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A saddle is a supportive structure for a rider of an animal, fastened to an animal's back by a girth. The most common type is equestrian. However, specialized saddles have been created for oxen, camel
An Ottoman saddle with shabrack, which, according to tradition, was captured at the Battle of Vienna in 1683 by Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski and is now housed in Czartoryski Museum in Kraków
A dressage-style English saddle
A saddle with lacquer overlay from the Yi ethnic minority province in Yunnan, China
A Western saddle at Garza County Historical Museum in Post, Texas, United States
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English saddles are saddles used to ride horses in English riding disciplines throughout the world. The discipline is not limited to England, the United Kingdom in general or other English-speaking co
Saddle
…stirrups, but were kept light for use by messengers and for horse racing. The saddle eventually branched off into different designs that became the modern English and Western saddles. One variant of the English saddle was developed by François Robinchon de la Guérinière, a French riding master and author of "Ecole…
A Lipizzan horse wearing a type of English saddle known as a dressage saddle.
A saddle with most leather removed, showing tree and seat padding
Underside of a Dressage saddle, showing panels, gullet, sweat flaps and tips of the billets
Stripped-down saddle, showing spring tree structure that underlies the panels