Salvador Bros Shop pads

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Choose your pad. Ride with confidence.

Four purpose-built profiles. Every one combines D3O® impact protection, F10 wool felt, and a soft fleece lining.

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Every stop lands here.

Twelve hundred pounds, stopping in one stride. The pad is the only thing between the tree of the saddle and his back.

The pad lying flat on arena dirt, photographed straight down inside one pool of light.

Made for movement

Protection that moves with them.

A performance saddle pad should disappear under the saddle and show up when it matters. Salvador Bros combines smart impact protection with materials chosen for long days, hard work, and sound horses.

The closed pad, seen from above.
The cream fleece lining that sits against the horse's back.
The matte orange D3O impact foam panel.
The black F10 wool felt top with wear leathers and orange binding.
The three layers of the pad floating apart: felt top, orange D3O panel, fleece lining.

Inside the pad

  1. Top: F10 wool felt Highest grade felt available
  2. Wear leather and orange binding
  3. Middle: D3O® impact foam Military and motorsport grade
  4. Bottom: fleece lining Soft top-grade fleece against the back

Nobody has shown you the inside of a pad. Here it is.

What D3O does

Soft until it is hit.

Locks in under a millisecond.

Lets go the instant the hit ends.

D3O® is a rate-dependent polymer. Verified figures only appear here once confirmed against D3O documentation.

Press the orange.

Push slow, it gives. Hit fast, it locks.

Press and hold, it gives. Tap, it locks.

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Battlefields. Stadiums. Racetracks. Now your saddle.

LOCKS ON IMPACT

D3O® molecules sit loose at rest. On impact they lock together in under a millisecond, distributing the load across the surface. Then immediately return to soft state.

A cutting horse sitting into a hard stop, hind legs sunk into the arena dirt.
Illustration. Pressure map rendered over the freeze frame.

EVERY DETAIL earns its place.

Macro of the wither cut-out edge with the orange layer visible in cross-section.

Extended wither cut-out

The longer, generously designed wither cut-out promotes maximum airflow and breathability along the spine, and the pad stays lifted and clear regardless of horse conformation.

Precision leg cut-outs

Precision cut-outs line the wear leather near the stirrups and cinches, allowing you to ride closer to your horse and wrap their body naturally, reducing saddle roll without sacrificing protection.

F10 wool felt + top-grade fleece

F10 is the highest grade of wool felt available anywhere, naturally cushioned, breathable, and built to last every season.

A Salvador Bros pad on a display stand.

Performance

The everyday athlete

Size
32 × 32 × 1 in
Price
$450

A balanced, close-contact pad for cutting, reining, ranch work, roping, and all-around performance.

Cutting · Reining · Ranch

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A Salvador Bros pad on a display stand.

Performance Plus

Extra support for harder work

Size
32 × 32 × 1+ in
Price
$495

Added lift and impact protection for ropers, ranchers, and high-performance horses.

Roping · Ranching · Performance

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Barrel

Speed. Freedom. Response.

Size
31 × 30 × 1 in
Price
$450

A lighter, faster feel with close-contact performance made for the demands of barrel racing.

Barrel racing · Pole bending · Gaming

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A Salvador Bros pad on a display stand.

Barrel Plus

Every turn matters

Size
31 × 30 × 1+ in
Price
$495

Added support and impact protection for aggressive runs, hard stops, and powerful barrel horses.

Pro barrel · Futurity · Aggressive runs

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The Salvador Bros badge stitched into the pad binding.

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One of the Salvador brothers working a horse in daylight.

The Story

BUILT BY HORSEMEN. tested by horses.

"We ride hard, twelve hours a day, scorching heat to bitter cold. Every piece of gear on our horses has to earn its place."

The Salvador Brothers, Cutting Horse Trainers · Texas

GIVE YOUR HORSE what they deserve.

Years in the making. Built for the best.

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