This is the most common factor because we can measure it more easily. A narrow gullet width will keep the saddle perched higher.
A narrow or tight angle will make contact at the bottom of the bars, not the top. A wide angle will make contact at the top of the bars, not the bottom. The front will flare away from the horse to allow for shoulder movement. The back may flare to keep the bars from digging into the croup.
Bridging: When the bars make contact in the front and back of the saddle, but not in the middle. It causes what looks like a bridge across the dip in the back. The weight of the rider is carried only at the ends of the bars causing a lot of pressure that can result in white hairs and sores. Rock: when the bars bend more than the horse needs. This is the opposite of bridging and less common.
The saddle may tip forward, though that could also be from a saddle that is too wide in the front. Rock is found on horses with a flat toppling. If you do not have a saddle that fits your horse properly, then your horse is not going to be able to perform to the best of his abilities when you are riding him.
It is important that you be able to correctly judge whether a saddle has full or semi-quarter horse bars so that you know what size bar is right for your horse. When you are talking about the bars on a western saddle, you are referring to the two internal structures that run down the length of the saddle. The function of the bars is to distribute the weight of the saddle and the rider across the horse's back.
The bars are located inside the saddle and you will never actually view the bars of your saddle unless you completely take the saddle apart. Western saddles are typically offered with either full quarter horse bars or semi-quarter horse bars.
A saddle with full quarter horse bars is designed to fit a horse with a wide, fairly flat back. So far so good. At least you would have an idea of where in the range of "typical horse sizes" your horse was and you could, from this company, order something that you would hope would fit that section of the range.
I expect that the original company who used these terms didn't just change the width and angle, but they also would have incorporated different twists, crown patterns, etc. And there were never any measurements or terms given to these different factors, at least not that anyone outside the company would have known. So what happened was that other companies thought this was a good idea, and since the terms were catching on, they used the same terms.
Problem was, they used different trees from different tree makers, and those trees would have fit horses differently. People really in the know would have understood that Company A's original bars would have fit a horse like this and Company B's original bars would have fit a horse like that. But pretty soon people who didn't understand that every tree maker and every saddle maker does things differently were figuring that since the terms were the same, the fit was the same.
Well, it wasn't true then and it isn't true now. There are no standards for what a Semi-Quarter Horse bars saddle fits like. And while within one tree maker, the progression from Regular to Semi-Quarter Horse to Quarter Horse to Full Quarter Horse still goes from narrowest to widest, it doesn't necessarily mean it is the same between makers. And how either maker's bars actually fit the horse - well there is no way of knowing that other than putting it on the horse, checking how it feels underneath our DVD helps you know what you are checking for!
While the Semi-Quarter Horse, Quarter Horse and Full Quarter Horse designations may give you a bit of an idea of the section of the bell curve of horse's back shapes that the saddle is supposed to fit, in reality fitting a saddle to a horse is like buying women's clothing. Yes I've seen your Zoe, and I'd be very surprised if she'd be any less than a full Quarterhorse Bars My half breed is full QH bars and your welcome to try it on her next time we meet up, that would give you an indication of the sizing Caroline Well-known Member.
Yes western saddles are so hard to fit. Full bars fit round fat horses or real QH types. Harold is a lovely quiet guy that makes western and halfbreed saddles. He is a legend and lives in Toodyay!! He can help you. I can get his number if you want it. Just PM me. Ziggy the Piggy said:. Click to expand Caroline said:. Horseslave, ask around town for Harold Pitcher.
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