Cadence is an effortless, communicative, and responsive dressage horse saddle that creates fluent harmony between the rider and horse. The saddle has a split in the cantle (the raised part at the back of the saddle) and the seat area. By using the split structure and appropriate material, dressage riders are able to use their weight to give direction left or right. By utilizing the natural ability that a horse could sense pressure, the split design enables both horse and rider to communicate, in order to perform a variety of tasks.