Gullet width of 6 6 1 2.
Full or semi quarter horse bars.
Quarter horse bars are wider and have slightly flatter bar angles.
Semi quarter horse bars usually have a 6 1 4 gullet and quarter horse bars usually have a 6 1 2 to 6 3 4 gullet.
Western saddles are typically offered with either full quarter horse bars or semi quarter horse.
The width of your horse s shoulder determines the type of tree and gullet width you will need.
Full quarter horse or fqhb can be referred to as wide usually 7 gullet.
6 1 4 6 1 2 extra wide quarter horse bars gullet width.
How to tell if a saddle has full bars or quarter bars the bars of a saddle.
This is for horses with a broad shoulder.
Semi quarter horse bars fit most of today s western horses.
Gullet width of 6 3 4 7.
The terms quarter horse bars semi quarter horse bars and full quarter horse bars aren t really talking about the bars just to confuse you.
6 full quarter horse bars gullet width.
This is very confusing to someone buying their first saddle.
They re considered mutton withered or a less pronounced wither.
5 3 4 semi quarter horse bars gullet width.
Semi quarter horse bars horses got bigger and wider from the 1970 s on requiring a wider angle in the bars.
They are terms that were originally meant to describe a fit the way these bars were set and shaped to fit a certain style of horse.
We ve tried to wrestle this myth to the ground in our shop by standardizing our terms.
The angle is flatter compared to the semi qh tree.
Semi quarter horse bars have the narrowest saddle tree and the steepest bar angles.
Full quarter horse bars have even wider angles to accommodate wider bodied horses and horses with flatter or mutton withers.
T he difference in width at the bottom of the bars between the historical full quarter horse bars and the historical semi quarter horse bars is just over 3 8 of an inch overall or 3 16 of an inch on each side.
Full quarter horse bars usually have a 7 gullet.
Full quarter horse bars sometimes abbreviated as fqh or fqhb have the widest tree.
They are designed for mutton withered horses with broader backs.
The three terms along with a brief description of each are.
Regular quarter horse bars gullet width.