Self-adjusting, orthopedically-correct saddle and saddle tree therefor

摘要

A statically and dynamically self-adjusting and orthopedically- correct saddle and tree which are also anatomically correct for a rider. There are a pair of flat first bars which support the weight distributed on the horse's back. There is also a seat portion comprising a seat and a cantel with a pair of flat second bars extending forward from the seat. The seat with the seat center positioned at a point under the center of gravity of a rider and over the low point in the horse's back. Elastomeric members connect the seat portion to the pair of first bars. A girth is attached to the seat portion by a connecting harness and a pair of stirrup straps are attached to respective ones of the pair of flat second bars at a distance in front of the center of gravity of a rider equal to a distance between the rider's ankle and the ball of the rider's foot. The padding material over the first bars adjacent the horse's back dynamically adjusts to the horse's back at times of greatest dynamic motion.