| Do you like cleaning and conditioning your saddle? | | | | I use a close contact saddle, but there are synthetic |
| Synthetic saddles are a way to have a nice looking | | | | saddles for all disciplines including, dressage, endurance, |
| saddle with minimum maintenance. Admittedly the | | | | and various saddles for the western disciplines. Some |
| leather smells good, but who wants to clean the | | | | of the saddles come with air instead of flocking in the |
| leather and worse, condition it to where it's soft and | | | | panels which moves and shifts with the movement of |
| supple? | | | | your horse. In addition to air in the panels, there are |
| One of the advantages to having a synthetic saddle is | | | | systems where you can change out the gullet on the |
| that you can "cheat" and take it off the horse and put | | | | saddle to better fit the saddle to your horse's |
| it away. Leather is notorious for being weakened and | | | | confirmation. This makes for a more comfortable ride |
| drying out from dirt and sweat. To take proper care of | | | | for him. Poor saddle fit is often the cause of bad |
| a leather saddle, you really do need to clean it each | | | | behaviors such as bucking where the horse is reacting |
| and every time you ride. | | | | to discomfort. |
| Not so with a synthetic saddle. I have owned a | | | | Synthetic tack has come a long way and is not only |
| synthetic saddle for about four years and it looks as | | | | stylish but virtually maintenance free. Save the your |
| good as the day I purchased it and I've at most | | | | fancy leather saddle for the show ring and use a |
| occasionally wiped it with a damp cloth. | | | | synthetic saddle for day to day riding at home. |