A man who claims to be the last to derive his income from solely making saddle trees for traditional Australian stockhorse saddles is hanging up the tools. There are a number of people who make ...

Birchwood Saddle Trees received a £10,000 donation from Walsall Business Support to purchase a bespoke bandsaw, spin riveter and extractor to support the fast growth of the business. With over 30 ...

FORT LUPTON – Barbara Kauffman was a systems manager for a high-tech firm in Boulder County when she decided to buy a new saddle. “My husband spent $80 for a book on saddles and I was so upset he’d ...

A Darlaston saddle tree maker is set for further growth after receiving a second funding boost from Walsall Business Support. Published Oct 8 Birchwood Saddle Trees has received a £15,000 donation ...

CODY, Wyo. — With the stove pouring out heat and the dog asleep on the floor, Gordon Andrus pulls down his visor and runs a finger over the carved leather of his new saddle. Here in his well-equipped ...

SHERIDAN — On a recent snowy afternoon, Radovan Krkos of Slovakia, better known as “Radd,” was working on a saddle tree in the basement at King’s Saddlery. “The grass is tall in Slovakia right now, ...

LOVELAND — Rusty May bends over the bare bones of a future horse saddle, unwraps a long strip of leather that has been wrapped around the pommel like a tourniquet, takes up a maple dowel and begins a ...

The author testing the Black Belt Ultimate. Photo by Erik Barber I’ve been hunting exclusively from a tree saddle since 2018, when I was lucky enough to kill a beautiful 8-point buck on opening day of ...

Modern saddles provide new options for tree type, with the goal of sparing a horse pain from localized saddle pressure. But new Swiss research suggests that, at least when a horse trots, tree type ...

NAPONEE — A passion for horses and the cowboy lifestyle led Newly Holmes, a custom saddle maker for Naponee, to found his business three years ago. Holmes started his business, Milliron ZB Saddlery, ...