Stonewall saddles
lschmidt
Does anybody out there know who stocks/sells Stonewall Saddles? Or where
the manufacturer is located? Or anything else about the saddles or company
for that matter!!
Jane H. Kilberg
In article <01bc36fa$aed43d00$2861...@lschmidt.telis> lschmidt,
I use to own one a few years back. I bought it second hand. Very bare
bones and seat is open. Has a narrow tree. It only fit one horse I was
working with at the time. After I sold the horse, I didn't use the saddle
for years because of the narrow tree. Sold it to a gal for endurance
riding. It fit her Arabian perfectly.
The girth is adjustable and you can tighten or loosen it up through
buckles at both the cantle and pommel. No saddle horn and cantle is
moderate. Very military in style. I use to see ads for Stonewalls all the
time, but haven't in several years.
down the sunny trails . . .
jane kilberg and her gang of spotted 4 legged critters at the
rocking double j ranch in the great nation of Tejas
member of ApHC, Sundance '500' Int'l (Appaloosa appreciation society)
Montgomery County Adult Horse Committee
Sullys Maze
In article <5ha3l4$e...@lurch.sccsi.com>,
Jane H. Kilberg <jkil...@mcia.com> writes:
>In article <01bc36fa$aed43d00$2861...@lschmidt.telis> lschmidt,
>lsch...@telis.org writes:
>>oes anybody out there know who stocks/sells Stonewall Saddles? Or where
>>the manufacturer is located? Or anything else about the saddles or company
>>for that matter!!
>
>I use to own one a few years back. I bought it second hand. Very bare
>bones and seat is open. Has a narrow tree. It only fit one horse I was
>working with at the time. After I sold the horse, I didn't use the saddle
>for years because of the narrow tree. Sold it to a gal for endurance
>riding. It fit her Arabian perfectly.
Hi Jane,
It is my understanding also that they tend to have narrow trees. I
know some folks who do multi-day endurance rides, and they have all
requested specially wide trees for their Arabs.
Karen
tobler
Jane H. Kilberg wrote:
>
> In article <01bc36fa$aed43d00$2861...@lschmidt.telis> lschmidt,
> lsch...@telis.org writes:
> >oes anybody out there know who stocks/sells Stonewall Saddles? Or where
> >the manufacturer is located? Or anything else about the saddles or company
> >for that matter!!
>
> I use to own one a few years back. I bought it second hand. Very bare
> bones and seat is open. Has a narrow tree. It only fit one horse I was
> working with at the time. After I sold the horse, I didn't use the saddle
> for years because of the narrow tree. Sold it to a gal for endurance
> riding. It fit her Arabian perfectly.
>
> buckles at both the cantle and pommel. No saddle horn and cantle is
> moderate. Very military in style. I use to see ads for Stonewalls all the
> time, but haven't in several years.
>
> down the sunny trails . . .
> jane kilberg and her gang of spotted 4 legged critters at the
> rocking double j ranch in the great nation of Tejas
> member of ApHC, Sundance '500' Int'l (Appaloosa appreciation society)
> Montgomery County Adult Horse Committee
Ditto. I had one of the originals some 20 yrs ago. Jerry Stoner is the
creator and the saddle is a McClellan style tree covered with foam and
black glove leather. The underside is filled with the
temperature-sensitive foam that lines ski boots. It warms to the horse
and molds to fit his back (limited, as mentioned by Jane, to the narrow
tree as a whole). Hence, the rider is instructed to saddle up, mount,
and then re-tighten the girth 15 minutes later. And, man oh man, don't
ignore this step or you may just find your saddle revolving under
Dobbin's belly with you on board! It happed to my girlfriend who was
borrowing it for her Morgan. It never did fit my big Saddlebreds well
so I sold it. Neat concept, however!
Wendy
Cowboymi
I don't know much about them but, I noticed the name in my research for my
own enduance saddle & sources. There were also mentioned a couple times in
threads in the Ridecamp archives.
These are a couple of sources:
Stonewall Lightweight Saddles
27180 Citrus Enterprises
Perris, CA 92571
(909)928-3244
Trails End
4848 Rivendale Road
Placerville, CA 95667
(800)758-6344 or (916)647-0135
Fax: (916)644-5107
Email:trails*e...@bigfoot.com
Home page:http://worldofhorses.media3.net/trailend/
CowboyMI - Steven W.
There never was a horse that couldn't be rode, nor a Cowboy that couldn't be throwed....
jax...@leopard.com
> >>oes anybody out there know who stocks/sells Stonewall Saddles? Or where the manufacturer is located?
> It is my understanding also that they tend to have narrow trees. I
> know some folks who do multi-day endurance rides, and they have all
> requested specially wide trees for their Arabs.
The address and phone number for Stonewall is:
27180 Citrus Enterprises
Perris, CA 92571
The cool thing about Stonewall saddles is that they will send you
instructions for tracing your horses back and build a tree to fit your
horse. I thought that the price of the saddles, even with the custom
tree, was reasonable compared to other custom tree saddle manufacturers.
I also found the Stonewall to be a very comfortable saddle.
just my $.02!
Jacqueline