THE GREAT NORTHERN HALFBREED

                REVOLVER

           Please note, all our prices are in Australian dollars

                        STANDARD $2600

                         Optional Extras

                                             Revolver $105   

                                            Emu Inlay $200

                                          Monkey Grip $20                       

Not every saddle we make can go on the website. This Great Northern Halfbreed is unique. It is the first made with the 2008 tooling. It has the Revolving Stirrup bar and Revolver is stamped on the fender. Halfbreed is set into the tooling behind the cantle.

I am often asked if a surcingle can be fitted to fender saddles. Rules of many horse organisations now demand that both a stirrup bar and a surcingle be provided. All of our saddles have stirrup bars and a correctly positioned surcingle is available on request.

                       Above - 2008 Tooling

      Surcingle slot available

                    Above - Revolver on Fender

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     THE GREAT NORTHERN HALFBREED REVOLVER

      WITH UNDERFLAP AND DOUBLE GIRTH SYSTEM

Above - Double girth system provides extra stability and if one girth should malfunction you have a back up system.

Above - The under flap keeps sweat out of the fender and riders clothing. Along with this it protects the horse from the girth system and rider leg movement. The ride is friction free for horse and rider.

This saddle is headed for a cattle station in the Australian Outback. The customer chose to have the underflap and wanted a double girth system, as well as the flank girth facility. Along with the custom tooling, these features make this a one off work of art.

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           THE GREAT NORTHERN HALFBREED

This Great Northern Halfbreed was ordered at the recent Equitana. The customer had seen a saddle on display and went for a cup of coffee in order to make a final decision. On returning 5 minutes later, the display saddle was sold. No problem, said Trevor Jmaes, we'll duplicate the display saddle for you. A week later the saddle is ready for despatch with custom fit tree to the customers wither tracing, custom tooling and the exact colour as required, warwick with Tasmanian warwick Emu inlay. A monkey grip was added for rider security. It also makes for ease of throwing the saddle up into position on the horses back.

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     THE GREAT NORTHERN HALF BREED

                   STANDARD MODEL $2600

                           REVOLVER $2705

                       Click here for information on the Rotating Stirrup Bar.

This saddle is close contact narrow grip and a friction free ride is guaranteed. It is super duty and competition ready. THE GREAT NORTHERN HALFBREED.

This saddle is built for the competitor. The seat is moulded in one piece with no seam or stitching to wear out or rub. It is underlaid with 12 mil of shock absorbing closed cell foam. The fender is web reinforced end to end a fender slide covers the rigging D. 

The rigging D is mounted in the panel. The rivets holding the dee in place pass through 2" seat belt webbing inside the panels. This webbing runs to the front and rear of the saddle so when girthing up a V shaped pull secures the saddle eliminating back slap at the canter. 

The tree is designed by Trevor James and is very thin. Its a one piece registered design. Because it is one piece the tree and kneepads are guaranteed for 10 years. Most saddles only have a tree guarantee.

The unique tree design allows for the fender to be mounted on a stirrup bar. This can be the standard fixed bar or the new rotating stirrup bar. In either case the fender is very free moving and can come off the saddle if the rider is being dragged. 

The tree design is close contact and semi quarter horse fit. The pommel is cut away on the under side to allow for the odd high withered horse, so yes this saddle fits a good range of horses.  While the design is close contact it also has a remarkably narrow grip unlike most of the rawhide covered trees which are mostly shaped directly from wide flat western saddles designed in the USA for full quarter horse types.

The panels are sheepskin lined and cover a good area. This means less rider pounds per square inch on a valuable horses back. 

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THIS IS WHY JAMES SADDLERY GUARANTEES THE TREE'S FOR TEN YEARS!

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