Re: [AERCMembersForum] Re: Breast collar recommendations?
Elizabeth Walker wrote:
Well - there are
good and bad points for everything. I ride with one, but I've seen a
horse tearing back and forth through a ride camp with the saddle held
on *just* by the breast collar - the girth was loose, and the saddle
was hanging off the side, flopping around and totally freaking the
horse out.
There are risk in everything you do and every piece of tack you use.
I've seen horses get brush caught up in a breast collar, the horse
panic and injure himself and rider. Would not using a breast collar
been better in that case - probably. I've seen a saddle come off under
a horse's belly causing the horse to panic and the rider injured. Would
a breast collar helped - probably.
I've personally had a saddle come off the side while I was galloping
down a trail around a curve to have to duck a big limb fast. The breast
collar kept the saddle from going completely around so I could bring
the horse to a stop, get off and fix it. Was I glad I had the breast
collar on at that time - yep. The problem in that case was it was an
old Wintec, the tree was "too flexible" and the saddle didn't really
fit the horse well.
In general I don't ride with a breast collar. However, I don't need
one. My saddle fits my horse quite well. I use a girth with elastic
straps on both sides so I can keep it snug and the horse can still have
room to expand. I've ridden some pretty steep hills in the SE and some
really steep inclines in some of the old phosphate pits in Florida and
the saddle stays just fine. From time to time I will, however, use one.
They give you some extra places to snap stuff like sponges. Am I taking
some risk not riding with one - probably. However, that is compensated
for the risk I don't take if the breast collar got tangled up in
something.
I'd say evaluate if you really need one and if you feel more
comfortable with one than without one - by all means use one. All that
being said, Higher Mark Tack ( http://www.highermark.com) and Teddy
(http://www.runningbear.com/) make some nice ones.
Truman
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marybenstover
merryben@...
Jul 1, 2009 4:04 pm
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Well - there are good and bad points for everything. I ride with one, but I've seen a horse tearing back and forth through a ride camp with the saddle held on...
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