Tod Slone Saddle Builder

Built with a slightly higher front end and a bit deeper seat than our calf ropers, so you can sit back down after your throw, get your dally, and drive around the corner. The horn has a slight lip on the back side to help keep your dally from popping off when it rides a little too high.

The saddle that put Slone Saddles on the map. Our tie-down saddles have a wide, low fit that reduces leverage on the horse's back — we recommend pairing with a Tod Slone 100% Wool Felt Contoured Pad and a Heavy Wool Navajo Blanket cut out in front so the horn sits close to the horse. The low cantle makes it easy to get off, with extra dish so you're not sliding out the back. Stirrup placement and ground seat shape create "vertical balance," keeping you positioned for a quick, accurate delivery. Also popular for goat tying thanks to its small horn cap.

Our most-refined design over the last 5-10 years — lighter, with a reworked ground seat and stirrup placement. Built to let you stay off the front end as your horse sets to turn, then get out over the horse to drive to the next barrel.

A versatile saddle combining features from all our roping saddles. Fits like a calf roper (wide, low fit — use with the cut-out pad) with a lower cantle for easy exits when roping calves or tying goats, plus the team roping horn cap with the back lip to help hold a high dally.

Same wide, low fit as our calf ropers to reduce leverage when hanging off to the side. Seats are easy to slide off of, the cantle has virtually no dish so it won't hook your hip on the catch, and the egg-shaped horn is built to be easy for a big hand to hold.

Designed to ride all day. Hips set back, feet slightly forward, and a raised ground seat for comfort over long hours — also helps you stay on a young horse that's fresh on a cool morning. Built to be comfortable for horse and rider alike, and tough enough to rope a bull and load him in the trailer.

Vertical balance similar to our team roping saddle, built to sit down and ride, then dismount differently than any other roping saddle. The front sits slightly higher and the cantle is much lower (with extra dish for comfort) since a tripping horse logs off with the rope running from horn to cantle to steer — a cantle that's too high puts serious pressure on the horse's loins.

Five years in the making. Built to fit a smaller, shorter-bodied rider the way a full-size saddle fits an adult — sized so the horn doesn't hit a young roper in the stomach or higher, available in both roper and barrel versions. Still fits a big, strong horse and carries the same strength and durability as our full-size saddles.

Built differently than our other event saddles — designed for the rider to sit back with feet forward, which usually means riding a larger seat size. The front is taller with a fairly high horn that's easy to push off of, and the leather runs softer with more oil than our other saddles.