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I just found a saddle for $300 dollars... it is used but i am not sure how to tell if it is in good shape?

I don't know who made it and i don't know how to tell what type of saddle it is... it is western but i don't know if it is a trail, roper, barrel racer... I am a intermediate rider but i just don't know much about saddles. Thank you!

Take the saddle to a good saddlemaker and have them examine it. They will check to make sure the tree isn't broken or cracked. They will examine all the rivets and fittings to make sure its structurally sound. They can also look at the saddle's making and tree and tell you whether its a North Americian saddle or foreign made. I saw a saddle at my local saddlemakers shop recently that he had to check. When you looked under the saddle you could see that it had pieces of chipboard between the tree and the wool to give it shape. The chipboard would cause serious pressure and pain to the horse, even if used only briefly. The cheap saddle was a total waste of time and money, and how would the owner be able to resell it? They'd have to either lie, or else tell the truth and no one would buy it.
If the saddle is decent enough then you need to evaluate whether it fits your horse and you. For you its simple, just ride in the saddle at all three gaits for 1/2 hour or so and see how you feel. For your horse it is much more tricky, I would enlist the aid for a trainer or experienced friend to see if it rides properly, pinches anywhere, etc.
I personally would never buy a $300 saddle. There is a reason its that cheap, and its probably not a good reason. A good used North Americian saddle will sell for anywhere between $700 to $1500. A $300 one is almost a guarantee that is is made of poor quality leather, that the tree is a piece of junk, that it won't last for any length of time and that it will hurt your horse's back. It will be $300 thrown away, most likely. And the $700 saddle might last you for 30 years or more. So be careful before throwing money away.