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Fit is great!

Eric, I’ve spoke with several people about our saddles since we received them. Some of which have asked me how they fit different horses. I know its important to have proper fit and not all horses are the same. With that said I was just going to say we’ve been riding ours with 6 different horses. Fit has been great with that small sample.

The photo is of a young mare we were showing two gentlemen from Israel.  They too had nice things to say about the Steele Mountaineer saddle.

1,000 thanks to Steele Saddle,

Here’s some excitement coming up. Fred and Eric so kindly agreed to make a plantation saddle adapted to my special riding needs – I’m a para equestrian, and literally ride by the seat of my pants – i.e. very little leg use, means I’ve developed a truck and seat that use a lot of ti chi kinda balance.
That can be so enhanced by the deep seat and contour of the cantle and by some cool additions to my pommel on the plantation model – it will have metal hand grabs on either side, because however great of a horse, and balanced of a seat I might have, there’s always the unexpected ! LOL – and on steep or rough terrain, knowing I have sturdy grips at 3 O’Clock and 9 O’Clock on the pommel means I can push my butt firmly in the seat and go into wilderness, I couldn’t other wise see.
Fred’s even making the skirts after the beautiful shapes of Ladies’s astride saddles of days gone by. Can’t wait to have it and pictures are forthcoming. The design is something that might appeal to able bodied (but middle aged) endurance riders who want to ensure their seat on rugged stretches – or one of these para saddles would be a fabulous gift to any therapeutic riding programs you support.
1000 thanks to the Steele Saddle for making this happen for me. It means the world ! Kathy

 

Steele Saddles Go Anywhere

Awesome saddles, we have two Mountaineers and love them.  I wish I’d been able to try one sooner.  I never get sore and have not had one issue with the horses having a sore back either.  I have tried many other “good saddles” but had several issues.  First problem we had was a bad fit for the horses.  This was a big problem as often as we ride.  Then we’ve had some issues with comfort for us (not as big a deal but worth mentioning).  After trying a Steele Mountaineer trail saddle, that’s all my wife and I ride.  I would and do recommend Steele trail saddles to our friends and anyone who asks about them on the trail.

Good people to deal who make a very quality product.  A lot of companies say stuff like “made for hunters by hunters” etc. but it is pretty cool to know and see that these saddles are really made by people that actually do ride and camp like we do.

Kaleb Short

Nothing is better than receiving photos from our customers showing how much they enjoy trail riding on their Steele saddles.  These customers have a matching set of our trail saddles and exhibit the “can do attitude” of trail riding!  Thank you so much for sharing these pictures of your horses on the trails with our saddles.

Eric & Fred at Steele Saddle

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Photos courtesy of Kaleb Short

See Steele at Southern Horse Bonanza, Murfessboro

Look for our Steele Trail Saddles on Display: :  March 8-10 at the Southern Horse Bonanza Expo and Trade Show in Murfeesboro Tennessee.  There will be multiple models of our signature trail saddles plus some of our new items and tack.  See us at the Steele Saddle booth to find out more about our line of trail saddles built by trail riders and the accessories our customers depend on.