Full Or Semi Quarter Horse Bars

They re considered mutton withered or a less pronounced wither.

Full or semi quarter horse bars.

The three terms along with a brief description of each are. Semi quarter horse bars usually have a 6 1 4 gullet and quarter horse bars usually have a 6 1 2 to 6 3 4 gullet. We ve tried to wrestle this myth to the ground in our shop by standardizing our terms. The angle is flatter compared to the semi qh tree.

Regular quarter horse bars gullet width. Semi quarter horse bars fit most of today s western horses. Full quarter horse bars usually have a 7 gullet. They are designed for mutton withered horses with broader backs.

They are terms that were originally meant to describe a fit the way these bars were set and shaped to fit a certain style of horse. Semi quarter horse bars horses got bigger and wider from the 1970 s on requiring a wider angle in the bars. Western saddles are typically offered with either full quarter horse bars or semi quarter horse. When you are talking about the bars on a western saddle you are referring to the two internal.

This is very confusing to someone buying their first saddle. 6 1 4 6 1 2 extra wide quarter horse bars gullet width. Full quarter horse or fqhb can be referred to as wide usually 7 gullet. This is for horses with a broad shoulder.

6 full quarter horse bars gullet width. Quarter horse bars are wider and have slightly flatter bar angles. 5 3 4 semi quarter horse bars gullet width. Designed to fit the average horse one of these two widths will fit approximately 80 of horses comfortably.

How to tell if a saddle has full bars or quarter bars the bars of a saddle. The width of your horse s shoulder determines the type of tree and gullet width you will need. Full quarter horse bars have even wider angles to accommodate wider bodied horses and horses with flatter or mutton withers. Semi quarter horse bars have the narrowest saddle tree and the steepest bar angles.

T he difference in width at the bottom of the bars between the historical full quarter horse bars and the historical semi quarter horse bars is just over 3 8 of an inch overall or 3 16 of an inch on each side. Gullet width of 6 3 4 7. Gullet width of 6 6 1 2.