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Joined: 13 Apr 2010 Posts: 1 Location: Texas
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 4:27 pm Post subject: Corriente Saddle |
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My experience with Corriente Saddle Co. has been great. Great people and service. I have one of their roping saddles and have had it for 7 years. Absolutely no problems. I've had it on qrt. horses, an appy. and a fox trotter and it fit them all very well. Leaves no dry spots. I've had it on horses from 14.2 to over 16 hands. Very comfortable. The horse I'm riding now is over 16 hands and pretty straight-backed and it fits well and leaves no dry spots. My wife's paint horse is long-coupled, high-withered and about 15.2 and it fits him well too. Great all-around saddle.
I'm not a name dropper, but I will say this - a friend of mine who is a very good team roper is the son of the WPRA (womens pro rodeo) World Champion Team Roper and he won a saddle made by Corriente back in 1997 and that saddle is still one of their favorite roping saddles. He and his dad have both used it for team roping over the past 13 years. The leather is starting to curl a little, but they don't baby their tack or saddles and they still like using their Corriente trophy saddle. I expect to get many, many years of use out of mine and am considering purchasing an association saddle in the near future.
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cowhunter Member

Joined: 13 Jan 2010 Posts: 494 Location: williston florida
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Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Got 4. No problems. Oil them good when there new.
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jim.greendyk Member

Joined: 28 Jul 2010 Posts: 1 Location: Canada
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Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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Hey just found this and want to agree. I've had the full rough-out training saddle and I wouldn't send it back for anything. I've put about 5 years of fulltime riding into it and it's held up incredibly. It's been flipped on, rolled on, dragged and thrown by me and it keeps kicking. Is definitely a little wide for some people but solid workmanship, low maintenance. Definitely worth the money spent.
Definitely a good deal.
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VMQuarters Member

Joined: 15 Oct 2010 Posts: 1 Location: Tessier SK
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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My husband bought a 17 inch Corriente Wade saddle, round skirts, full roughout about 2 yrs ago. We run a 950 pair cattle ranch and he uses it daily.
He has roped lots off of it and used it on many different shaped horses from big bulky draft crosses, to my reining gelding to his long lanky mustang mare. With a few simple pads it fits everything fairly well. It is a plain looking saddle, great for hard tough work. I am thinking of buying myself one for working in as well. It really is a great saddle at a good price.
I have never seen any of their tooled saddles so I dont know what the quality of the leather working/tooling is. The roughout looked great and has been so funtional!
The one downside is the d rings that you use for your breastcollar...they are VERY hard to get to. Just in a bad spot! Kind of sits under part of the front skirt and it is hard to thread the breastcollar staps through.
Anyhow he likes his Corrient Wade and I might buy one also!!
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Faster horses Rancher

Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 18920 Location: SE MT
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow, 17" seat sounds BIG...
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zayisha Member

Joined: 08 Jul 2011 Posts: 1 Location: Australia
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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The ultimate goal in Saddle Seat riding is a truly thrilling performance. A saddle seat horse should be thrilling to watch; extremely elegant, classy, and stylish. Many casual spectators watching a truly good Saddle Seat performance may think the horse is about to burst with excitement, but the well-trained Saddle Seat horse is actually very responsive and comfortable to ride, like a finely tuned sports car.
riding saddle
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Faster horses Rancher

Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 18920 Location: SE MT
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JF Ranch Member

Joined: 06 Sep 2006 Posts: 385 Location: North Fringe of the Nebraska Sandhills
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Hadassah Member

Joined: 31 Jul 2011 Posts: 4 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:39 pm Post subject: Re: corriente saddle |
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| I have a corriente association saddle, and it is comfortable for me and my horses, have roped some big stuff out of it and not broke the tree, its plaine jane work saddle nothing fancy, worth the money. |
ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR BLACK FANCY SADDLES (SIDE SADDLES ESP.?)
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Colorado Rancher Member

Joined: 12 Oct 2011 Posts: 5 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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I'm surprised to hear all the good reviews on Corriente Saddles. Most people that I know who have tried one said they were too cheaply made to stand up to rigorous use.
Most leather workers or saddle makers call them mass produced Mexican junk.
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LazyWP Member

Joined: 24 Apr 2009 Posts: 382 Location: about 40 miles southeast of Soapweed
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:00 am Post subject: |
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| Colorado Rancher wrote: |
I'm surprised to hear all the good reviews on Corriente Saddles. Most people that I know who have tried one said they were too cheaply made to stand up to rigorous use.
Most leather workers or saddle makers call them mass produced Mexican junk. |
I guess my opinion is, if you don't have any personal experience with something, don't bad mouth it. I have to Corriente saddles, my neighbor has 3 of them. We both ride them pretty much daily, and I have roped critters way bigger then my horse wanted me to. For the money they are a great saddle. No they aren't a custom made saddle, but from what I have seen, they are every bit as good as any store bought saddle on the market.
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Colorado Rancher Member

Joined: 12 Oct 2011 Posts: 5 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:22 am Post subject: |
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| LazyWP wrote: |
| Colorado Rancher wrote: |
I'm surprised to hear all the good reviews on Corriente Saddles. Most people that I know who have tried one said they were too cheaply made to stand up to rigorous use.
Most leather workers or saddle makers call them mass produced Mexican junk. |
I guess my opinion is, if you don't have any personal experience with something, don't bad mouth it. I have to Corriente saddles, my neighbor has 3 of them. We both ride them pretty much daily, and I have roped critters way bigger then my horse wanted me to. For the money they are a great saddle. No they aren't a custom made saddle, but from what I have seen, they are every bit as good as any store bought saddle on the market. |
How much is your horse worth to you?
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