Thursday, June 25, 2009

Hybrids

You know, hybrids can be really neat. Look at mules, super smart, tough, and strong. Hybrid vehicles are great too. Hybrid saddles however, are sometimes very funky looking.

Take this for example...



It is an English saddle, with a horn. Why? I have no idea. It makes no sense to me. It actually looks more like a 3 way hybridization of an English saddle, a Western and an Aussie. Strange.
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18 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 25, 2009 at 8:15 AM

    I am trying to understand the thinking behind this...but i can't make any sense of it!

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  2. AylishaJune 25, 2009 at 8:17 AM

    lol...it's for those ppl who don't want to ride western or aussie, and STILL want something to cling on to for dear life when the horse acts up...hmmm...maybe I should get it for my 4yo??? LOL course by the looks, that thing would put me in such a horrible chair seat, I'd be so off balance, no wonder I'd need a horn to cling to :)

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  3. RedsmomJune 25, 2009 at 8:30 AM

    ?????? One day I was out riding in my English saddle and the neighbor's cow was loose and I had to round it up. Maybe its for that ???? /lame attempt at humor

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  4. HJune 25, 2009 at 8:58 AM

    its a place to hang you water bottle!!!

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  5. DrillriderJune 25, 2009 at 9:30 AM

    Look - It's a "Wenglissie"! Or is it an "Ausengwest" or a "Engauswest"? Whatever it is, I sure don't want it!

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  6. DigitSisJune 25, 2009 at 9:44 AM

    The horn looks like an afterthought. Just perched up there. Makes no sense

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  7. EveryoneThinksThey'reGoodDriversJune 25, 2009 at 10:06 AM

    What the hell - I have never seen anything so bizarre!

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  8. Laura Dotson-ThomsonJune 25, 2009 at 10:49 AM

    hehehe... Wenglissie!

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  9. OldMorgansJune 25, 2009 at 11:30 AM

    By all the little hoops on the back, I'd say it is for trail riders. The little hoops are to hang stuff on. But that big honking horn is...just...weird looking.
    Does it come in pink?

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  10. MeridethJune 25, 2009 at 11:58 AM

    IT LOOKS LIKE A UNICORN SADDLE!!!!!

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  11. Cut-N-JumpJune 25, 2009 at 1:06 PM

    I just not sure what to say...

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  12. cattypexJune 25, 2009 at 1:08 PM

    THAT IS WRONGER THAN WRONG!!!!!!!!

    More wrong than the law should allow.

    Sorrier than a soup sandwich.

    Wrongy McWrongWrong.

    'nuff said.

    (Did someone at the factory just smuggle home a bunch of leftover parts? Like in that JOhnny Cash song where he builds himself a car?)

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  13. cattypexJune 25, 2009 at 1:09 PM

    (and it's why you shouldn't be storing saddles on top of each other in the tack room!! Looks like someone had a 3-way in the trailer!!)

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  14. AnonymousJune 25, 2009 at 11:21 PM

    cp, OMG, you CRACK ME UP! The three-way comment was awesome! "Uh what year is it?" "Well it's a '64 '65 '66 '67...."

    That saddle in pink camo would ROCK. Me. Off the back of my horse because it has quite possibly the worst chair seat I've ever seen. Three letters: W T F.

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  15. SprinklerBanditJune 26, 2009 at 12:03 PM

    I'm going to agree with the previous comment: I would ride a unicorn in that. Nothing else.

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  16. The Half-Assed BlogJune 29, 2009 at 9:24 PM

    You know, I'm not even a guy and I'm already experiencing pain in the crotch area from just looking at that picture. Imagine accidentally sitting up to post and getting that sucker in the toolbox. OUCH!

    It almost looks like a Photoshop job... the skirting and knee rolls from a Wintec, the seat from one of those synthetic endurance saddles, and the horn from God knows where.

    I agree... them saddles have been up to no good in the trailer. :)

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  17. RhinestoneCowgirlMay 8, 2010 at 11:03 AM

    WOW. You know, I see these fairly often, which is sad in and of its self. These saddles are really the epitomy of WTF?

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  18. ZanthiaMay 14, 2010 at 8:01 AM

    My mom rides in something like this, and I can't figure out why. She uses it for trail riding. I think it's super ugly, though slightly less offensive that the one you posted. Mom and her mare both seem to like it... Whatever!

    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e2S-mdRdyg0/S99Bbfj2oqI/AAAAAAAABA4/r03lKQ0bAAE/s1600/DSC04443.JPG

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