Fitting/Choosing a new Western saddle?
I’m looking into possibly getting a new saddle. I would like to get a saddle that has some silver, or the space to put my own silver on, but i don’t want it to be too expensive, and preferably black. I have a small Thoroughbred, she is only around 15 something hands. How would you measure whether it’s full-Quarter horse bars/Semi- Quarter horse bars? the one i have now is a bit tight on her, but with thinner saddle pad that’s about 1/2 inch to a whole inch, it fits. Which would be the best brand to get, and why? and where could i find this? thank you so much, sorry, didn’t expect fro the question to be so long! 
Well, in your first question you ask how you would measure ‘it.’ By ‘it’ I’m assuming you mean the saddle…?
Anyways..
http://www.extension.org/faq/38323
Here it says that semi-quarter horse bars are 6,” and full-quarter horse bars are 6 1/4-6 1/2″
So all you have to do is measure across the gullet.
http://www.paintedhillsranch.net/gullet_measurement.jpg (<-- an image of the gullet and where you measure it)
So there's your first answer. (I hope. Haha.)
I definitely recommend Circle Y! They are durable and sturdy! And very reasonably priced.
http://www.shopatron.com/products/category/468.0.1.1.22293.0.0.0.0
This is the Circle Y site. I hope you can find something here.
If Circle Y doesn't work for you, my next choice would be Billy Cook saddles.
His are also very sturdy and durable, pretty easy on the wallet to!
http://roesales.com/western_saddles
I hope I helped to some point! Good luck
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