Blue Creek Custom Saddles

Hi all.

Just a quick note to let you know Blue Creek Custom Saddles have a new website!! Same address but much easier to use, easier to find your way around and great pictures and movies.

Go to www.bluecreeksaddles.com and have a look! We welcome all feedback so email us your comments via our Contact Us page.

If you are missing something off our old site, please call Ian on 0411 772 494.

Cheers Sue

Blue Creek Premier Campdraft Saddle

Hi all.
Please enjoy this short video featuring one of Ian's wonderful campdraft saddles. More information can be found on our website at www.bluecreeksaddles.com

Also introducing Speckles and May who were keen to become movie stars....

Blue Creek Fender Saddles

Hi Ian and Sue,

We have had our dry creek fender saddles now for a couple of weeks and just love them. We have had some nice saddles over the years but these are definately the standouts for comfort, look and performance. All our horses have been very happy being ridden in them and stretch out nicely with full shoulder movement. We are so glad we headed up your way for a holiday and came across your website - what a find!! Here are a couple of photos taken after a big ride through the Moira sand hills down our way. The Palomino is my horse Buzz and the brown is Terry's horse Lance.
Kind Regards
Lou and Terry

Blue Creek Premier Campdraft Saddle

Ian's latest creation! This saddle is our 'Premier Campdrafter'. It is a hand stitched, really close contact and deep seated saddle. AND it's very very comfortable.... I just sat in it.... This one's available now so if you need more info. please go to our site www.bluecreeksaddles.com or call Ian.

His 'n' Her Saddles

Congratulations to Terry and Lou on their new matching saddles! I am sure you will be the talk of the town in these lovely Blue Creek Fender saddles.

Blue Creek Saddles and no tack!

Hi all

We have decided to sell out of all retail stock and concentrate on just saddles. Please go to www.bluecreeksaddles.com to see what's on special! Most things up to 40% off.

Cutting at Burrandowan QLD

Congratulations to Wendy Smith of Dusty Rivers Stud, riding Dusty's Smokin Diamond. Wendy ran equal second with a score of 70 in the Beginner Rider cutting event. Wendy was riding in her new cutting saddle from Blue Creek Custom Saddles. For more information on Wendy and Dusty Rivers Stud please click here.

Paradise Lagoons Campdraft

Well another Paradise Lagoons Draft has come and gone and what an event it was! So much fun and such a fantastic facility. Well done to everyone who competed.

Congratulations to Lenore Cole of Nebo QLD as the winner of the Blue Creek Custom Saddles 'Statesman Campdrafing Saddle'. All ladies entered in the Ladies Draft went into the draw to win, and lucky Lenore's name was pulled out of the hat by none other than Shane Webke (Rugby League Legend for those who are not familiar with who he is). For more information on Lenore and her saddle, please click here.

Weapons First Choice - Paint Bred Gelding

New video of Will! Coming soon....

Blue Creek Animated Images

Hi all. Something new we can offer you!  Please click on the link below!

http://web.me.com/suehuxley/Blue_Creek_Animated_Images/Welcome.html

Will in training at Willow Vale Performance Horses

Here is a video of Will at Willow Vale Performance Horses. He is there to sharpen up his skills and is for sale!

Team Penning and Cutting at Kilcoy

Great to see everyone out riding again at Kilcoy this weekend. Thank goodness the rain stayed away for a change.  A great weekend had by all.

This photo is of one of the riders from the Blue Creek Saddles sponsored Team Penning team, in her newest custom fender saddle made by Ian.

Making a Fender Stock Saddle

Please enjoy this short video presentation of Ian making his most recent saddle. 

Will's Foot continued

Just and update. The farrier has been and the hole in the sole of Wills foot has been cut out and the shoe put back on. He is 100% sound. The farrier said we had already done the hard yards with the poulticing (and the Davis Poultice Boot). We also used a Davis Barrier boot which is sort of like an Easy boot but much easier to use (also more reasonably priced!). Once the need for poulticing was gone, the vet suggested keeping it wrapped or covered, so we used vetwrap and then put on the barrier boot. It was great as he was able to play and canter around as he usually does and the barrier boot is more hardy than the poultice boot. All in all a great result for our horse!

Here's Will and The Amazing Poultice Boot

Warren Backhouse 5 Star Reining Clinic

WOW!  What a week. Speed and I have just arrived home from a fantastic week at a 5 Star Reining Clinic. We all know what an amazing trainer and rider Warren is, but now I know what a great teacher he is!  I cannot recommend these clinics highly enough. There are just not enough adjectives!

Day one we learnt how to move our horses, bend them, isolate the front parts from the back parts. Day two was lead changes and oh how simple they seem now! Day three was turn arounds, day four, roll backs and day five, the all important stopping and how to ride a pattern.  But there was so much more that evolved over the week, I have learnt so much and have gained heaps more confidence in my own abilities.  The differences in everyone's horses by the end of the week was astounding. Some more than others!

Thanks to all the other riders for their companionship and friendship over the week, especially to the 'Golden Girls'.... you know who you are!  Also thanks to those who provided such great meals for the week... you also know who you are!  And of course, thanks to Wazza for pushing us when we needed pushing but also at the same time knowing when to ease up!

Can't wait for the video....

Will and his sore foot

Well the vet's been again and she says it all looks good. Still have to keep his foot dry so I am keeping the poultice boot on and just wrapping his foot in vetwrap.  I've had to tape off a huge  corner of the paddock as there is a large puddle there and guess who's been playing in it? Poor Will looked quite forlorn today as if I'd taken away his favourite toy!

5 Star Reining Clinic

Off to Caboolture today for a week with Warren learning lots of new stuff! Can't wait!

Mitchell Campdraft

Mitchell Campdraft cancelled. Poor Ian and anyone else who travelled all the way out to Mitchell, only to turn around and come home the next day. It started raining as he arrived on Thursday night and it hasn't stopped. The cattle all arrived despite one of the B-triple cattle trucks getting bogged at the site but it was just too wet to start.

Davis Poultice Boot Saves The Day!

Yep, it stayed on. (See my previous post). I reckon if Will can keep one of these boots on, any horse can wear one! I could see some teeth marks that indicated that he'd tried to have a play with it but all is well and he's given up.  It started to rain in earnest this morning and he's happily slopping about in the mud with the boot on and his wrapped up foot is clean and dry. I changed the dressing last night and it wasn't too difficult to get off and then back on again. Will is also not lame anymore with the boot on so that is a bonus. Still has a huge hole in the bottom of the sole of his foot, but not lame.  Only one more needle to go and I have successfully done the last four without blood or butchering his poor neck!