Found out pistol-shaped horse bits exist. I love these.
This isn’t even the coolest one I’ve seen. My bosses at the western barn had one that was fully hand tooled.

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Found out pistol-shaped horse bits exist. I love these.
This isn’t even the coolest one I’ve seen. My bosses at the western barn had one that was fully hand tooled.

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He wiggled out of his fly mask AGAIN and proceeded to injure his eye. SIMON, NO!
Simon says Yes.
Should go without saying but never date a cop and christ never marry one. Rule of thumb if he's legally untouchable he's ethically unfuckable. You don't like that cop, you like buff men in tight clothing. I can show you more of those, better ones. Take my hand.
Hi guys. This post ain't about stereotyping random professions (farriers????), it's about how cops are effectively legally untouchable and if they hurt you, you have virtually no recourse. A quality that none of those other professions have. It's the inherent power imbalance of being bound to someone who can't be prosecuted.
The "firemen cheat" thing is actually a myth, union workers are both hot and professionally stable, paramedics are stressed out but otherwise fine, physical workers are not inferior to "thinkers" don't be fuckin classist, and "watch out for Farriers" is maybe the funniest thing anyone's ever said on this post.
like the fuck are they gonna do lmao
Having beef with the horse cobbler is objectively hilarious
remember if he touches horse shoes, he's untouchable by the law.
A horse with a very personal vendetta wrote that part
To be fair, I hooked up with a farrier for a while and he is the flakiest person I have ever let see me naked.
Did you get your horse shod for free though because I would put up with flaky for that?
NO I DID NOT 😭😭😭
Should go without saying but never date a cop and christ never marry one. Rule of thumb if he's legally untouchable he's ethically unfuckable. You don't like that cop, you like buff men in tight clothing. I can show you more of those, better ones. Take my hand.
Hi guys. This post ain't about stereotyping random professions (farriers????), it's about how cops are effectively legally untouchable and if they hurt you, you have virtually no recourse. A quality that none of those other professions have. It's the inherent power imbalance of being bound to someone who can't be prosecuted.
The "firemen cheat" thing is actually a myth, union workers are both hot and professionally stable, paramedics are stressed out but otherwise fine, physical workers are not inferior to "thinkers" don't be fuckin classist, and "watch out for Farriers" is maybe the funniest thing anyone's ever said on this post.
like the fuck are they gonna do lmao
Having beef with the horse cobbler is objectively hilarious
remember if he touches horse shoes, he's untouchable by the law.
A horse with a very personal vendetta wrote that part
To be fair, I hooked up with a farrier for a while and he is the flakiest person I have ever let see me naked.
We had bit drama this year with the whole USDF baucher thing, but we also had girth drama this year, ugh.
It started early this year when I FINALLY got my hands on a County dressage saddle that fits both Sydney and I perfectly. The problem was that my girth from my previous County was oddly too long. Granted, the old County was on a WXW tree and Sydney really only needs a W tree, so I don’t know if that was the difference, or if it was the fact that the old County was a 2009 and this County is/was a 2021 that was being passed around as a demo. Anyway, long story short, I bought a new girth. I treated myself to a girth I had been wanting for a while, a Lemieux Gel-Tek, which is modeled after the ProLite and Fairfax girths (LeMieux is actually rather notorious for knocking off famous brands for cheaper). I had had one in brown for my string of ill fated and ill fitting brown dressage saddles, and had really liked it. This one, however, appeared to be a dud. Every time I used it, it dyed Sydney black. I reached out to the company and they told me to just condition it, and that it would eventually stop. Well, I didn’t want to wait for to eventually stop, not when it was leaching who knows what kind of chemicals on to my horse’s skin on an almost daily basis, and she already has a type of cancer and a couple of sarcoids to boot.
I bought a Professional Choice Ventech girth, but this time with fleece, I say this time with fleece because the girth I used for my old County was the exact same girth, just a 32 inch, and with neoprene. Something about it being shorter just made it not sit right on her though, but I held on to it because I knew in my head that we had been using this brand and style of YEARS without issue. We will come back to this thought in a minute.
Next up on the try list was a WOW brand H-girth. I did some pretty extensive research about these girths, and how they were well suited to horses with Sydney’s conformation: big belly, forward girth groove, saddle needs to be kept back despite gravity saying it should go forward. The only thing I kept seeing was that these girths were more meant for the WOW saddles, which all come equipped with a point billet, which I mean, makes sense considering they are made by WOW. My saddle does not have a point billet, both billets come straight down off the tree, which works much better for Sydney because the saddle isn’t being pulled forward into her shoulder. One of the other riders at the barn has one of these girths, so I got to try it for a couple of rides, and then further internet sleuthing assured me that there are people that use them on saddles without a point billet.
Did it work? Sorta… Was it ideal? Not really. The straps kind of angled back towards each other because of how my billets are. Even though WOW says these can be used on saddles without a point billet, the spacing makes it really hard. We used this most of the summer until I started to notice that she was getting some rubs between the straps as her winter coat was coming in. This to me indicated that she was likely getting rubbed all the time, it was just now her coat was long enough to make it obvious.
So, I swapped her to the Professional Choice Ventech girth, and she promptly got a girth gall. I was MORTIFIED. I have never felt so horrible. Thankfully, I wasn’t on some 5 hour long trail ride, or anything like that. She got a week off for it to heal, then swapped back to the WOW girth while trainer and I pondered what to do. We didn’t really come up with any solutions other than to keep riding in the WOW girth for the time being while I scoured the internet for information.
This past week the saddle fitter came out, and I grilled her for solutions. Side note, OMG did getting my saddle flocked make a huge difference. I could feel it sitting differently with more wool in there. I wish I had been a little more insistent on her coming out sooner. I can also now toss the fluffy half pad and go back to my ProLite half pad, which feels so much nicer under my butt.
Fitters suggestion was the Total Saddle Fit StretchTec girth. It’s an interesting design, meant to be anatomical as well as move with the horse as their body expands and contracts during different points of a ride. I didn’t really want to spend full price on yet ANOTHER girth this year (are we keeping count?), but thankfully there are a ton of these available used (which may or may not be concerning), it was just a matter of finding the right size and color at a price I was willing to pay. This ended up giving me my first experience with buying from the TackTack app. Everything went smoothly, and I ended up with a basically new girth for a song.
I had my first ride in it today, and so far it seems to tick all of the boxes. No rubs, allows the billets to hang straight down, and fits her well. Time will tell if this ends up being our ultimate winner. I am crossing my fingers because I have no idea where I would go next.
You could also try one of the Steubben string girths. I know it sounds wild, but they’re made with the intent of being used on Steubben saddles that are tree billeted, not point billeted and they move really nicely with the horse.

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I really want this coat:
And I already have a pad that would match:
Must resist!
Only if you promise to wear a long sleeve with it. Because there’s something so upsetting about seeing the short sleeve through the jacket, like in this picture.
One of the hardest things to unlearn is that being at the top of the sport does not mean
They are the best horsepeople.
They have their horses' best interests in mind.
They know everything.
They're not wrong about things.
They are good people.
Look at the so-called professionals at the top level of this sport who have
Ill-fitting tack.
Horses with no proper topline.
Over-bitted.
Their horses commonly show signs of extreme stress.
Used rollkur and other bad training methods.
Refuse to turn out their horses.
Defended bad practices.
Sacrificed their horses wellbeing for winning.
Abused their horses.
Abused people.
Defended other professionals who have done bad things.
So many people will defend these professionals to the death. For what? So many fail to separate that someone can be an exceptional rider or win lots of competitions... But do one or more of those bad things.
Does tumblr know about the greatest dressage horse of all time? Because she was something else.
Also the audience worked so hard to pretend like they weren’t hearing hip hop, which is hilarious.
Video is grainy because it’s from 2006.
Andreas Helgstrand at the World Equestrian Games 2006, riding 9-year-old mare Blue Hors Matine, to No Mo’ by Red Astaire.
Watch for about the 22 second mark, where Matine goes from passage into backward passage without so much as a pause in between. It looks like she’s rewinding in real life.
Can’t decide if the wildest thing about this post is that someone doesn’t know about horseblr, thinks Matine was the greatest dressage horse in the world, or that they don’t mention that Lady Marmalade is also in the freestyle.
Sitting here, thinking about how I want to take the blocks off everyone’s saddles and shorten their stirrups two holes.
Me with appendicitis, made it out to the barn to sit with Miles and give him a few carrots. An hour later I was in the ER.
This is so classic.

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I’m saying it…
I haven’t watched all the rides but Charlotte Fry had some MAJOR mistakes in her freestyle that makes it surprising to me that she scored so high.
Description: [A video of a woman riding a galloping horse bareback while holding a large rainbow flag.]
It's important to note that this isn't just her riding bareback with a queer flag, this how she CAME OUT. Which makes the song choice even more significant, which is a damn high bar.
She’s also a rider for the Calgary Stampede teams.
So many people are quick to say behavioural issues are the horse "trying to get out of work" but never take it a step further and ask why the horse feels it needs to get out of work in the first place.
I have no idea what I should keep and what I should get rid of.
Blankets - getting rid of except my back on track cooler.
Tack - should I keep anything just in case? I have bridles, saddle, girth, boots etc
Vet - do I even really need to have a vet kit? Do I need my wraps and back on track boots
Ugh. Help.
Keep anything you can use on other horses or is particularly expensive to replace. Keep your bridles, saddle, girth. Boots are easy to replace, blankets are fairly affordable, vet kits are useful to keep around.

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When #revengeworkout turns into #revengeweightloss turns into #revengeboots. 😏
I’m curious what people’s thoughts are on a saddle brand whose philosophy is (as best as I can describe it): they fit the saddle to the shape of your horse’s wither (a-frame or hoop tree) and width. However, front to back they say that due to the flexibility of the synthetic wool and the fact that the tree isn’t rigid, but is made of a flexible material, the saddle will custom form to your horse after a few rides. 🤔
I’m no saddle fitting expert but it reminds me a lot of the chris lammfelle pads- but more structured? Sort of in line with the philosophy of treeless, but hopefully with the support / spine clearance of a treed. Either way, interesting and something I would like to learn more about, but yanno, with a dose of skepticism.
So here’s exactly what the company says about their trees:
“Anatomical dual density trees made with EPDM propylene. These specialized trees combine firmness, intelligence, flexibility and shock absorption.
Offering a wider distribution of the riders weight to avoid pressure points over the horses back. By removing these pressure points we can offer saddles that will not impede the biomechanics of the equine and will not cause muscle problems and deformities.
The rider area of the tree offers extra durability and shock absorption to relive the riders weight and pressure off of the horses back. The sides of the tree are slightly elevated offering extra relief for the riders urethral area which causes less pain, less health issues, a comfier ride and a correct blood flow.
Every tree will intelligently mold down to every mm of your horses back, if and when your horse changes shape, or if you use the saddle on a different horse, the saddle will continue to reshape to fit.”
Sounds like snake oil to me. A material that constantly changes shape is not a material that has the capacity to support long term high impact/high pressure use. For example, consider a couch - the cushions break down over time because the materials undergo consistent pressure. In the same way, a constantly changing tree will break down over time. Better to get a more stable treed saddle that will last.