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Treeless Flex Trail Saddle with Skito Square English Saddle Pad

Leather-Flex Tree Trail Saddle - This saddle does not have a hard wooden tree. It does have bars made of leather and foam which raises the rider up away from the horses spine so that a nice air channel is formed down the horses back. The saddle bars bend and form to the horses back. This also ensures that the horse does not feel jabs in the loins or withers upon turning. You are sitting close to your horse and can feel all the movements he makes under you.  Your communication is multiplied many times. 

The rigid pommel is made of steel and has a great handle that arches up over the pommel. It comes in 4 sizes to fit nearly all horses withers. The bars mold to the horses back, but the pommel must be the correct width to sit properly on either side of the withers. To find out the width of your horses withers, do a measurement. See instuctions here.

The Cantle is made of a rigid foam material. It is rigid yet flexible and gives rider support. 

The Flex Trail has a deep pocket in the seat, making it very secure. It rises up toward the pommel. Some people find this a little uncomfortable. The sizing on this saddle is about 1" larger than a western and 1" smaller than an English. See the fitting chart to help determine your seat size.

 
The rigging is a Center Fire Rigging. The latigo starts in the back, goes down through the cinch ring, up through the front ring of the saddle, back down through the cinch ring, and then ties off in the back. This lets the cinch ring float and self adjust so the pressure is equal from front to back on the saddle. This keeps the saddle from flipping up in back while going down hill. With the use of a crupper and breast collar, the saddle does not have to be super tight.

The Stirrups of the Leather Flex Saddles are made of fiberglass and are covered with Leather. They weight about 2 pounds. They are made with the twist built in to eliminate knee pressure.

 
A Skito Pad is recommended with this saddle as for all treeless saddles. The Round Western Pad fits the Flex Trail well and we now feature a new Skito Flex Trail Pad that can be tied on for convenience.

What kind of horse will this saddle fit? It will fit anything from a Pony to a Paso Fino, to and Arabian, to an Andalusian or Quarter horse. It all depends on the gullet width.