Parts of a Saddle

horsegurl03801 · 11-23-07, 01:40 PM

I thought after seeing the discussion about types of saddles I would find some nice reference material. Here is a nice diagram set of the different parts of an English saddle. (from horsedata.co.uk)

Here's a western saddle:

Additionally here are a couple glossary links you can read through for deeper explanations of what a word means:
http://www.horsedata.co.uk/points_of_the_saddle.htm
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/pic/ar...d=522&aid=1628

How to measure a saddle:
http://www.equusite.com/articles/bas...shSaddle.shtml
http://www.equusite.com/articles/bas...rnSaddle.shtml

Sternchen14 · 11-23-07, 04:42 PM

Oh, I think it´s very usefull to have pictures like this! Do anyone have pictures of the parts on a snaffle?
(Sry for my English! I learn it at school in german so it isn´t really good...)

Rider · 11-30-07, 08:40 PM

Here is what I have found and hope this is what you are looking for.

And the proper way of placing a snaffle

11-23-07, 01:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
horsegurl03801 Member Join Date: 11-01-07 Posts: 25	Parts of a Saddle I thought after seeing the discussion about types of saddles I would find some nice reference material. Here is a nice diagram set of the different parts of an English saddle. (from horsedata.co.uk) Here's a western saddle: Additionally here are a couple glossary links you can read through for deeper explanations of what a word means: http://www.horsedata.co.uk/points_of_the_saddle.htm http://www.drsfostersmith.com/pic/ar...d=522&aid=1628 How to measure a saddle: http://www.equusite.com/articles/bas...shSaddle.shtml http://www.equusite.com/articles/bas...rnSaddle.shtml

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11-23-07, 04:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
Sternchen14 Member Join Date: 11-23-07 Posts: 8	Oh, I think it´s very usefull to have pictures like this! Do anyone have pictures of the parts on a snaffle? (Sry for my English! I learn it at school in german so it isn´t really good...)

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Rider Member Join Date: 10-01-07 Posts: 88	Here is what I have found and hope this is what you are looking for. And the proper way of placing a snaffle