be taking Shen Qingqiu up on his offer of Luo Binghe's time, since "punishment" for this transgression will involve splitting his time between the peaks in order to help take care of SY (all the beast peak disciples are super relieved, apparently before Shen Yuan transmigrated, the horsey original goods was extremely prone to biting and kicking...)

Shen Qingqiu basically tells Luo Binghe not to bother coming back, which fills Binghe with despair, but he gets over it eventually. The beast peak is nice! They give him a cultivation manual as well, in order to help him understand what they do, and it seems that Binghe can understand it a lot better than his QJP one. The peak lord gives him permission to use the dorms as well, since there will probably be times when he has to stay overnight, and no one says much about it when Binghe basically moves in full time. On the books he's still a Qing Jing disciple, but functionally he's a transfer student now. He even sits in on classes and lectures, and a lot of the peak are just under the impression that he was transferred over to their peak in full.

Shen Yuan considers this a big improvement, and expects Luo Binghe to enjoy running around with all the pretty girls on the peak. But Binghe mostly seems to spend his time with him, in fact, asking questions upon questions not only about Shen Yuan's breed, but about his specific background and lineage. The beast peak is overall pretty nice, although sadly it's not full of cool monsters and companion animals as Shen Yuan would have hoped. Mostly the peak specializes in the cultivation world's equivalent of livestock and work animals, training beasts like spirit eagles and horses like himself, and raising animals prized for their meat, organs, bones, or other parts for medicinal, alchemical, or culinary ingredients, or sometimes components for weapons or other spiritual tools. They work the most closely with Qian Cao, Wan Jian, and An Ding.

Being a horse is honestly kind of boring for Shen Yuan, although running is fun, and he at least gets plenty of time to work on his cultivation.

By the time Sha Hualing's invasion happens, he's gotten pretty comfortable in his new state of affairs. Binghe has even figured out that he likes being read to, and has started reading aloud to him from various texts in the evenings! So far no good novels, or even bad trashy novels, but it's better than nothing!

Binghe also takes him for a lot of rides around the peaks (not Qing Jing) which is how they end up caught on Qiong Ding when the rainbow bridge goes down. When Shen Qingqiu tells Luo Binghe to fight, Binghe doesn't even have a weapon at hand.

Actually, he doesn't have a sword at hand.

Turns out having your magical horse kick a demon to death is still pretty effective!

Shen Yuan even manages to avoid getting poisoned too. Rather, Elder Hammer threatens to poison him and Luo Binghe charges at him shouting "stay away from my horse! I'll kill you!" and etc, and does get nicked by the thorns, but only Binghe and Shen Yuan notice and of course the poison doesn't work on Binghe, congrats for unlocking a new hint as to Luo Binghe's mysterious origins!

Yes, Horse SY shows up to help Binghe in the Dream Demon event. He still looks like a horse for it, but it also marks the first time he's able to speak to Luo Binghe, which successfully distracts Luo Binghe from a lot of the tormenting visions of his past because talking magic horse friend has a way of doing that.

So the Dream Demon is like, that's not a normal horse, and Luo Binghe is all "stay away from my horse! I'll kill you!" and Shen Yuan gets knocked out of the dream as usual. Wakes up to Luo Binghe rushing to his stall to check on him and prepare him some nice warm congee and double-check that he can't talk for reals (only in dreams for now, alas).

Anyway Luo Binghe has no reason to hide his demonic cultivation practice from his horse, so Shen Yuan gets to sit in on it as Binghe tries to put Meng Mo's teachings into practice, which he finds super cool. Binghe's normal cultivation also progresses quite a bit, but he's still very much disadvantaged there because the beat peak is only giving him like, half-assed guest disciple status lessons, no personal one-and-one tutelage, and he's unofficially banned from Qing Jing and wouldn't get any help there anyway (apart from Ning Yingying). The beast peak lord isn't really his shizun and Shen Qingqiu isn't going to take Binghe to do things like claim a sword from Wan Jian, either.

Luckily, Binghe can now confer with his horse in his dreams! Shen Yuan has such helpful ideas as compelling various hall masters and combat teachers to dream about their lessons, so that Binghe can insert himself into the form of their students and supplement his tutelage with nighttime training from all around the sect. And also stealing some blank documents from An Ding and forging paperwork to turn over to Wan Jian to make it look like Binghe has permission to claim a spiritual sword without Shen Qingqiu's approval.

What a way to pass the time before the Immortal Alliance Conference!

Horse Shen Yuan would like very much to just carry Luo Binghe away in the opposite direction, thank you, but he does have a system and it is still holding a metaphorical gun to his head about this. Still, there's no force in the world that could keep Shen Yuan in his stable when shit starts to go down, or that could stop him from kicking the snot out of Shen Qingqiu when he tries to throw Binghe into the Abyss. (Binghe's thoughts on the fight: "stay away from my horse! I'll kill you!")

However, Binghe does still get thrown down, and Horse SY runs off whilst weeping crystalline tears of dismay as his mane whips in the wind, imagining a future where a blackened Luo Binghe returns for his revenge arc and symbolically sends his beloved horsie companion away forever to go frolic or some shit, which Shen Yuan is not interested in!

But what can he do? By the time Binghe gets out of the Abyss, his need for a horse will be decidedly minimal. It already went down a bunch when he finally got Zheng Yang (that Binghe somehow almost never flew anywhere on, surely for reasons unrelated to his bond with SY), and with Xin Mo and all his OP talents, even if he did keep Shen Yuan, wouldn't he become as much of a useless background character as countless auxiliary wives in his harem?

No! He won't stand for it! There has to be a way for him to convince even blackened Binghe that Shen Yuan is still the best ride in town!

Luckily, Shen Yuan knows where there are some power-ups that might be able to help him. While he won't touch anything that would be vital for the protagonist, he's more flexible on screwing over random future harem members or side characters, especially when it wouldn't even really harm them all that much. So while Binghe is going through his gauntlet of horrors in the Abyss, Shen Yuan embarks on his own level-up quest to dramatically increase his cultivation, and become more capable of keeping up with Binghe.

When this leads to Shen Yuan being able to take on a human form, he gets really excited, but that's mostly for personal comfort reasons. He can finally hold books again! And talk to people! Who cares if he looks like someone's ponysona gijinka, he can walk over to a stall and order meat buns!

Unicorn form is next, and it's... meh? Mostly it's a boost in his cultivation. The horn looks fun but doesn't really do much.

When he upgrades to being able to take on a pegasus form, now that's really cool. He can fly now! Not only is it crazy good fun, but it also increases his mobility exponentially. Surely riding a flying horse would be more comfortable than balancing on a sword, too?

But that's not enough for his actual goal, he needs to keep going until he finally finds the right bullshit mythical item that will do what he hopes:

Turn him into a dragon!

Unfortunately said bullshit item is in the demon realms, which are a fairly difficult place to navigate as either a horse or a human. Beefing up for the trip takes Shen Yuan just about two years, and requires all of his other upgrades. But he does it, he gets to the demon realms, eats the creatively named Dragon Fruit Plant, and... gets... stuck???

In his new dragon form???

WTF this didn't happen to the random ox that Luo Binghe fed the fruit to in order to create a suitable beast of burden to impress the husband of Wife No.666! Although, thinking about it, maybe it did because it wasn't like the ox ever turned back into an ox afterwards. But Shen Yuan just figured that was because it was a simple beast of burden and saw becoming a dragon as an overall upgrade, why go back? He honestly hadn't really thought about it!

Cue Luo Binghe getting out of the Abyss only to shortly find that a random dragon is following him around. Maybe that just happens here? It doesn't attack him, at least, and he has no time to deal with it (or to sleep) because his first order of business is establishing enough of a foothold in the demon realms to regain access to the human ones, and find out what happened to his horse. And then kill Shen Qingqiu. In that order.

[scapegods]

Yeehaw Byler 🪑

my piece for @bylerbigbang w/ @willelworld

[metaphorical-goblin]

[wolfram-but-art]

more magma shenanigans

[brewed-pangolin]

MDNI 18+

Expert horseman John MacTavish, who has a very hands-on teaching style and makes you ride the saddle in front of him for post trotting exercises.

His thick frame pressed up against your back. Hands gentle yet firm on your waist as be guides your body to rise and fall with the rhythmic movement of the mares trotting gate.

"Tha's it, bonnie. Watch 'er. Feel 'er as she moves." His instruction's smooth, deliberate. Breath soft and warm along the edge of your neck.

"Ya got it, lass. Up on th'diagonal. Jus' like tha'."

"Eyes forward. Let 'er guide ya."

Your fingers wrapped tightly around the taut weathered reigns. Textured leather broken seamlessly at the seams sliding along your palms. And his expert hands directing the ebb and flow of your hips as the chestnut mare trotted effortlessly within the fields of wheat.

-

And as a reward for your continued equine education, your Scottish horse master gifted you with a private lesson in riding a more able-bodied and robust saddle.

Leather reigns replaced with thick clumps of hair that adorned the broad plateau of his chest. Rolling your hips in tandem with his upward thrust, mirroring the diagonal rhythm you perfected only hours ago.

"Tha's it, hen. Move wit me. Jus' like I taught ya."

The rumbling growl in his voice only accentuated the overwhelming sensation of him beneath you. Feeling him pulse within your silken walls, his hands on your hips as he guided you to bounce without restraint on his throbbing cock.

"Faster, John. I wanna go faster." You pleaded. Breathless and breathtaking while riding him.

"No-,not yet," he retorted. Jaw clenched, caging a moan within his throat, panting as he continued.

"Got'a master-, the trot before you move-, to the canter."

"Then teach me, John. Please."

"Aye. I will," he grunted. Lifting your hips as he vigorously bucked up into your cunt.

"Gonnae teach ya so good, hen. Make ya mine. Make ya me-, highland rodeo queen."

Drabbles Masterlist

[shiftythrifting]

Found an old book with some interesting old advertisements printed in it.

The last one is my personal favorite.

Other Finds Include:

Giant Dalek cake/jello mold

The gift you never wanted as a kid, but your great aunt got you.

And a homemade coke can candle.

[buckarooranch]

There it is, our first custom content! 

We've created a western saddle with neutral and realistic colors for your horse. All saddles are a recolor of the original saddle from the sims or a mix of other saddles.

We hope you can make your horse even more beautiful with the new western saddles we have created. 

Details:

6 swatches (Neutral recolors with silver metal wear)

For adult/elder horses

Unisex

Requires Horse Ranch DLC

(The in-game pictures have no effect added over them. Only a Depth of Field to blur the background)

🌻 ~ Howdy

Patreon (Free!) | Website

[neechees]

I just had the sudden thought that since we've gotten a couple of Native Lacrosse Sports films, we should also have one for Indian Relay Races

I just keep thinking of that rider at the Calgary Stampede from last year I think where they literally did that move Legolas does from LOTR when he like defies gravity and swings onto his horse while grabbing onto it from the other side

[chickensauras]

Dumb joke I stole from a TV show I never watched that I saw in a post here on tumblr dot com :Þ

[vexbloom]

   Bareback Pad

       ʙʏ SᴄʜʀᴏᴅCᴀᴛ x Vᴇxʙʟᴏᴏᴍ

            ● 24 swatches ● Realistic fit ● EA fit             ● Follow SchrodCat's TOU's

    » Download links & screenshots under the cut

Huge thank you to Silokami for providing us with the lovely screenshots!

       Greetings everyone! I’m thrilled for this release, since it’s my very first CC that sees the world! I very much hope you’ll like it!        Huge thank you to SchrodCat for collabing with me! It was a really fun project, with a plethora of new things learned. I'm happy to say that more wonderful collabs are coming! ♡        I chose to hold back from making the colours more saturated and vibrant in order to preserve a more realistic feel of the nylon & neoprene materials. I also weighed in the fact that most users use reshade, which often increases both saturation and contrast of the game, resulting in more vivid colours.        I’m also planning to release a slightly different texture for this bareback pad as well, with even more swatches. Feel free to message me suggestions and wishes! ♡

      DOWNLOAD: SFS | Patreon       ᴘᴀᴛʀᴇᴏɴ · ʙᴏᴏsᴛʏ · ᴛᴏᴜ's · ᴍʏ ᴄᴄ · ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ɪɴsᴛᴀʟʟ ᴍᴏᴅs, ᴄᴄ & sɪᴍs · ɪᴅ ᴠᴇxʙʟᴏᴏᴍʜᴏʟʟᴏᴡ

Can't wait to see all your pretty horses tacked up for lovely leisure rides! Be sure to tag me on Tumblr so I can see them! ♡

[eggwishing]

saddled

[layaart]

I read an arc of A Dark And Drowning Tide recently. It was good.

[alllthesewordsleftunsaid]

Lady details

[hell-river]

The thunder and the lightning in your eyes say, you’re running out of ways, little runaway

[feything-n-frothing]

Unicorn Academy headcanons (purely for fun)!

I think it would’ve been so cool if the show gave them specific disciplines + tack when they got their magical personality-based clothing/tack ! I gave her western tack - it’ll be harder to do jumps, but I think being a bit unsafe is fairly in-character.

Sophia edition:

Eyebags from frequently sneaking out at night, all rebellious style… she will refuse to sleep solely to avoid ‘wasting free time’

Likes to be comfortable, rides bareback or western - she’s not very used to English, since she learned western first on her family’s ranch

Plays the guitar. Badly <3

Kind of mean, simply in an uncaring + snappy way. She’s recovering! …she just hasn’t socialized with peers in a while, much less friends

Also realized she liked girls very early on, and is in a bit of denial about actually being bi… so now she’s a (slowly) recovering misandrist! (This is mainly based off her treatment of Rory being especially hostile early on- especially since he’s a fellow rule-breaker, making her frustration with him fascinatingly hypocritical)

Bonus for Wildstar : I think she’d be an Appaloosa (maybe a draft mix?) in horse terms, to account for more obvious star patterns.

And I think she gets along with Sofia because she’s also a bit overly independent, bold, and abrasive

They WILL learn to cooperate! It’s a group effort here.