Western Trail Saddles for Your Draft Horse
Built to fit your draft horse comfortably, Mountain Horse draft saddles are nice looking and comfortable for you as well. Plus, they are very affordable! Prices shown are for seat sizes 15", 16" or 17", but we can build draft saddles for bigger riders in 18", 19, 20", 21" and the Draft Roper Saddle (only that model) comes in a 22" as well. E'mail us at mtmountainhorse@yahoo.com for oversized seat pricing if not shown. We can also build all the tack you need to match your draft saddle: draft-sized breast collars, rear cinches, headstalls, cruppers, breeching, etc. We carry cinches for your draft horse as well.
These saddles are built on a wood tree that is specifically designed to comfortably fit your draft or draft cross horse. Draft trees come with bars that are built flatter to fit the draft horse's wider back comfortably. Ensure you get the right fit for your horse...we can send you the tree to try on your horse before we build the saddle, so you make sure you get the best possible fit. See our Saddle Fitting program here. Dispelling a myth: We have had customers tell us that their draft needs a 9", 10", 11" gullet or bigger. However, the measurement they are referring to is NOT the gullet width. The largest the gullet can be is 8"...any larger than that and the tree would collapse in on itself. Simple physics! The measurement they may be referring to is the distance between the inside of the bars. The way our draft tree is designed with flatter, wider bars, we successfully fit all draft horses with either a 7", 7.5" or 8" gullet. Here is a sample of the draft horse saddles offered by Mountain Horse, Inc.
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Some quick notes: We have successfully built saddles for several different breeds of draft horses including Percherons, Clydesdales, Belgians, Shires, Spotted Drafts, American Creams and other draft breeds including draft crosses/draft mules. We also have the ability to fit the Friesian horses with our specially designed Friesian tree. This Friesian tree design only works with certain models of our Gaited Saddles and adds approximately $40.00 to the cost of the saddle. E'mail us at mtmountainhorse@yahoo.com for more information about our Friesian saddles. We also build saddles for the smaller draft types like the Fjords, Haflingers, Gypsy Vanners and North American Curly horses. For these breeds, we custom build draft wood trees with the bars of the tree shortened and skirts on the saddle shortened, which is an additional $40.00. Our draft wood tree gives us a few more options as we can build the gullet in a 7", 7.5" or 8"...and we can even build an extra wide bar width if necessary.
Features on most draft horse saddles: The draft saddle tree is fiberglass covered wood for strength and durability. Available in seat sizes from 15"-17" at standard price and special orders 18"-21". We can also build youth saddles in 13" or 14". Comes with a synthetic felt pad on the underside of the saddle, but you can choose to upgrade to mock or real wool fleece.
Comes with nylon latigo and off billet. You can upgrade to a leather latigo and an extra long draft off billet for an additional $35.00
If you'd like a different tooling than options shown on each saddle, call or e'mail for pricing-see below* LOTS of options for you to choose. To view leather color, border tooling, hand tooling and hand stamped designs see "Saddle Options". *Special orders (full coverage or spot tooling, 18"-21" seats) add additional costs that can not be computed by our on-line store. For fastest service on special orders, call 1-866-781-4465 or e'mail us at mtmountainhorse@yahoo.com
Dimensions (based on 16" seat): Gullet height (pommel area)--11 1/2 inches, Saddle length with square skirt 26", Cantle height-4"
To see more draft horse saddles, click here for the On-Line Store.
Testimonials"Hi Melissa, I have told several people about your web site and how helpful you were to me. Thanks... I love my draft saddle"--Polly Craig "Hello Melissa, This is to inform you the draft horse saddle I purchased from you is great. Very comfortable for the rider and the horse. I'm not the only one who thinks so. My 4 kids also ride and have mentioned it to me . The stirrups and seat fit well and all of us are built differently. We have 6 other saddles and that one is a hit. Please pass it on to your saddle maker. Thank You again" ED "Just wanted to let you know that the draft horse saddle I purchased from you is great. I just came back from my first "in the mountains" trail ride with my half draft, Pete. I was comfortable and I believe he was too! Thanks for your help" Linda
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How to order your draft horse saddle from Mountain Horse
With Mountain Horse, Inc. you have a few choices when ordering your saddle:
You can e'mail us at mtmountainhorse@yahoo.com or call us toll-free at 1-866-781-4465 and let us know which saddle shown in the On-Line store interests you and we can check with the warehouses to see if we have that saddle in stock and process your order. The saddles in stock are usually in the leather color and tooling shown in the picture. This would not be considered a custom built saddle.
OR you can order on-line through the On-Line store and choose from the options given which custom items you want (leather color, tooling, real wool fleece option, different tree options, seat size etc.) This is a custom built saddle. Our saddle maker's will build the saddle to your specifications and price will depend on the options you choose.
OR you can also e'mail us at mtmountainhorse@yahoo.com with everything you want on your saddle--and we'll let you know what we can do! This is also a custom built saddle and price will depend on the options you want.
OR we can do a custom built saddle starting by sending you the saddle tree to determine correct fit for your horse.
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