Show Stopper Saddle

[Western_Standardbred]

Hey,

So there is this saddle on eBay that I’m looking at buying. The only thing is that it’s drum dyed, does that mean it will be bad quality? I only want to use it as a pleasure/stock working saddle? Also anyone else ride western with their standardbreds? Is there any shows that you can do with them in western gear?

• kind regards, Sophie

[CHT]

You can show them in open (all breed) shows for sure.

Never heard of that type of saddle…link?

[SouthernTrailsGA]

Drum Dyed Leather is the best way to color the leather, most companies take plain leather and spray the color on with vegetable dye or similar.

Now, that being said, I did a search and the only Show Stopper Saddle I found was an Import made in Kanpur India on Ebay, it contained a fiberglass tree. Needless to say it is a piece of JUNK…

Good Western Saddles are very expensive in Australia, I seriously doubt you will find a Good Western Saddle in OZ for less then 1,500.00 unless it is used.

I have customers from OZ and they tell me the horror stories of those 400.00 to 700.00 new western saddles they find and all of them are JUNK from India.

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[Western_Standardbred]

Thanks @SouthernTrailsGA,

Yeah I found out more direct from seller it was just a load of manure so I’m viewing an Aussie made older saddle this weekend sometime. That’s good you can compete in open classes as he’s a little cow in all the English rounds as he was broken to a western saddle originally. So hopefully I find some in the area!

• Kind Regards, Sophie