Buying a custom-fit Western horse saddle is the ultimate purchase, and custom saddleries are available in many small towns across the country. Shop around for the best custom-fit saddle with advice from a riding instructor in this video on equestrian living.
If you are looking for the ultimate horse purchase, in my opinion, a custom made saddle is a great pleasure. How would you even begin to decide what would be your best and most advantageous purchase? I usually like to first start with what discipline and I going to ride that saddle in? It would be very easy of me to ask of the most professional trainer in reigning horses what type of saddle they prefer... cutting horses, Western pleasure... you could go to any trainer and they would certainly give you an opinion as to what custom saddle maker they prefer. Once you've decided what your discipline is and you have an array of choices, then you have to just do your homework and look into why is that saddle so preferred in the discipline that you ride. Another way to find a really good custom saddlery, is to go to some of the small towns that are notorious for such things: Stephenville, TX, Fort Worth, TX, lots of them in Oklahoma. If you're traveling across country, do your homework first, find out--maybe by the internet--where are these custom saddleries during your travels. You might be surprised, there might be one locally that people appreciate and use. But it is a good source to go online and look up, most of our custom saddleries now have websites, and you can pick the one that meets your needs best.
