American Saddlery
American Denero
- Consider for
- Regular riding comfort
- 25-inch skirt
- 5-inch cantle
- Check before buying
- Compare the original skirt with the II.
THE REVIEW INDEX
Saddle reviews
Find a model, read the owner evidence and compare its documented specifications.
American Saddlery
American Saddlery Antar 915/916
- Consider for
- Secure Arabian-tree seating
- 4-inch cantle
- 25-inch skirt
- Check before buying
- Actual lifting effort and finish.
American Saddlery
American Saddlery Mule Tamer 1740
- Consider for
- Leather mule-trail setups
- Mule bars
- Brass rigging
- Check before buying
- Rear skirt-join clearance and seat room.
Arena
Arena All Purpose
- Consider for
- Leather feel and wipe-clean lining
- Leather upper / technical lining
- All-purpose riding layout
- Check before buying
- Mixed construction is a benefit for cleanup and a drawback if all leather is essential.
Arena
Arena Jump
- Consider for
- Soft-leather jumping trials
- Jump-focused layout
- Movable front and rear blocks
- Check before buying
- The sole owner reports easy scratching and limited riding time.
Arena
Arena Wide Dressage
- Consider for
- Wide-horse dressage fitting trials
- Wide/Cob model family
- WIDE gullet system on current model
- Check before buying
- The sole owner liked the horse fit but wanted a deeper-feeling seat.
American Saddlery
Austin Arabian II 921
- Consider for
- High-cantle adjustable girthing
- 5-inch cantle
- Padded seat
- Check before buying
- Tree fit, seat room and supplied straps.
Bates
Bates All Purpose SC
- Consider for
- Hacking with an open seat
- Square cantle and open seat
- Forward-cut flap
- Check before buying
- The owner record does not establish advanced jumping performance or long-term wear.
Bates
Bates Dressage
- Consider for
- Narrow-twist dressage trials
- Deep seat with narrow waist
- Adjustable ergonomic stirrup bars listed
- Check before buying
- The detailed positive account comes from one rider over roughly two months.