| A barrel racing saddle should have closely cropped | | | | and retails for around $1,600, with matching tack |
| skirts, and should be crisp and sharp looking and | | | | available. |
| should be lightweight and properly fitted as well. | | | | The Tex Tan Rapid Rider Tex-Flex Tree saddle is |
| When deciding on the perfect racing saddle, there | | | | available in a 15 inch seat size. It has stainless |
| is room for personal taste in the selection of a | | | | steel hardware, a suede seat, and is built around |
| barrel racing saddles. | | | | the Tex-Flex tree design. The cantle measures 5 |
| Tex Tan Saddles come in a variety of price | | | | inches, and the swell is 13 inches wide. It, too |
| categories, colors, styles, sizes, and levels of | | | | features a hand-engraved sterling silver plated |
| fanciness. Barrel racing stirrups can be made in | | | | trim, and is quite light, at 20 lbs. This barrel racing |
| lightweight aluminum, and the seats can be plain, | | | | saddle sell for over $1,200, with matching tack |
| or made to resemble exotic animal skins. | | | | available. |
| The Tex Tan Fortune Maker II, for example, has | | | | For those whose budget doesn't run to four digits, |
| hand tooled leather, aluminum stirrups, a suede | | | | the Tex Tan Light Speed saddle. It has stainless |
| seat with stainless steel hardware, a cantle that is | | | | steel hardware and a suede seat, with a rawhide |
| wrapped in silver laced suede and stainless steel | | | | braided horn. It comes in a 15 inch seat size and is |
| spots. It comes in either a 14 or 15 inch seat size | | | | built around a Ralide tree with a 5 inch cantle and |
| with an Equi-Tex tree. With a natural antique color | | | | a 13 inch swell width. In a gorgeous pecan color it |
| and hand engraved sterling silver plated trim. It is | | | | retails for just over $800, with matching tack |
| one of Tex Tan's higher end barrel racing saddles | | | | available. |