BUTET
Butet offers advanced designed capabilities combined with the finest materials and top European
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craftsmanship, which appeals to anyone who can only accept the absolute best! Butet is a leading choice for top riders across the nation, including our Olympic Silver Medalist, Chris Kappler!
Handcrafted by Frederic Butet Sellier in Samur, France, the Butet is the most fully customizable saddle on the market today. The impeccable design with a choice of two different seat depths, flat or deep, combined with a multitude of flap patterns in each seat size make it easy to obtain the absolute correct position of the rider with the correct size flap pattern. These options are also available in varied tree widths to facilitate an accurate fit of the horse.
The solid vegetable-tanned leather used on the flaps and skirts are without any doubt the best that can be bought today. We then takes this supreme leather and age it for an additional 12 months; a process that is above and beyond even the best of standards. The knee pads and seats are made of the finest calfskin available in the world.
Butet Saddle Types
Original Butet Saddle
The Original is offered in narrow, regular and wide tree widths. These saddles, as well as all Butet saddles, are offered in the traditional style panel and the integrated panel. The integrated panel creates a closer feel and is generally suited to rounder-backed horses.
FB2 Butet
The FB2 is wider than the Original and has a more open gullet area. This saddle is perfect for today's wider warmbloods. On the tree chart below, note that the tree widths range from 25cm to 28cm. The standard FB2 saddle tree is 26cm. It is available in flat, deep and extra deep seats.
Baby Butet
The Baby Butet saddle is designed for the young pony rider. It is available in two seat sizes: BB1 is 14 1/2" and BB2 is 15". They can both be ordered with a short flap (00) or a regular flap (0).
Dressage Butet
The Butet Dressage is the most exciting dressage saddle on the market today. Featuring a sleek, more defined pommel and top line area, yet still rides like many top dressage saddles. It is available in various tree widths and flap lengths. One of its greatest features is the covered, padded mono flap, which offers a superior close contact feel for optimal communication between horse and rider.
Premium Butet
Frederic Butet's newest saddle, the Premium Butet, is fully covered with soft leather that is first chrome tanned and retanned in the traditional vegetable tanning method. This double process gives the saddle a soft and comfortable feel that riders love. The vegetable tanning also gives the leather a fuller body resulting in longer durability. Covered saddles tend to require greater maintenance because the outer layer of leather is softer and thinner than solid full grain leather. However, this leather has gone through several years of testing and has been proven to be the best available througout the world. The Premium is offered in the Original and FB2 versions as well as the original billet system or the new biased billet system. The new biased system helps to create and maintain a more even panel-weight distribution.
BUTET NEWS
Beval Saddlery Partners with George H. Morris
For Immediate Release
February 19, 2009
Olympic medalist and legendary horseman, George H. Morris, has partnered with Beval Saddlery to promote the new Beval Butet Premium Saddle. George H. Morris is considered a "founding father" of Hunt Seat Equitation. He is president of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame, an advisor to the USEF High-Performance Show Jumping Committee and on the USEF National Jumper Committee and Planning Committee. Beval Saddlery has been a top equestrian retailer for over 50 years.
Mark H. Walter, president and CEO of Beval Saddlery America, announced today that legendary horseman, George H. Morris, has signed a multi-year contract with Beval Saddlery to endorse the new Beval Butet Premium Saddle. Walter said "I was thrilled when George told me how much he loved the new Beval Butet Premium Saddle." According to Morris "So many of the European saddles go against the basics of learning to ride properly." He added, "The Beval Butet Premium gives the close contact feel and balance that riders need." The Beval Butet Premium Saddle is available at all Beval stores and at select Beval dealers throughout America and Canada.
