Saddle pads prevents a sore back and sores and wick from the moistures of the rider and the horse. Saddle is a supportive structure for a rider or other load fastened to an animal's back by girth. A saddle pad for use on horses or other animals which provides a stable and secure buffer between the animal and a saddle or harness. The pad of the present invention avoids the slippage and play associated with ordinary saddle pads by providing a layered saddle pad, the lowest layer of which is made of an open-celled foam from which the bottom surface skin has been stripped off. The open cells of the stripped foam come into direct contact with the back of the animal and act as miniature suction cups cover the entire bottom of the pad providing good adhesion and preventing the pad.
