The Show saddle
The Show saddle has a well padded deep seat thus allowing the rider to sit comfortably and give the appearance of a smooth ride. The Show saddle also has additional silver decorations on it.Just how different is the Western saddle from the English saddle? If both have the same purpose of making it easier to ride a horse, why is there even a difference? For those who never looked at saddles twice, it may be even harder to know the difference between the two. Saddles have been used for a very long time that it doesn't seem important to know what kind you are using just as long as you can hop on the horse and sit comfortably.The long and distinguished history of the western saddle owes its rise to a number of developments pushed by the early cowboys and vaqueros working the ranches of Mexico and the American Southwest in the 19th century. The resulting implement provided a strong, comfortable and stable platform that allowed a cowboy to spend long hours in it, as a matter of fact. Today, it's still considered one of the more useful inventions to have come from the Old West.If you're going to be riding Western and are new to the horse world, you can choose just about any Western saddle that you find that you can afford, that fits your horse, that fits you and is well made.