Saddlery and Harness

Abstract

Saddlery and Harness is made out of vegetable tanned leathers and is used as the top part of the horse back bone seat which gives comfort in horse riding. The Saddlery is flexible and possesses high degree of tensile strength due to which it lasts for a long period of time. The industry is mostly concentrated at Kanpur, Meerut (UP) and Ambala(Haryana). Two types of saddlery are used by the horse rider. One is for general purpose and the other is for horse show jumping. The raw material for manufacturing of saddlery are indigenously available at Phillaur, Jalandhar, Bath Kalan, Kaithal (Haryana), Kolkata, Kanpur, Meerut (UP) etc.