The Barefoot 'Cheyenne' treeless saddle NEW now with soft panels

The Cheyenne is the perfect all purpose saddle and is suitable for dressage, endurance, CTR, pleasure, natural horsemanship, camp drafting and jumping the occasional log. It looks like a cross between a halfbreed and a traditional Spanish dressage saddle. The Cheyenne is very popular amongst light weight endurance riders and we had saddles in the last 2 Quilty's, the NSW, Qld, Tasmanian, Vic and W.A State Chamionships and countless other rides. This saddle is nowadays being used by hundreds of riders in Australia and it is safe to claim that the Cheyenne is the most popular treeless saddle in the world today.

All endurance riders interested in purchasing a Cheyenne saddle need to read the FAQ page of this website please.

This saddle is extremely safe and comfortable for horse and rider and the contact is superb. The Cheyenne saddle does not restrict the horse's movement, so your horse will move with more freedom and ease. The Cheyenne can be adjusted and due to its flexibility will comfortably fit 99% of horses, pony's, mules and donkeys. You can ride all your horses in the one saddle and if you make some minimal adjustments even extremely differently shaped horses.

Pommel and cantle are made of fiberglass and are removable through two zippered openings. They can be replaced with wool or fleece if needed to allow even more conformity for extremely hard to fit horses. A soft filling in the pommel pouch will allow you to ride very differently built horses in the saddle without further adjustment. You can also exchange the pommel insert with our xl or xs inserts. Changing the inserts will take you less than a minute and is recommended if you ride just the one very hard to fit horse.

The saddles are made of vegetable-cured environmentally friendly Nubuck leather. A therapeutic underlay is necessary at all times with all Barefoot saddles and in fact all treeless saddles. Please talk to us and we will recommend the correct pad for you and your horse as this will depend on your weight, the horse' conformation and your preferred discipline of riding.

The girth straps are specially reinforced with Nylon and have two long points. We recommend the use of our anatomical elasticized leather girth for round low withered horses as it ads to stability. For horses with developed withers you can also use an elasticized anti gall girth which is padded under the buckles.

Please note: Any rigid girth and all unpadded buckles compromise your horse's welfare!

NEW!!

The Cheyenne saddle now has a higher cantle made of a semi-elastic material, which is anatomically shaped, to horse and rider. This enhances the horse’s freedom of motion and encourages engagement of the hindquarters and vertical flexion of the back. For the rider this newly designed cantle provides a deep, softly cushioned and very secure seat.

Weight:

only 3-3.5 kg depending on the size.

Sizes:

Size 0 in black only, made for children and adults size 6-8, small enough for any size pony

Size 1 comparable to a 15" Western saddle, or 16.5”-17” English saddle
A = length approx. 21”
B = actual seat area approx 14”

Size 2 comparable to a 16" or larger Western saddle, or 17.5"-18" English saddle
A = length approx. 23”
B = actual seat area approx 15.5”

Color:

Black or brown.

Other colors: Simply Red (Limited Edition), Ocean Blue.

Only natural vegetable oils are used to dye the Barefoot saddles. Black is a "soft black" due to the soft nap of the nubuck leather. Brown is a "chocolate brown". Colors may vary from saddle to saddle. The underside of the saddles is now made from an off-white wool fleece, the honey colored fleece has been discontinued.

Technical details:

Nubuck leather, natural color, underside kodel fleece. Removable seat surface. Removable fibreglass forms for cantle and pommel. Five D-rings. Can be fitted with Barefoot fenders or English stirrup leathers.
Weight approx. 3 kg!

Price for the Cheyenne saddle:

AU$829 inc GST unmounted.

AU$799 inc GST for the unmounted kids size Cheyenne

 

complete packages: prices exclude shipping

Package 1: Brown or black Cheyenne saddle, fenders w. oxbow stirrups (no quick release!), anatomical girth, and Grandeur pad: AU$1,381.50 incl. GST

Package 2: Brown or black Cheyenne saddle, stirrup leathers and safety stirrups, antigall girth, and Grandeur pad: AU$1,275.90 incl GST

The high withered / atrophied horse package: Cheyenne saddle, Physio pad, st. leathers, safety stirrups, antigall girth AU$1403.90 incl GST

The round horse package: Cheyenne saddle, HAF pad, anatomical girth, xl pommel insert, fenders and oxbows AU$1478.90 incl GST

Endurance package 1: Cheyenne saddle, Equipedic pad, fenders, anatomical girth AU$1498.50 incl GST

Endurance package 2: Cheyenne saddle, HAF pad, leathers, FlexiRide stirrups, antigall girth $1425 incl GST

Please feel free to put your own package together to suit your requirements. I am happy to give you a quote on your chosen products.

Warning: Please beware that a number of cheap inferior copies of the Cheyenne saddle are for sale in Australia now. Please do not assume that you can expect the same benefits from those saddles. Please don't come to me wanting solutions if your horse gets sore from one of those copies or if one of those saddles rolls on your horse. That those saddles are sold without therapeutic saddle pad shows you that whoever sells them is not interested in the welfare of our horses but only in the money.