Full Or Semi Quarter Horse Bars

The three terms along with a brief description of each are.

Full or semi quarter horse bars.

Semi quarter horse bars horses got bigger and wider from the 1970 s on requiring a wider angle in the bars. Full quarter horse bars usually have a 7 gullet. Western saddles are typically offered with either full quarter horse bars or semi quarter horse. We ve tried to wrestle this myth to the ground in our shop by standardizing our terms.

Semi quarter horse bars have the narrowest saddle tree and the steepest bar angles. Quarter horse bars are wider and have slightly flatter bar angles. Full quarter horse bars have even wider angles to accommodate wider bodied horses and horses with flatter or mutton withers. 6 full quarter horse bars gullet width.

The width of your horse s shoulder determines the type of tree and gullet width you will need. The angle is flatter compared to the semi qh tree. How to tell if a saddle has full bars or quarter bars the bars of a saddle. When you are talking about the bars on a western saddle you are referring to the two internal.

Semi quarter horse bars fit most of today s western horses. 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. Full quarter horse bars sometimes abbreviated as fqh or fqhb have the widest tree. 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.

5 3 4 semi quarter horse bars gullet width. Gullet width of 6 6 1 2. This is very confusing to someone buying their first saddle. They re considered mutton withered or a less pronounced wither.

Full quarter horse or fqhb can be referred to as wide usually 7 gullet. 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. Semi quarter horse bars are often referred to as quarter horse bars but others use the term quarter horse bars to describe wide bars so the same saddle can be given different terms. Gullet width of 6 3 4 7.

They are designed for mutton withered horses with broader backs. This is for horses with a broad shoulder. Designed to fit the average horse one of these two widths will fit approximately 80 of horses comfortably.