Ovation Endurance Gaited Horse & Gaited Mule Saddle 

The Ovation is our custom Amish hand-crafted endurance gaited horse saddle.  It offers an excellent value starting at just $1450.00. The Ovation is custom made with most any of our saddle trees, providing the best possible fit for your gaited horse or mule.  The Ovation offers trail, competitive and endurance riders an extremely comfortable seat.  The tree is lightweight and offers clearance over the spine, flared bars and properly positioned seat that allows your gaited horse or mule to move freely without interference from the saddle.

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The Ovation Endurance Saddle for gaited horses and mules comes standard with:

• Wicket and Craig grade A vat tanned leather
• Slide by rigging flap allows fenders to slide by rigging plate on even the steepest terrain
• Shearling sheep skin skirt lining
• Hand stamped borders
• Stamped endurance stirrups
• Memory foam covered Supra-Cor seat
• Center balanced ride seat foundation
• Crest Ridge solid wood tree fully encased in fiberglass
• Stainless steel hardware
• 24 pounds as shown
• Split skirts for additional spine clearance
• 2 long latigo ties for V-rigging or center fire rigging

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The Ovation is highly customizable.  Available options include:

• Show brown or black leather

• Seat sizes ranging from 15" to 17." 

• 14" and 18" seats are available for some trees as a special order.

• Tree widths of regular, wide or extra-wide

• Fenders in short, standard or long lengths

• The proper tree to best fit you gaited horse or mule

- Custom matching accessories, including bridles, reins, breast collars, breeching, saddle bags, pommel bags are available when you order your Ovation saddle.  these accessories will be made by the same craftsmen that makes your saddle using the same leather and tooling used for your saddle .  These accessories will match the color of your saddle since they are made from the same dyed leather at the same time as your saddle is built.

Crest Ridge Saddlery's Traveler, a Tennessee Walking Horse, with his Ovation endurance gaited horse saddle and custom-matched accessories.  The custom-matched accessories shown include saddle bags, breast collar, headstall and reins.  Also shown is a 3/4" Crest Ridge/5-Star saddle pad.

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The picture above shows an Ovation saddle, a custom matched bridle, braided roping rein, supra-cinch and a Crest Ridge/5-Star pad in use during a trail ride near Mount Rushmore, South Dakota (look at the upper left of the picture) in August 2009.  The rider is Lisa Mohn of Centreville, Virginia.  The horse is Cardinal's Blue Sunrise, a five year-old Missouri Fox Trotter.	Brenda riding Annie's Fannie in an Ovation saddle during her 2008 visit to Tall Pine Resort.  Annie's Fannie, a gaited mule owned by Crest Ridge Saddlery is also sporting mule ear bonnets, breeching, a breast collar, headstall and reins all made by Crest Ridge Saddlery.

Customer comments

Deb,  Thanks for all of your help is finally finding a saddle for Ziggy, my mutton withered round-barreled Missouri Fox Trotter.  We had tried many saddles, rigging systems, breast collars and pads with Ziggy trying to find something to keep her saddle from sliding around.  Your recommendation of an Ovation saddle with breeching and one of your 5-Star pads did the trick.  Ziggy is happy and everyone who rides her comments on how comfortable the saddle is.  John

Hi Debra,  I am writing to say thank you. I received my ovation saddle back after the customization of the stirrup fender length and it is perfect. I could not be more pleased. My mare, Piper, and I went on a 5 hour trail ride this week for the first time in over four years. Due to knee pain and a sore behind with my old saddle, I have been keeping my rides to under 2 hours. For the first time, I had no knee pain and Piper was very willing to go at all gaits over rough terrain. As if comfort and fit for my horse isn’t enough, the saddle is also beautiful. Also, the felt saddle pad you recommended is perfect. The pad is exactly what I needed for that saddle.
I attended a three day horsemanship clinic with my husband this past weekend. Although my mare was not there I had the opportunity to tell several people who spoke of having difficulty getting a saddle to fit their horse about your company.
It was a pleasure doing business with you. Your products are excellent quality and your customer service is wonderful. Keep up the good work. Thanks again. Kathleen