>>> For example, in this picture of Scooter in his Arizona Treeless saddle, you can see that the saddle is level comparing the height of the pommel and cantle, and that the seat itself is pretty level.
But you can't judge levelness only by comparing the height of the pommel with the height of the pommel. You really are concerned with the levelness of the seat. Some saddles are made such that either the pommel or cantle is noticeably higher. For instance, with forward-seat, jump-type saddles the pommels are usually very low, but they do have some cantle. When one of those is properly fitted, the pommel will be noticeably lower than the cantle. And Torsion makes the "Island" treeless saddles that have virtually no cantle at all, with the intention of keeping the overall length of the saddle short to work on short-backed horses. Karen Thomas, NC
