Premium Buffalo Leather Training Control Without the Premium Price Tag
Buffalo leather is a trainer's material — it breaks in faster than cowhide, softens evenly through the whole piece, and holds conditioning oil remarkably well. The Premier 10 Ring Training Martingale brings that material to a versatile ten-ring design for progressive head carriage work, at a price that lets working trainers equip every horse in the string without making a separate budget decision for each one.
Solid brass hardware, fully adjustable neck and girth straps, and ten strategic ring positions for varying degrees of flexion — everything serious western training requires.
Training Multiple Horses Means Managing Multiple Equipment Budgets
Professional western trainers and serious amateurs with more than one horse in active training face a real budget constraint when it comes to training equipment. Quality tools are more effective, but equipping a five-horse string with individually chosen premium pieces for each stage of development adds up to a significant investment — especially for equipment that sees hard daily use.
Cheap Hardware Fails and Cheap Leather Hardens — Both Compromise the Horse
A training martingale with corroding rings that stick at a position is not a training aid — it is an inconsistent variable. Stiff leather that has not broken in properly creates resistance in the horse's mouth and neck before the training session even begins. The equipment that saves you money at purchase can cost you the training result you were working toward — and set a young horse back weeks when it creates a negative association.
- ✗Training string budgets cannot support premium pricing across every horse
- ✗Cheap martingale hardware corrodes and sticks, making ring adjustment unreliable
- ✗Stiff cowhide leather takes too long to break in and creates initial resistance
- ✗Fixed or two-position martingales cannot support progressive headset development
Premier 10 Ring Martingale — Buffalo Leather and Brass Hardware at a Working Price
The Premier 10 Ring Training Martingale uses premium hand-rubbed and oiled buffalo leather that breaks in fast and stays supple through hard training use, paired with solid brass hardware that does not corrode. Ten strategic ring positions support progressive flexion work from early training through show readiness, with fully adjustable neck and girth straps that fit the range of horses in a working training program.
Premium Buffalo Leather
Hand-rubbed and oiled buffalo leather breaks in faster than cowhide and maintains suppleness through continuous training use.
Ten Ring Positions
Rings placed for varying degrees of flexion — move through training stages at the horse's pace, not a fixed position.
Solid Brass Hardware
Heavy brass rings and fittings resist corrosion and stay reliable through daily barn conditions and sweat.
Fully Adjustable Both Straps
Neck strap and girth strap both fully adjustable — fits Quarter Horses through warmblood-sized horses in one tool.
What Riders Are Saying
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I run a western training program with eight horses in active work. I cannot put a $200 martingale on every green horse in the barn, but I also cannot compromise on the training tool. The Premier 10 Ring gives me the ring placement control I need in a buffalo leather construction that breaks in faster than any cowhide equivalent I have used. Three of my horses have been in these for over a year and the leather still looks great.
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I switched to the Premier after my previous training martingale's hardware started corroding. The brass on this one is heavier and more substantial than I expected at this price point. The buffalo leather was noticeably softer out of the box than most cowhide martingales I have handled, and it accepted conditioning oil easily. My horses settle into it quickly without the resistance I used to see with stiffer leather equipment.
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This is my go-to martingale for starting young western horses on headset work. The ten ring positions let me move through the training progression at the horse's pace rather than forcing a fixed position. The adjustability on both the girth and neck strap means I can use it on horses ranging from my compact QH mare to my larger warmblood gelding without any fit issues.
"How We Stack Up
| Feature | Schneiders Premier 10 Ring Martingale | Professional's Choice S-Shank Martingale | Tough-1 Training Martingale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo leather construction | yes | no | no |
| Hand-rubbed and oiled from factory | yes | partial | no |
| Ten ring positions for flexion control | yes | no | partial |
| Solid brass rings and hardware | yes | partial | no |
| Fully adjustable neck strap | yes | yes | yes |
| Fully adjustable girth strap | yes | yes | yes |
| Dark oil finish for western show use | yes | no | no |
| Suitable for progressive training stages | yes | partial | partial |
| Price under $95 | yes | no | yes |
| Available at Schneiders sstack.com | yes | no | no |
Why Buffalo Leather is the Training Barn's Material of Choice
Buffalo leather is less common than cowhide in horse equipment, which is why trainers who have used it tend to be vocal advocates. It softens more evenly, breaks in faster, and accepts conditioning oil more deeply than most cowhide equivalents. On a piece of equipment that goes on a horse six days a week, those properties mean the leather is working with your training program from day one instead of requiring a break-in period where the horse is adjusting to stiff equipment as well as the training concept. The Premier's ten ring positions mean you are not locked into a single degree of restriction — you can move one position forward or back depending on where each individual horse is in his development that week.
- ✓Premium hand-rubbed and oiled buffalo leather
- ✓Ten strategically placed rings for varying flexion degrees
- ✓Fully adjustable neck strap and girth strap
- ✓Solid brass hardware for strength and corrosion resistance
- ✓Dark oil finish suitable for western show and training use
What You Get
