How is Barefoot different from Treeless saddles?
Nowadays you will find many manufactuerers of Treeless Saddles. ‘Treeless’ has become a fashionable word to the decriment of riders and more importantly horses. Many riders think : Nothing can cause pressure if I buy my horse a saddle without a tree and my horse will be happy’ The truth is very different. There are Treeless Saddles which are not very back friendly or, for example, only suited for a certain type of horse – a horse with another built might suffer as the flexibility and/or the anatomical shape are missing. Some saddle companies are trying to ride on this fashion train, as there is money to be made, and bring Treeless saddles to the market which are questionable to say the least. Unfotunately many of these companies have no knowledge of the anatomie of a horse and its movements, therefore there are now some warning out regarding the use of Treeless Saddles. The Barefoot Saddle System has been repeatedly confirmed in pressure tests that its build is truly horse-friendly – o
