Endurance saddles is look like a cross between an English saddle and a Western saddle. There are different designs of Endurance saddles . Some have high pommels or the front area of the saddle, while the others have virtually no pommel. There are a very deep seats while others have a shallower seats. There are stirrups designed like Western saddle, while others have traditional stirrup leathers like those found on English saddles. Endurance saddles are designs for riders who spend many hours on the trail because of the comfortable that can be easily be sit. Endurance saddles are lightweight compare to the Western saddles that makes the rider easier for the horse and makes tacking and untacking easy for the rider. The benefits that you can get on endurance saddles are more flexibility in the stirrup for a better comfort when going up and down steep hills. And iit will allow you to easily your leg in either direction.