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Monday, June 21, 2010

Floral Fiasco

This thing looks like a freaking easter egg. Hideous, truly hideous. I can't stand the painted flowers, it makes it look cheap and this is NOT a cheap saddle. It sold new for like, $2000.


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  1. JJJune 21, 2010 at 9:59 AM

    I have to say, this isn't too bad. I kind of think it's pretty. However, I would never EVER pay $2,000.00 for it. I think it would be cute for just a practice saddle or maybe for parades or something.

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  2. Cut-N-JumpJune 21, 2010 at 10:03 AM

    Purple & green can actually be used to compliment each other nicely. Not in these tints, hues, shades or tones though. And not with the two tone saddle colors either.

    Calling it an Easter egg was incredibly nice on your part. I'm not sure what to call it though. It does look reasonably well made, but Blech on the color choices and accents.

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  3. panavia999June 21, 2010 at 12:16 PM

    Normally nice colors not working well here. At least there is restraint on the coverage - it could have been worse.

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  4. PRSJune 21, 2010 at 12:45 PM

    I highly doubt that this saddle came from the factory in it's present unfortunate condition. Yikes it's ugly now. Why would someone do this to a perfectly nice saddle?

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  5. CarolJune 21, 2010 at 8:32 PM

    Just found this blog a few days ago and love it. Are all of the brightly colored tacky saddles Western? Do English riders ever feel tempted to drink the colored kool aid?
    Much as I agree they're tacky, there's a little part of me that likes the bright colors - they're so audacious. And, well, tacky.

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  6. phaedra96June 22, 2010 at 4:37 AM

    I do like the purple seat. I do not like the icky green in the flowers, or the color or cut of the fender. It looks like a butt--we are being mooned here!

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  7. PRSJune 22, 2010 at 5:30 AM

    carol...there have been many hideously colored English saddles featured here so it is not just a Western thing. Just scroll to the bottom of the home page and click on "older posts" to look at the posts from previous days...bright pink, red, blue, green....yikes!

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  8. DanielleJune 22, 2010 at 2:33 PM

    This was a "custom painted" saddle on Ebay for, get this, $1,600 if I remember right.

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  9. cattypexJune 23, 2010 at 1:04 PM

    It looks like a few different things:

    1. A very elaborate wedding cake

    2. Those white slip ceramic things that senior citizens paint

    3. Someone who writes Mercedes Lackey fanfic decorated a saddle

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