Blog – Page 43 – Trail Saddles by Steele

We both ride Steele Trail Saddles, and LOVE them!

We bought our first Steele trail saddle in 1998, my husband was riding an OLD Heiser saddle which did not fit many of our horses. He is REALLY hard to please, however I ordered him a new Steele Outlaw trail saddle for Christmas. He still rides the saddle today it has thousands of trail miles and still looks great. We have Missouri Foxtrotters all built differently and this saddle does well on all of them.

I have ridden Marciante saddles for 20+ years and love them but they are almost a flat seat. So finally in the Fall of 2011 – I decided to bite the bullet and ordered a Steele trail saddle for myself the Steele Trail Boss Saddle model.

I love this saddle it has the smaller horn which works great for me because I am used to no horn. I also got the new lighter tree and I can saddle myself. After I got the new trail saddle the stirrups would hardly adjust short enough so I contacted Eric and sent the leathers back he shortened them at no charge and got them right back to me in just a few weeks.

One more note, you hardly ever see a used Steele trail saddle for sale and I am convinced it is because the people who have them LOVE them and hardly ever part with them. I’d love to get my husband a new Steele Outlaw saddle, but he won’t have it. He says his outlaw is like a favorite pair of boots they are worn in and fit him perfect!

My favorite Steele Saddle

Out of the three Steele Trail saddles I own, my favorite is the Steele Moutaineer with western fenders. My friend Kay from NC came and rode with me this summer and fell in love with this saddle so much, she just placed an order for one. Anyone that ever rides in it who rides with me, falls in love. This photo was taken in West Virginia and the horse is Dakota, 7 year old Rocky Mountain horse.

– Laura at Walnut Ridge Farm

Great Saddles!

We started the custom saddle fitting process in early spring. After a careful fitting process under Eric’s guidance, we were all satisfied with the fit, especially AJ (the horse). The saddle was then promptly finished. We have been riding steadily for the past several months, so this review is based on a fair amount of use (not just the excitement from having a new saddle). AJ and I are both very happy. The Mountaineer saddle fits both of us like a glove–it is lightweight, comfortable and well made. I expect years of great riding!

– Jon & Julie, Wisconsin

Great, great, trail saddle

Great, great, trail saddle. Customer service is awesome. Bought my Mountaineer saddle in 2009 and never regretted it. I opted for the lighter tree which increased the price a bit, but well worth it. The stirrups are normally set somewhat forward so I opted to have them moved back about a 1/2 inch. The saddle is extremely well made. It will last you a lifetime. I am short (5’4″) so they accommodated by providing shorter skirt and stirrup leathers. Their loaner program made it really easy to be able to buy this Steele trail saddle.

Customer service is awesome and they guarantee their saddles for life!

I have the Steele Mountaineer trail saddle and I love it. It’s a gorgeous well made high quality saddle. My horse has never moved better and I ave never felt more balanced on her back. And I used to ride a deep seated cutting saddle that was custom made for me.

There is a reason you can almost never find a used Steele saddle for sale and when you do you don’t find them cheap. I got really lucky. A friend of mine had one that fit his horse well but not him so well. It fit me and my horse perfectly. At that I only saved a couple hundred dollars over going through the process of having one built.

The customer service is awesome and they guarantee their saddles for life. When my friend owned mine he had an accident with his horse where he fell off and she went through a fence. She ripped the stirrup fender right off the saddle. He shipped it to the company and they replaced the fender for no cost except for shipping. You can’t tell it ever needed repairs.

I can’t say enough good things about my Steele Trail Saddle. – Pennsylvania, south of Pittsburgh

We love our saddles!

It has been over a year since we ordered our two Steele saddles. We are very pleased with them. You advised us to use the girth strap straight down instead of using it as a center-fire. We tried it and are very satisfied with how it works.

You also told us that it wasn’t really necessary to use a breast collar or crupper. We haven’t used either of those and are very pleased. We trail ride the Big South Fork and ride the difficult trails as much as the trails where we gait.

They are great saddles and we are glad we bought them.
Sent from Joyce C

From Steele Saddle: “Joyce, thank you for taking the time to share your trail saddle purchase experience with us. Have a great day.” Eric & Fred