But I have never ridden and I need to know how you are supposed to saddle up a horse. The reason for asking is I have bought my grand daughter a new 8" saddle and we went to put it on and we just don't know how it works. We have the saddle but that's it. What do we need to get, we are ready to go to the TSC? We are putting it on a 33 inch mini gelding. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Kim