It is called the Cantle.
The cantle.
The seat in which you sit on when on a horses back is called a saddle. The front part of a saddle is called a pommel and the back part of a saddle is called a cantle. Here is a basic saddle the stirrups are not on it at the moment. They are above the saddle not yet attatched.
A Saddle goes on the back, and the bridle goes on the head
frame The hard part of a saddle is called a saddle tree.
The saddle pad actually predates the saddle itself. There is no exact year, but when horses were first ridden people used cloth as a barrier between them and the horses back. These were the first saddle pads, and the precursor to the saddle.
A saddle pad that goes underneath a saddle to make it more comfortable and to protect the horses back
A cutback saddle can be made for any discipline. It is designed so the pommel is cut farther back to accommodate high withered horses.
It is safer to have a saddle on a horse because it is better for the horses back, in some cases, and it is easier for a rider to fall off and get hurt with no saddle
The only discipline that uses a cutback saddle is saddleseat. Saddlebreds, Arabians, Morgans, National Show Horses, and Tennessee Walkers are the most common Saddleseat breeds. Saddleseat pleasure horses pick up their feet really high and have very long tails. Saddlebreds were the original breed that saddleseat riding was performed on. But a cutback saddle is longer than a huntseat saddle, and it doesn't have knee rolls.
A girth which goes under the horses belly and buckles up on the other side.
There is no "horn" on a horse. The horn is on a western saddle which goes on the back of a horse.
Cut back saddles are usually used with gaited horses, but am not aware of a particular discipline.
They can ride horses at night because:They have saddle lights