How to Choose a Western Saddle

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Kelli on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to show you my tips and techniques to saddle your horse with the western saddle. So the first thing you would want to do when you are going to pick up your western saddle is you are going to want to make sure that your cinch is length on the top of the saddle. You are going to take your stirrup and put it over the horn. This is going to make it a lot easier for you to pick it up and sit in on the horses back. So you are going to grab the saddle from the front and from the cantle. You are going to pick it up here. So to flip it around that is how you would want to hold it, you would want to put your stirrup over the horn and the cinch over the saddle. So this would ensure when you put the saddle on the horses back this stuff would not get tangled underneath it so you would be able to place it on the horses back in a really smooth fashion. So that is how you would want to hold your saddle in order to place it on the horses back. "