Craig's Saddles &
Tack Discount Show Saddles For the Public 985-607-8819 |
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Here at Craig's Saddle and Tack all you need is a horse and a bit. |
We feel immense pleasure to introduce ourselves as a new family owned business in Slidell Louisiana, As we are horse owners ourselves we understand what you are looking for, unlike some of the big warehouse stores. The big warehouse stores need to charge more because of their overhead and from time to time they will put a saddle on sale because they are overstocked and not necessarily with a quality saddle that you can afford.
We provide
quality affordable saddles with
Individual service and fast shipping. We look for the finest
grade of hand tooled leather saddles that will
benefit our clients.
We think that you'll agree that once you
have tried Craig's Saddle and Tack you'll believe that you have made
the best choice for your new saddle.
Craig's Saddle takes pride in offering you only the finest selection of Western Show Saddles online. Training of a show horse should be approached like any other event. You don't take a green horse to a Mardi Gras Parade for their first parade experience!
Many places across the country have "all horse parades" and these events are an excellent starting point for a new parade horse. Always plan to take a show horse into their first parade alongside an experienced horse or at least a horse that is calm. Arrive early and ride through the staging area at length, allowing the horse to get used to the costumes and carts and sounds of a parade.
Warm up as much as you need to until your
horse is at ease in the parade staging area- it's far better to have
a horse that looks a little tired when the parade starts than a
horse that's keyed up and difficult to control. While a degree of
"showiness" is acceptable for parade horses, a parade is NOT the
place for any horse that lacks basic training.
At Mardi Gras we use horses for not only our
parades but crowd control also. For your first parade, you might
want to consider having a person, dressed appropriately, walking
along side "heading" your horse in case something happens. (this is
VERY common with harness horses in parades, but is done with young
ridden parade horses too).
We believe that there are several deciding factors that are affected when you place a saddle on a horse. Some of these include, pressure points, impact, heat retention, moisture management, blood flow and anscutaneous oxygen transfer to the muscles and skin on the back of your horse.
Mouse over to see lager photo of our Blue Texas Star
Owners favorite saddle This blue star saddle is made of fine grade hand tooled leather and studded with silver toned and blue concho's design is second to none
Mouse over to see lager photo of our Texas Longhorn
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