Spanish saddles offer a very good pressure and weight distribution due to the wide surface of their panels. They have a supportive stirrup bar built onto the rawhide tree to provide support and weight distribution to the foam/wool felt adjustable panels.
Further they provide a very comfortable and safe seat.
Leathertree saddles have a flexible construction of leather rawhide sheets and are able to adapt to the horseback itself. The body heat from horse and rider contribute to this ability.
Many horses move much more relaxed and improve their movements with a leathertree saddle.
Change of weight is no problem with a leathertree saddle as the saddle has the ability to adapt over and over again.
Flexible leathertree saddles also fit on very wide horsebacks and do not slip.
Leathertree saddles are very light weighted and perfect for starting young horses.
Hidalgo leathertree saddles do not have a gullet plate – the saddle can adapt itself to the horse´s shape, also in the front part!