Saddle pad with pockets for padding inserts

摘要

A contoured saddle pad having three contoured pockets attached to each side portion. Each of the pockets has multiple shock absorbing, reforming padded inserts. The inserts enable the user to increase and decrease padding behind the horses withers 3, shoulders 5 and on their back 4. The saddle pad has a high wither 1 and spine and gullet clearance 2 that prevents the pad from putting pressure on the horses spine when in use under a saddle. The saddle pad may be in the shape of a saddle or a rectangle. The shape of the pad may vary dependant on the type of saddle it is used with. It may also be in the form of a contoured half pad with just the hollow wither and back pockets (fig 5).