Step into the world of traditional craftsmanship as a skilled artisan handcrafts exquisite horse saddles and pads, ranging from polo and English styles to rugged Western saddles. In this video, you'll ...

A few centuries later, as cavalry warfare emerged, rudimentary saddles evolved from pads strapped to horses’ backs to ...

The saddles on the famous Qin dynasty terra-cotta cavalry horses (246 to 208 B.C.) are more sophisticated, resembling Scythian design. Perhaps the most famous—and colorful—are the figurines ...

Reportedly influenced by the saddles of Hussars he observed in Europe, McClellan returned and developed a new modified cavalry saddle. In 1859, the U.S. War Department adopted the McClellan saddle.