In the front and pointing upwards
The saddle horn
pommel
pommel
a pommel
the twist or the pommel probably the twist
The seat of a saddle is the area that you sit on. In English it is between the cantle and the pommel. In Western it is between the cantle and the horn.
The rear of a saddle is the cantle. The front is the pommel.
depending on what the "back" means, it could refer to a skirt or a cantle or a roll.
On an english saddle it is the bump at the very front of the saddle. On a western, there is the horn higher up then the other parts of the saddle.On either side there is like a bump thing. That is the pommel. It is used to keep the rider from being unseated.
the pommel, twist, seat, cantle, saddle skirt, saddle flap, stirrup irons, stirrup leathers, knee roll, stirrup bar and the girth.
no it should sit completely clear of the withers
A cutback saddle has an opening cut into the pommel that will allow extra room for a horses withers. Depending on the shape and angle of the pommel, a cutback saddle can be called a straight-head saddle or sloped-head saddle. Further down this page is a link to an article on cutback saddles, written by saddlery expert Lois Gilbert, which first appeared in the magazine Practical Horseman.A cutback saddle is a type of saddle often used in "saddleseat" or gaited horse riding.