Saddles are always in short supply! Despite Hartland’s early claims of unbreakable plastic, they did break. Later they changed the comment to “rugged plastic”. This page contains all the known saddles and variations including the Stevens sets produced in the early 90’s. Some of the vintage saddles, such as the Clayton Moore Lone Ranger saddle, had holes punched in the fenders to be used on later Semi-Rearing and Full Rearing horses. Notes will be made with those saddles, but I didn't feel an additional photo was necessary for that slight a variation. Hartland Saddles were rarely marked. In my experience, the Mountie saddle is the most brittle and hard to find in complete form. Early on, Hartland seemed to make a new saddle for each new set but by about 1959 or so, they started using the standard black saddle with the rifle hole on most new sets. Some sets, such as Brave Eagle and Chief Thunderbird, shared their saddle mold (blanket in this case). Dale Evans’ later saddle is the same mold as the later Lone Ranger saddle and Hobly Gillman’s saddle is the same as the standard black rifle hole saddle except both of these examples were molded in brown plastic.

Brown Champ Saddle with Dots
This one would probably go with the Palomino Champ horses with the brown tack —and since it has the dots or conchos, it is most often used with the Cowboys.

Brown Champ Cowboy #801
Red and White Champ Cowboy #801

Brown Champ Saddle with Dashes
This one would probably go with the Palomino Champ horses with the brown tack and since it has the dashes, it is most often used with the Cowgirls. When Hartland switched over to the early Dale Evans with black gloves, this saddle would have been turned over to her.

Early Green Dale Evans #802DE
Cowgirls #802

Red Champ Saddle with Dots
Hartland made a Champ Cowboy with a red and white shirt and this is mostl likely his main saddle when paired with a horse with red tack. The early Black Beauties also used this saddle until roughly when they switched over to the Semi-Rearing horse mold.

Red and White Champ Cowboy #801
Black Beauty

Red Champ Saddle with Dashes
The Red and White Cowgirl would use this saddle when on a Champ horse with red tack.

Red and White Cowgirl #802

Black Western Saddle with Tie Rings
This the only saddle used by Matt Dillon and it is unique to him. No other rider uses it! It is almost identical to the Lone Ranger saddle except for the addition of the small ring at the edge of the fender.

The only exception for Dillon might be when he was temporarily placed on a Semi-Rearing horse where he might have had a rifle holed saddle?

Matt Dillon #822

Black US Mail Saddle
For a while it seemed that each new set got a new distinctive saddle. Later they seemed to use the rifle holed saddle for almost everyone but Buffalo Bill did get a special one for his Pony Express duties. This one is fairly hard to find loose. It reminds me of a modified Cheyenne saddle.

Buffalo Bill #819

Brown Saddle with Silver Stripes
As far as I know, this is the only saddle Tonto ever had. It resembles the later Lone Ranger saddles, except for the design of the tapaderos, plus it is brown instead of black. I believe a few of them have the punch holes in the fenders probably a result of the Semi-Rearing horse he rode temporarily.

Tonto: #805

Brown Western Saddle with Rifle Hole
This is the same as the standard black saddle with the rifle hole, common to a lot of other riders. This is the standard Hoby Gilman saddle but was occasionally found with Josh Randall. This saddle was also recast by Stevens Plastics in 1993 and 1994 for use with Dale Evans and Wyatt Earp, but originals are usually a shade darker in color.

Hoby Gilman #825
Josh Randall #828

Brown Western Saddle with Rifle Hole
This set was recast by Stevens Plastics in 1993 and 1994 using the same molds as Hartland did earlier. The color is slightly lighter but it is still a good look alike without something to compare. Stevens put this saddle with Dale Evans and Wyatt Earp, historically incorrect saddles for both.

Stevens Plastics Dale Evans
Stevens Plastics Wyatt Earp

Brown Western Saddle
Using the same mold as they created for the later style Lone Ranger, Hartland changed the color to a nice russett brown and gave it to the new version of Dale Evans. It was later used again for Josh Randall.

Green Dale Evans #802 (DE)
Purple Dale Evans #802
Josh Randall #828

Blue & White RR Saddle
Roy Rogers is shown in a few Christmas Catalogs riding a similar saddle with unusual trim, but I’m not too convinced many of them shipped with this saddle. It is extremely rare! The early Roy Rogers saddle mold has one large star and three smaller ones, just like this one so we can date it from the beginning .

V-Fringe Roy Rogers #806

Early Blue RR Saddle- Four Stars
This is the more common early Roy Rogers saddle and was used until they made the switch over to the Full Rearing Trigger. Without cinch holes, this saddle would not stay on the rearing horse, but it served the walking version fine for many years.

V-Fringe Roy Rogers #806

Early Blue RR Saddle- Droopy Eagle
You have to be looking closely to see the differences in this saddle from the one above. This one is missing the little star at the front. It also has a different eagle design on the fender right under where the rider’s knee would rest. For lack of a better term, I have called it a “Droopy Eagle”. They are less common but probably not rare.

V-Fringe Roy Rogers #806

Blue RR Saddle- One Star
After a few years of selling Roy Rogers on a walking Trigger, they created a new figure to ride on the new Rearing Trigger which needed a modified saddle with a cinch hole to keep the saddle on the horse’s back. This saddle also have one lare star on the tapadero where the earlier one had four stars. Early RR saddles were molded in white, or marbled white plastic and painted blue over the top, then silver trim.

Horizontal White Fringe Roy Rogers #806

Blue RR Saddle - One Star - All Blue
Around 1992, Stevens Plastics in Missouri began offering this set through J.C. Penney's mail order Christmas Catalog. The set was later sold direct and also through specialty stores. They used the same mold as the later RR sets, but molded the entire saddle in blue plastic. Then they painted the silver trim. This is a dead give-away on this piece.

Stevens Plastics Roy Rogers

Plain Blue RR Saddle - Stenciled RR
This saddle is a bit of a mystery. It is an original factory piece with several collectors owning one. Whether it was a very early RR saddle, or just one used temporarily while waiting for more regular saddles to be produced, we’ll probably never know. It does seem to go with the walking version of the horse based on the style of saddle (without the cinch holes). Mine came with a walking Trigger set.

V-Fringe Roy Rogers #806

Copper McClellan Saddle
Cheyenne is one of the most common and popular sets but finding this saddle loose is fairly difficult. The color of the saddle matches his jacket. Most seem to have the punched cinch holes. No other set used a similar saddle, with the exception of Buffalo Bill who has a modified version of the saddle.

Cheyenne #818

Black & Green with Bedroll
This special saddle is shared by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, also both from the same mold. It is fairly hard to find loose.

Davy Crockett #807?
Jim Bowie #817

Black & Green without Bedroll
Cochise is the only figure to get this saddle. He is a fairly common set but due to the fragile nature of all the McClellan saddles, many have been broken creating a demand for them.

Cochise: #816

Blue & Yellow US Military Saddle
All the McClellan saddles are in high demand from today’s collectors. This one is no exception. It was created originally for George Custer, but was later used with Col. Mackenzie.

Col. Ranald Mackenzie #829
General George Armstrong Custer #814

Blue Western Saddle with Cinch Holes
While this saddle looks quite a bit like some of the other black saddles, it is molded quite different. It is made for a Rearing Horse mold for Annie Oakley. With the exception of the red saddle used with some Black Beauties, none of the other riders used this saddle which matches the martingale used with all Oakley horses.

Annie Oakley #823

Blue Western Saddle / Punched Holes
This is a very rare saddle. I purchased it in a GEM Mint in the box Annie Oakley set from the original owner. The saddle is molded in black exactly like the standard Lone Ranger saddle and then painted blue with silver trim.

Annie Oakley #823

Red Western Saddle with Cinch Holes
The red western saddles are actually fairly hard to find. This one is created from the same mold as the Annie Oakley saddle shown above. It was used with the Semi-Rearing and Rearing versions of Black Beauty.

Black Beauty

Red Western Saddle with Rifle Hole
I believe this saddle is even more rare than the red western saddle above. It is molded just like some of the Black style western saddles with rifle holes, but painted red. This one was actually marbelized red, blac, and white plastic.

Black Beauty

Blue and Cream Military Saddle
George Washington was the only figure to use this saddle. The cream color around the edges of the saddle are a bit more muted than the saddle Stevens Plastics recast in 1993 and 1994, plus the paint job was a lot smoother.

George Washington #815

Blue and Creme Military Saddle
This set was recast from the original molds in 1993 and 1994 and looks quite a bit like the originals. The paint is not as glossy or smooth and the cream color is much brighter. Of course, the gold eagle medallions are much more bright and vivid.

Stevens Plastics George Washington

Gray and Yellow Confederate Saddle
Lee was the first of the generals and is generally easy to find. Loose McClellan saddles are tough to find loose. Lee saddles always seem to be in short supply. To make matters worse, some collectors rob this saddle from Lee to put with their Rebel sets (Probably not the way Hartland ever sent them out).

General Lee #808

Gray and Yellow Confederate Saddle
This saddle is from sets recast by Stevens Plastics in 1993-1994. The paint is not as glossy and the yellow is much brighter than the vintage saddles, but this one is still a nice piece.

Stevens Plastics General Lee

Blue and Yellow Mounted Police Saddle
For a long time, I thought there was only one Mountie saddle but a collector did point out my mistake. Yes, there is a difference. You will have to study the two photos to see it, but this earlier saddle flairs a bit near the chopped off back corners near the lettering. This one goes with O’Rorke.

Sgt. Lance O’Rorke #804

Red Indian Blanket
Two Indian figures shared this blanket. Actually three if you count the two Thunderbird variations! They range a little in color but are generally very bright red.

Brave Eagle : #812
Chief Thunderbird: #813
Warpaint Chief Thunderbird: #813

Red Indian Blanket—Stevens
In 1994 Stevens Plastics recast the Warpaint Thunderbird set. The mold seem to be a little different than the one above, but hard to say. The paint is much duller than the old ones.

In 1988 Stevens also produced a Styrene version of Chief Thunderbird. I do not own one of the pieces but I would have to think it looks pretty much just like this one!
Stevens Plastics Chief Thunderbird:

Red & Black Jockey Saddle and Blanket
This set showed up in the 1956 brochure for one year and then vanished. The loose saddles are almost impossible to find loose and seem to be missing from most of the sets that turn up. The stirrups are actually molded alongside the legs of the Jockey figure.

The Jockey/Turf King #811