ADDS & SCRATCHES
Tail Lights Provide High Visibility for Your Horse A new Kickstarter campaign wants to give you tail lights for hazardous and low-light conditions—to be worn on the tail of your horse. Horse tail lights may be the coolest accessory yet for safetyconscious equestrians. It’s something those of who live in urban areas don’t really think about, but just like riding bicycles, driving cars, and walking around in the dark, horse riding requires low-visibility safety precautions. Enter Tail Lights, a new product by wrangler, rancher, and search-andrescue rider Sami Gross. It consists of a sort of long tassel that attaches to a horse’s tail via specially designed neoprene and Velcro wraps—and the tassel’s fronds are strips of LEDs. The idea began when one of Gross’ friends, riding at night and wearing reflectors, was hit by a car, which injured her horse. “Every day riders have to navigate along busy roads to make it to a trail,” Gross said. “More often than not, and
depending on the time of year, riders find themselves returning at dusk and back to the barn in the dark. Despite ineffective reflectors, and without adequate lighting, horses are often not seen by motorists until it is too late. Tail Lights will change the way we see horses, and their riders, at any time of
the day… or night.” Gross has spent four years trying out different materials and developing Tail Lights. The biggest problem, she said, was making sure the lights were bright enough while maintaining a long battery life. The resulting product consists of six strips of color-changing LEDs attached
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Contact TCR today. Lynn McChesney www.triplecreek-ranch.com 4255 Nelson Road Longmont, Colorado 80503 303.444.4291 26 | WINTER EDITION 2013/2014 | HORSE CONNECTION MAGAZINE