08-11-2010, 09:37 AM
I'll do the next in a moment if I may!
On your picture above, is that a breaching strap on Hal? (Lovely pony by the way!) And do you use cinch girths or buckles? And do you think, therefore, that the breeching straps and breast plates served the purpose of securing the saddle and then had decoration added? (I am assuming this is the case).
Next question is a more directed one for the pictures from Fabricius - the rope halter and heavy noseband(will try and post a picture, but I'm being a biff clearly...)
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I would be interested in the research on this one and the single sided rein attachment/use. It suggests to me that the horse is quite strong and it is there for additional brakes, but then the snaffle the horse is wearing looks fairly mild.
And finally...
The neck straps - are these purely for decoration as well as giving additional stability when required (what I would call the 'Oh My God!' strap, frequently resorted to out hunting) or are they used to influence the horse's neck in any way? I ask this as I have found no evidence yet of anything resembling a standing martingale (as worn by one of the Comitatus' team's horses - the ex-polo pony) and was deliberating what could have been used to counter act the action of some of the more severe bits which have been found:
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On your picture above, is that a breaching strap on Hal? (Lovely pony by the way!) And do you use cinch girths or buckles? And do you think, therefore, that the breeching straps and breast plates served the purpose of securing the saddle and then had decoration added? (I am assuming this is the case).
Next question is a more directed one for the pictures from Fabricius - the rope halter and heavy noseband(will try and post a picture, but I'm being a biff clearly...)
[attachment=1:1ev33du7]<!-- ia1 noseband rein 3.jpg<!-- ia1 [/attachment:1ev33du7]
I would be interested in the research on this one and the single sided rein attachment/use. It suggests to me that the horse is quite strong and it is there for additional brakes, but then the snaffle the horse is wearing looks fairly mild.
And finally...
The neck straps - are these purely for decoration as well as giving additional stability when required (what I would call the 'Oh My God!' strap, frequently resorted to out hunting) or are they used to influence the horse's neck in any way? I ask this as I have found no evidence yet of anything resembling a standing martingale (as worn by one of the Comitatus' team's horses - the ex-polo pony) and was deliberating what could have been used to counter act the action of some of the more severe bits which have been found:
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Moi Watson
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!
