When John Allington started in the saddlery industry back in 1961 at the tender age of just 14yrs he never dreamt the attraction for the Western Saddle would be so strong. Starting out repairing and then progressing to the making of Australian stock saddles gave him a good grounding for the future. John found an entirely new road to travel when he got interested in both the Western Horse and the Western saddle and not long after turned his attention totally to the manufacturing of the range of western equipment. As most know the rest is history. Johns Saddles have found homes in every corner of Australia and in later times overseas as well. Breeding, showing and training has been the other side to Johns life and this has given him a solid understanding of the way a saddle should be constructed for maximum fit and comfort for both the horse and human. The quality of the saddle is never compromised and only the very best goes into the finished article producing a saddle of strength and beauty. Training Classical Reined horses brought with it the employment of certain types of equipment and being so strong on tradition and correctness the use of such saddles as Old timer Visalia A forks and Nevada Buckaroos take precedence of any others. The upsurge in Natural Horsemanship over the last fifteen or so years has seen the masters of the discipline all riding in the Post Horn Buckaroo style saddle because of the excellent comfort to the horse and the great communication available from the saddle. John constructs his high level saddles around the finest trees available and fits only the“All Leather ground seat into each saddle built on the Rawhide tree. Wade type bars are ordered with each tree for extended weight distribution to give unsurpassed comfort to the horse and the Centre seat puts the rider in the absolute correct position for balance. These two factors give both the rider and horse every chance to perform to the highest level. John makes the full range of western saddles from the Buckaroo to reining, cutting, western pleasure to all styles of roping and rodeo. John also builds lighter weight saddles just for the ladies who are finding it difficult to lift the heavier saddles and the secure seat gives back the confidence that could be lost due to a lay off from riding. For those folk that suffer from back problems John can help them as well with specially designed seats that can help to take the pressure from the lower back area. The best of silver and deep hand carving set Johns saddle apart and the customer can design his or her saddle to finish up with a product that will be exactly what they could wish for and last them their lifetime.
