Pads & Blankets: What Are They And Are They Really Necessary?
When we think about what tack we need, saddle pads and saddle blankets aren’t often at the forefront of our minds. We all know that they go underneath a saddle but there’s still a lot of...
Have you ever wondered what racehorses wear over their eyes, or seen a horse pulling a carriage with its eyes covered? Known as blinders or blinkers, these strange coverings do actually serve a...
You might think that you don’t need to know the different parts of a horseback riding saddle and that it doesn’t matter if you don’t know the difference between the saddle flap and the sweat...
If you’re new to horses or are considering buying your first horse it can be difficult to know what you’ll need and what you can live without, at least for the time being. While most horses are...
If your horse is hard to fit or has a wide back, or if you don’t feel close enough to your horse while you’re riding you may have looked longingly at a treeless saddle and wondered whether or not...
On a recent trip to my local tack shop, I noticed that they had a second-hand Western pleasure saddle for sale, and while it was a bargain (at just $250) it was in a terrible condition which started...
