Dakota Saddles

A secure seated barrel racing saddle with acorn and oak leaf tooling. This is a popular combination of rawhide trim on braided horn, cantle roll, and laced stirrups. Choose either bleached white rawhide or natural rawhide. Shown with Engraved Silver highlighted trim. The seat below is black suede. We can offer the latest in ostrich print seats, Caiman alligator, or bright leathers. 

At first, we may wonder why anyone would want an exotic seat; but after having seen several in action, first perhaps it's the excitement of "new", but riders do well in them! The slightly raised full quill marks of ostrich give just the right amount of "stick to me", still in a smooth leather format. 

For those who prefer the traditional, this saddle is built on a semi-quarterhorse frame. If your horse requires, it can be built on a full quarterhorse tree. If you like high tech, it is available with a full flex tree. Although we've been racing on semi bars for 50 years, many people feel an advantage in the flex tree on a gymkhana saddle. Could cut split-seconds that make you money! 

The skirts are rounded designed to give a horse lots of freedom. In-skirt rigging lays close to the horse, so does your leg. The drop cover is designed to allow your stirrup strap & fender to flow effortlessly, without binding onto the girth tie strap, as you compete.

Stirrup leathers are designed to give you much freedom of movement when needed. PLEASE, call us with your true inseam. Stand flat on the floor with no boots on. Measure from your crotch to the floor. That is the inseam we need...not necessarily your jean size! This way, the legging system can be built to fit your needs. There is nothing worse than having to cut down the fenders and jockey, or having huge bulk under your leg, after you get your saddle. Let us get it right for you at the start. 

Conchos with dees allow you to put those strings on for the trail ride, and take 'em off for the arena work. People usually like the feel of this deep seat on long rides. This barrel racer saddle is a great NBHA prospect as well as NHSRA.  Oh yeah, you can reverse the leather for a rough-out finish, or half breed finish, with no extra charges! You can even order it with square skirts. 

We prefer stainless Breast collar dees and girth attachments. Horse sweat travels onto these two vital areas. The sweat corrodes nickel plated hardware much faster than stainless. And when the nickel hardware corrodes, it rots out your leather skirts. - very expensive to repair!

A better view of the silver trim shows the engraving & rope border. The stitching around the skirt is white. Our customer could choose black thread or the white.