Check out the new Signature Series of Lynn McKenzie bits by Myler/Toklat

If you are looking for a Lynn McKenzie saddle by Double J Saddlery of Yoakum, TX, doesn't it make sense to contact Lynn herself about one?  Who else knows more about her saddle than Lynn!!  Create your own "one of a kind" design or choose from one of the many stock designs.  Our prices will be as competitive as you will find anywhere!! Contact Lynn at: lynn@lmbarrelracing.com or call (806) 290-5352 (Lynn), or (806) 683-3919 (Murray). 

Ask Lynn about the NEW "WIDE" TREE!!  Also ask about our "SADDLE SPECIALS"!!!

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          Double J Saddlery, Myler Bits, Toklat Originals, Bretton Pads by Hadlock & Fox, Mfg.; Silver Lining Herbal Supplements.  We are proud to be associated with these companies considered by most as being the tops in the Western Industry.  The Lynn McKenzie name on saddles and tack has always been recognized as meaning the very best in quality, function, and design.

        Beginning in 1979 after winning her first World Championship in Barrel Racing, Lynn began to seek ways to incorporate the many ideas and designs she had into saddles, bits and equipment.  At that time there was very little equipment being built especially for Barrel Racing.  Lynn got an opportunity to hook up with Potts Longhorn Leather Co., Billy Cook Saddlery, and Trammell Bit Co.  It wasn't long until she had a complete line of equipment with saddles, pads, bits, reins, and horse boots all with the Lynn McKenzie name on them.  Each item had undergone a thorough field testing by Lynn personally and at her clinics.  Western store owners, tack dealers and barrel racers quickly realized the potential of this equipment.  The Lynn McKenzie Combination Hackamore Gag hit the barrel racing world by storm.  Never had there been a bit that worked so well on so many horses.  The mark of a really great piece of equipment can be measured not only but it sales, but also by the number of people who copy it.  Today many noted barrel racers have copies of that bit (or closely related copies) with their name on them.  In 1989, when Potts Longhorn declared bankruptcy,  Murray and Lynn helped to start the BitMaster division of Big Horn, Inc. 

         Lynn later contacted John DeBorg at Double J Saddlery about building her saddle shortly after Double J was formed.  For the first time, a company was really interested in building exactly what Lynn wanted in a saddle, and the rest is history.  Now you can get a Double J Lynn McKenzie Barrel Racing Saddle just about any way you like.  (Many people sell their saddles as "Lynn McKenzie" saddles because they are built on a copy of the old Lynn McKenzie tree.  But no matter what they tell you, IF IT IS NOT BUILT BY DOUBLE J, IT IS NOT A LYNN MCKENZIE SADDLE.)  Instead of just having to take whatever is in the catalog, you can design your saddle to be a "one of a kind creation."  How a saddle looks is very important, but unless it fits the horse AND rider, it still is a hindrance to them.  This is a case where "pretty is as pretty does" is not true.  Fortunately, in a Double J Lynn McKenzie saddle you can have both, plus the rider remains balanced in the saddle.  Many problems which are perceived to be with the horse actually can be corrected by establishing the rider's balance.  You don't find these saddles in many tack departments because there are so many variables with seat size, colors, tooling patterns, and materials.   (Have you ever wanted a full quill ostrich seat in your choice of colors?)  Since each saddle is a custom design by the customer, it is hard to stock the saddles in enough different styles to give a adequate choice.  Are you wild and daring?  Or traditional?  Or something in between?  Contact Lynn by e-mail lynn@lmbarrelracing.com or phone - Hm. (903) 882-4547 or Cell (806) 290-5352.

        Bret Hadlock at Hadlock & Fox had been trying for years to build a saddle tree that perfectly fit every horse and had not been successful.  The new Lynn McKenzie tree comes close but there are still a few horses that it does not fit.  A friend of Bret's suggested he take the fiberglass molded tree he was working on and rather than trying to make the saddle tree fit every horse, put a custom fitted fiberglass shell into a saddle pad.  Thus began the Bretton Pads.  This unique pad consists of a 1" felt pad, a custom fitted fiberglass shell, and a durable top built together into a saddle pad.  Fleece can be added to the bottom for more cushion on a horses back.  Just like a turtle's shell protects the turtle, the fiberglass shell protects the horses back from a poor fitting saddle.  The shell with approximately 350 square inches of surface area also spreads the weight of the saddle and rider over two or three times that of a saddle tree.  Saddle trees have somewhere between 100 - 150 square inches of surface area.  Then if the tree does not fit very well, the weight is concentrated in a small area causing major discomfort to the horse.  These pads have undergone extensive testing using computerized sensor pads to ensure the weight is being evenly distributed over the horse's back with no "hotspots."  The shells are rigid where they need to be rigid and flex where they need to flex, protecting the horse yet still allowing him to perform whatever discipline you compete in.  Because they are custom crafted to fit, each horse must be fitted by a person trained by Bretton Pads using "fitting shells."  Just as you would not buy a pair of boots without trying them on, you do not use a Bretton Pad on a horse without "fitting" him.  There are also "casting kits" available for horses that are hard to fit or for those needing to fit a horse and a dealer is not close.  The pads are not cheap, but considering the cost of replacing a saddle, they are a bargain.  Contact Murray by e-mail murray@lmbarrelracing.com or phone - Hm. (903) 882-4547 or Cell (806) 683-3919.