Abstract: A cinch to pass beneath the belly of an animal in securing a saddle to the animal while minimizing discomfort and injury to the animal comprises a first layer of durable foam material having an outer surface covered with and molded with a durable stretch fabric to form a grid pattern with blocks separated by grooves on an outer surface of the first layer and with extensions from opposite ends of the first layer forming buckle recesses; a second layer of fabric covered foam corresponding to the shape of the first layer from end to end of the first layer; and a third layer sandwiched between the first and second layers and having a strap extending from end to end and a buckle on each end of the strap to rest in the buckle recesses formed in the extensions of the first layer.