How do you know what kind of saddle size (tree size) to buy for a Medium Size Horse?

Question

Help.

Answer 1

It is often hard to tell what tree size will fit your horse properly, but you can usually gage the approximate size by looking at the width of your horse's barrel frome the back and front. The tree size pertains to how wide the top of the horses back is, and the average saddle comes in narrow, medium, and wide tree sizes. The best bet would be to ask your trainer or instructor (or a knowlageable friend) their opinion, because I cannot tell you anything specificly without looking at your horse. Then, once you think you have found about the right size saddle, ask to take it on trial for a couple days and have the same trainer or instructor come look at it. Make sure to actually ride your horse in this saddle, because you can usually tell if the saddle fits or not if your horse acts uncomfortable or different than usual. Good luck!

Answer 2

It really all depends on your horse.  Some horses have very high withers and some have barely any.  The easiest way to figure it out is to get a Wintec gullet measuring system (if possible) and by placing it on your horses withers (about halfway up), it shoud tell you which color of Wintec replaceable gullet to put in the saddle, which if you don't have a wintec, you can just use that gullet size to guage the trees of other saddles.  If that is not available, just get any king of long skinny object that will hold it's shape when you mold it (essentially, anything with wire as the core), and place it half way up the withers and mold it to the shape of your horse's shoulders (going slightly forward, but mostly down) and then place the wire on a piece of paper and trace the shape of the wire.  Then you can take the drawing and/or wire to your tack store and get help from a knowledgable assistant to help find a saddle that would fit.  However, this is not 100% reliable, you should always take the saddle on trial and take it home to make sure that it fits your horse properly.

Answer 3

Measure your horse and than write down the number. Than go to your local tack shop and tell them the number, and the person should be able to help you. Good Luck!! Hope this information helps you!!