Continental Saddlery -The Original-

The Continental Pullman Saddle Co. was originally founded in 1986 in Indiana USA.

In cooperation with Top American, Canadian and European Trainers we started specializing in 'Reining' in the mid 1990's.
The Continental brand prouds itself to offer individually, handcrafted saddles that are ALL hand tooled and to this day STILL being built in Alabama  USA using the best materials available, being able to offer HIGH quality saddle  priced JUST RIGHT !

Our saddles are built on the revolutionary 'Equi-flex' (R) brand saddle trees by Steele Saddle Tree Co., a trusted name in saddle tree manufacturing for over 175 years.

Since 2009 we are NO LONGER affiliated with JD Gmbh of Germany OR Hi-Tack GmbH but have become an independent company located in Ider, Alabama USA.

Find out for yourself what we and our saddles are all about, just email us or call us Toll Free and ask about our 'Non-obligation' Demo saddle program and 

EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE

ALL our saddles are still  individually
hand crafted and hand tooled and Made in the U.S.A.

No mass production 'assembly' like with
most other brands.

STILL building one saddle at a time,
the old fashion way, with the utmost
care and precision.

Why a flexible tree ?

As with ANY consumer products in general, TECHNOLOGY evolved throughout the years. We watch flat screen color tv's and no longer 10" black and white tv's - the same goes for the saddle tree - it has EVOLVED into a NEW, advanced generation of saddle tree that is a FAR CRY from those conventional trees being used for centuries made out of wood, covered with hide or fiberglas.

Do I NEED a saddle with an Equi-flex tree ?

If you use your saddle mainly for heavy duty ranch work or steer rope THIS is not for you. Reining is all about 'feel' and being felt by your horse.
The benefits of a flex tree are indisputable, a better 'feel' for the rider of the horse's movements, being a more 'pro-active' rider instead of just 'reactive'.
Bridging and pressure points are being virtually eliminated by the saddle's/tree ability to conform to the horse's back versus the common, 'rigid' piece of wood placed on a horse's back with any "traditional" saddle tree.
Borderline fitting problems are solved with the ability of the bars of the tree to conform and 'give' just enough to avoid pinching AND bridging.

Why does the flexible tree have such a bad reputation ?

When the idea of a 'flexible' saddle tree sprung over a decade ago, many tree manufacturers tried to offer THEIR version of a 'flexible' tree, MOST of them have failed due to their inconsistency in materials, concept of the 'flex' etc., resulting in a BAD reputation for the 'flexible' tree in general.
The Steele Saddle Tree Co. has been working for YEARS on the RIGHT product before introducing it to the market, by THAT time the common 'flex' tree as it has been called already racked up a lot of criticism, so the Equi-flex tree is NOT just another "flex tree" !

Why don't other saddle brands use it ?

We CAN'T speak for the competition, but MOST other saddle brands do not specialize in Reining the way we do. To this day, the competition still 'snubs' the 'Equi-flex' tree as "just a fad". Talk to any of the thousands of customers of ours that have tried it and they tell you they would NEVER go back to the outdated, "traditional" saddle tree found in most other brands.

If you have ANY additional questions about the "flexible" saddle tree simply give us a call OR email us and ask for our non-obligation DEMO saddle and judge for yourself