SO, this was a saddle designed with a perfected blend of ranch & arena style. With Circle Y's "Cobra Tree", your Windsor barrel saddle provides Circle Y saddles' most aggressive "locked-in" feeling seat. The Circle Y Windsor saddle  features an ultra light roughout leather that showcases the Diamond Waffle border tooling. You'll really like the exclusive Thunderbird Gem concho trim!  This saddle positions the rider with a deep seat. It offers  7/8 in-skirt rigging to offer more balance when cinching. 

Ideal for:  The gymkhana rider who is looking for a deeper pocketed seat to stay in position through deep, tight turns.  The barrel racer looking to become more stationary  throughout their run. (% in cantle & 15 inch swell)   The horse that needs a more balanced fit that is perfected with the 7/8 in-skirt rigging.

The Cobra Tree is Circle Y's most aggressive "locked-in" seat.  The all over roughout gives added stick & security through your rides.  You probably know: as you ride, the rough finish will smooth out some over time in your saddle. You can get some sand paper or a fine wire brush & carefully adjust to just the right feel you prefer. Or, over oil inareas you'd like a bit less "Stick".  Short skirts fit nicely on a compact built horse.  The Thunderbird Conchos with turquoise "gemstones" add just a right amount of "pop" to your saddle.  Available in the dark as shown here, or in a light color roughout leather.

Deep ground seat that does not overly allow too much movement. Roughout finish all over for looks & some sticking power.  The tree will give every advantage to your horse. And the rigging rings are built into tough leathers too.  Designed for close contact of your leg signals & hip / weight shifts to cue your horse. All this design work, including Circle Y's specific 7/8 rigging position, allows the horse to use that rear end to propel at its best. Your weight concentrates more over the front, where the horse balances as the rear propels. 

The pommel and horn are made to allow your best abilities to happen. Strong, like that cantle. Riding this barrel racing saddle is about as stable as is allowed!  Great for riders who need some assistance in riding structure. ALSO, this seat allows a lot of support for posture that alleviates lower back saddle soreness. If you're a riding instructor, you'll appreciat your investment in this "Circle Y Barrel Saddle".  It is great for training the rider to become more enabled & confident. You'll appreciate this saddle. It will become your training partner, best enabling you & your horse become one team. 

 This saddle is designed to lighten the weight, allow easy turning, place less pressure on your knees and ankles, as well as hold up for a long time. Rear flank slot if needed to add a rear flank strap.  It looks good, even sitting pretty in the skirts without a flank strap.   Stainless steel girth plates & breast collar dees. The comfort features will still take the stuff trails are made of. Soft leather is next to the rider so you don't chafe your skin. Hardseat saddles  are a timeless choice for riders who understand the comfortably breaking in to the rider's body.  Leather on swells and cantle binding will not stretch out of place like some of the other imported water buffalo, or "belly leather" used by other manufacturers. Circle Y is using the best areas of cowhide for each piece & part of your saddle. (Didja know? Because I work with leather, I know how much of a whole hide has to be allocated to "resale packs" or "art" projects, or inner linings, because we don't want to take our time & effort with the leather parts which will loose shape, be spongy, tear easily, or just look cheap.)  A thick fleece lining is on the bottom of your saddle, with a pressure absorbing mid layer, to allow plenty of shock absorbing comfort for you & your horse too. Available in several seat sizes and both regular and wide width trees.

The bars of the saddle are designed to not dig in as your horse moves in tight quarters.

Saddle strings are on Clip N Dees so you can add longer ones for trail riding, or take them off in a couple minutes. Stainless breast collar dees prevent sweat from corroding, like the inferior plated metals. (What's that mean to you? Plated metal corrosion will ruin your skirts - an expensive replacement, and makers that use the cheaper stuff know it won't happen until your warrantee runs out.)  4 clip n dee attachments for 4 strings. We can add 2 more if ya need. Easy to hand horn leans forward to allow you to move. 

If you look carefully, you'll see the famous Circle Y Air Channel, which stays off the spine of your horse. Neo-shock pads line the bottom of the tree. 

The smaller skirts & deep seat design not only have allowed average riders to use this for barrel racing & other gymkhana sports, but longer trail rides & just plain riding fun too!.

Circle Y Saddle Helpful Tips:
7/8 In-Skirt rigging is most commonly used because it provides enough stability to the front of the saddle , without interfering with movement.
Hardseat saddles are known for unmatched comfortability , once broken in.
Placement of the saddle on the horse's back is important. The "sweet spot places the front edge of the tree, (Not the front of saddle), behind the shoulder blade to rest comfortably & without interfering with movement.
Overpadding a well fitting saddle can create challenges, just as under padding can.  Might lead to sore backs, or saddle sores.
Evaluate your horse's topline conformation. Horses with a weak topline, hollows behind the shoulders, asymmetry, prominent spines, swaybacks, and downhill builds need specialty pads.  Reinsman specializes in pads made for your challenges!

With the competition among today's best, your reputation depends on every saddle you design and build. The expertise of top trainers, top executives, and artists all come together to present some of these "world's best" saddles for you & your students. 

Our dream is to continue making them affordably available to you. These Western saddles are best suited for the rider who is, or has the mindset, of a professional horseman. If you dream of becoming all you can be as a rider's personal trainer, you're in the right place.

Circle Y will use a quality skirting leather that will look rich, even without a lot of tooling. Busy riders often want saddle leather that is not as intricate, (easier to clean). However, if we simply use a regimen of weekly wiping the saddle down, it gets really easy to care for tooling! The roughout finish hides scratches that you might otherwise see as you use your saddle! Yet, it is prime leather in strength & durability.  Both Circle Y & Cultured Cowboy understand what professional style saddles are supposed to be, and we make them to give you every positive edge in riding.  

Grain and selection of leather is planned and placed for each position on your saddle, instead of looking like an afterthought. Each handmade saddle will have little subtleties to enhance the individual horse and rider experience. Rather than a die cut piece of leather with oversized leather conchos to cover the gaps, each piece of leather is hand fitted and properly molded for a tasteful and useful marriage between parts. Pre-conditioning is available on each saddle. (It will slightly darken the leather, but still look rich! )

Whether or not you have the experience of a professional, anybody can sit in one of these engineered saddles and tell it was made to ride with style, balance, confidence. The tree maker and the saddle maker have made it easier to travel by placing emphasis on your leg position. Perfected fenders assure you can move your leg as movements require. These WIndsor barrel saddles allow good close positioning with your horse. You'll feel balanced whether you are riding uphill, downhill, on a flat or rounding a curve. The ground seat and rise is proper to aid you in your riding, rather than restricting you.  No feeling left behind.  No awkward slipping in your turns.

Built for strength and endurance. Unlike saddles which are made for a couple years of showing and then to be traded, Your Circle Y gymkhana saddle is built with selected high tech materials mixed with timeless natural fibers, placed in positions according to their flexing and their rigid properties. Then properly finished to add life. The Circle Y tree maker gives a full warrantee, but today's trees are even better than the type of tree that lasted many years in your grandfather's saddles. Using the best leather on top of all that foundation will keep your seat in the saddle till it's time to give up riding.  (then, Pass it forward!)

Available in  13.5 - 16 inch seat sizes, and in regular or wide tree widths.  

Custom lettering and brands are available if you like them.  Trophy Saddles are a Circle Y and Cultured Cowboy specialty. 

Would you like to get a new saddle that feels like it is used? We will heavy oil any saddle for you. We prefer to use Lexol. Lexol will darken less than any other conditioner. It is PH-Balanced for the leather used in your saddle. We have been using Lexol on our personal saddles for over 40 years. Add $160.00 for Lexol and some several hours of application. Lexol is best applied in many thin layers. To finish the treatment, we hand rub extra virgin olive oil. This both drives the lanolin further into the leather & completes a rich looking finish & "softy feel" to your leather.  Upon your request, to darken more, we will blend in some pure modern neatsfoot. The choice is yours! Your saddle will then come out of the box ready to ride in ultimate comfort!

Remember that a breast collar is a great addition to your saddle purchase. For a small investment, you can add an emergency measure that could prevent a saddle twisting under your horse, should a girth loosen without your knowledge. 

Have you ever had the experience of getting a new saddle to find the stirrups won't take up enough to fit, or let out enough to fit? No more...We like to get your real inseam, (and other measurements, like we were making your chaps), then assure the saddle will fit when it arrives. Hey, by the time we get through spoiling you, you'll always want to buy your saddles and tack from us! 

Your saddle can be shipped to you in a padded saddle bag by Big D Blanket company or JT International. This protective saddle bag will help insure the proper finish of your investment for many years. (Call for current saddle bag price.)

We strive to keep about 150 of the basic saddles, (and several specialty saddles) in stock. (Horse people drive from several states away to SC, to experience sitting in a wide variety of saddles. We keep additional saddle forms and many bring their horses for fitting that best combination for horse & rider.  In-stock saddles can be to you in a week or less. But, there is nothing like having a saddle semi-custom made for your horse and your body. Allow about 2 to 6 weeks for a tree to be made, if necessary.  Then the saddler needs about 4 to 8 weeks to make your saddle. Leather is cut, wet, steamed, dried, fitted and pulled. It cannot be rolled off a bolt and processed like fabrics. This does take time to do right. Allow another 3 days to a week for UPS delivery. Overseas orders will usually go through UPS, or Airborne express, (depending on your best rate or most security). Any more time is because the saddler is catching up on previous saddles, or waiting on parts, or needs to take one night off for his wedding anniversary. 

Saddle makers are as excited about making your saddles as you are about riding! They would rather get it right, than rush it. We have chosen our saddle making partners because of their consistency in quality of product. Cultured Cowboy knows that most of our customers will be riding for many years to come. A short wait for a really good saddle is worth your "wait" in gold!   OK - Do ya need a rental saddle while waiting?  We now have several used saddles that might work for you in the interim.  Yes, shipping sucks on a temporary saddle,  But would this enable it possible to have your dream saddle on a permanent basis?

With the experience of thousands of saddles made for thousands of horse people, Cultured Cowboy looks forward to helping you with your needs. Tired legs, hurting knees, lower back pains, need grip, need freedom, need speed, need to impress your friends, need to impress your equine, need help, need a hug? Give us a call.

God Bless,
Cultured Cowboy

The "offside view".  I love the easy swing stirrup positioning. Cool thing: Even though the leathers move easily, you'll feel secure at every position!	The Circle Y Saddle bottom of this saddle combines a layer of dissipating, shock absorbing material which is finished with a final layer of thick pile saddle fleece next to your horse. Both you & your horse are gonna love this for decades!
Details: Mid positioned Breast collar dees. A mix of tooling to bring out that "vintage" look in a new saddle! Even the conchos are "sunflowered".	Wow !  -  Attention to detail.  Yes, the rear flank slot is strong. The conchos are sunflowers. There's a hoofpick/knife holder on back of the cantle. And look how tight the seat approaches the cantle. Shows the quality of craftsmanship.
	So, here's a great view of the proper fitting possibilities: Full, 7/8 or 3/4 rigging, to get off that horse's elbow and still position the saddle tree properly on the horse's back.  Notice the "twist in the stirrup leathers to aid your mounting & dismounting, as well as riding position! As much skirting as possible has been "cut-away" for much direct leg contact with your equine! An optional flank set (usually not necessary in this "short-back" skirt) is available for you.  Also: the EBS - Ergo-Balanced Stirrup has the ability to maintain your feet in proper position as you move with your riding.
	I really appreciate that Circle Y understands the benefits of a well padded seat. Made of the newest, greatest, bestest, fit to your body, seat cushioning. Still, It doesn't seat like wearing a thick feminine napkin.  Nor is the leather seat "hot in the crotch" to ride in hot weather.  Textured Top Grain seat gives security in those "almost left behind" moments!  Seat is padded with a NASA type comfort foam. It gives the rider ultimate comfort without feeling bulky, or interfering with the "feel" of your horse.
	Front view shows both the "shock pad" and thick fleece combo bottom. This saddle is engineered so you don't need to allow for extra layers of horse & rider comfort. One proper pad will do the job!   Also, see the front of that Air-channel. The Pommel has an extra 1.5 inch taller pommel for rider comfort & security. Yet the forward leaning horn allows riders to bend over the pommel without discomfort, when leaning forward is needed.  Front pommel brass escusion pins.
	Inside pommel shows the border tooling, the horn from riding perspective, and swells. .
	Quick adjustments with Blevins type slides.  Multiple holes allow fine tuned leg adjustment.  I almost always hook my stirrup over the horn while adjusting my girth!     Got questions?  Call Chuck. Send pics of you, your horse.  We really want a conversation to befriend your style of riding and any particulars that will make your rides, your best rides!  (It's all this experience together that results in almost no saddle returns, once we work together.)   Matching 1 Ear Headstall - Windsor One Ear - $184.99 Matching Browband Headstall -  Windsor Browband - $214.99 Matching Tack made by Circle Y, in either the dark shown here of in the light oil.
	Matching 3 way breast collar.  Windsor 3 way Breast Collar - $224.99    Many Racers are not using an exact match with this rough out styling.   Beaded, and / or fringed, and / or silkscreen prints, and / or plaited styles with color seem quite popular.  All the scallops & fancy lines allow the breast collar to flex with the rider's needs.  And almost all of these come in sets with headstall spur straps & such to match! Why do we like a 3-way breast collar?   It's like an emergency brake. Nice to have when it's really needed, though we thankfully don't need to always depend on it!   Yes, It can keep a saddle from sliding back on the horse, but the primary focus is that if a horse (Which can lose inches in a short time on a hot day) should develop a loose girth, the 3 straps wrapping around your horse's neck will prevent the saddle from sliding sideways all the way under your horse, potentially injuring both horse & rider.  I especially recommend always having your children riding with a breast collar. It's at least as important as their riding helmet.
	The stirrup is 2 3/4 at the neck, and has a 2 inch tread width. Enhanced with a slip resistant rubber tread pad. The rounding of the stirrup sides will accommodate some of the wider soles on popular boots.  Kinda looks like a flat bottom cutter!

Circle Y Saddles Notes: There is no difference in the pricing in seat sizes 13.5 through 16. Circle Y builds this model on their own tree. Your weight will be continuously distributed along a large area of the horse's back. This custom made tree is made to specifications for a better fit. This saddle is rigged in the skirt for closer contact. {START}  Seat and jockey give the same great feel as a traditional hard seat saddle. The Windsor Barrel offers comfort for rider & horse. 

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CY- Windsor Barrel -14.5  Gymkhana Saddle This Circle Y Saddle is USA made with the finest quality leather available. Just the right amount of flex designed tree. Beautifully handcrafted and finished. Options: Seat sizes. Nylon or Leather girth tie straps.  Simplistic beauty comes through in both the choice of the leathers and in the quality of the trim. Each saddle is made by an artist with many saddles of experience under their belt. Their pride rides on the saddle made just for you.  When you begin with the best quality leathers, and use professional craftsmen, you can finish with a look that can compete in your most important arenas.    Rear View allows a good look at the thickness of the neo-shock and fleece bottom.  This creates an air channel to cool the horse's back, and alleviates spinal pressures.  5 inch comfort cantle. No. CY- Windsor Barrel Saddle   Shown saddle options.  Saddle:  Windsor Game Saddle Cobra Tree Saddle Type:   Barrel Saddle Tooling Style:  Diamond Waffle Border Tooling Amount:  Border tooled Skirts, Cantle & Pommel Jockey & Fender. Seat Style:  Hardseat  Seat Size:  13.5 - 16 Saddle Color:  Deep Brown (Shown) or Lt Oil Seat Color:   Matching    Tree:  Cobra  10 Year Warranty on tree. 1 Year on craftsmanship.  Gullet Width: Choose Regular or Wide  Swell Width: 15 inches  Seat Size:  13.5, 14, 15, 16 inches. Cantle Height:  5 inch.  Horn:  Forward leaning  Gymkhana. 3 1/4 inch,  1 7/8 inch cap. Skirt Length:  23 inches Rigging: Stainless Steel  Dees. 3 Way front positioning.  Rear Slot. Stirrups: 2.5" Ergo-Balanced AL Bell Bottom stirrup. Finish:  Deep Brown Trim:  Thunderbird Gem Conchos  Rear flank slot plate. Weight:  Approximately 23 Pounds Price Also Includes These Extras:  Premium Grained Skirting Leather Rough Side Out. Comfort Cantle, Hand fitted seat. Fender & Jockey adjustable to your length. Nylon girth tie straps. Synthetic Fleece over a mid-core of Neo-Shock tree liner CY- Windsor Barrel Saddle  Seat Sizes Compare At: Our CC Price   13.5, 14, 14.5, 15", 15.5, 16",  $2700 $2599.99       Did You Know?  Cultured Cowboy can work out an affordable payment plan for your purchase. If you can raise about half down, we can start making your saddle. The balance can be paid as the saddle is finished. Split payments with no extra charges. No Credit card? No problem!  We can take a money order or your personal check.  Oh yes, there is Matching Tack! Order your matching Breast Collar tooled with your saddle so the leather artist matches them together.  Reinsman, a partner with CIrcle Y, began with bits and pads. They still make some of the best. Check out the links below to saddle pads and other Reinsman products.   Did you know that your supporting tack is as important as your saddle? Having a breast collar that is sturdy enough for the job, yet will move with your horse can make a difference in safety or falling off.  Be sure your girth is properly fitting and always do a pre-flight check on all parts of reins, headstalls, bits, ...everything, before your ride. Cultured Cowboy can match every saddle. Several styles are made to fit each saddle.