Essential Horse Equipment: A Comprehensive Guide to Must-Have Items

Items Of Horse Equipment

This equipment includes such items as saddles, stirrups, bridles, halters, reins.. Equipping a horse is often referred to as tacking up, and involves putting the tack equipment on the horse. www.twohorsetack.com

SADDLES:

A saddle is a seat for the rider of an animal, usually a horse. A well-made saddle gives the horse rider the necessary support, security, and control over the animal. The saddle makes it possible for the rider to keep in balance with the horse by allowing him or her to sit over the horse's point of balance.

STIRRUPS:

Astirrup is a light frame or ring that holds the foot of a rider, attached to the saddle by a strap,often called a stirrup leather. Stirrups are usually paired and are used to aid in mounting and as a support while using a riding animal (usually a horse or other equine, such as a mule).

BRIDLE:

bridle, headgear by which a horse or other burden-bearing or pulling animal is governed, consisting of bit, headstall, and reins.The bit is a horizontal metal bar placed in the animal's mouth and held in place by the headstall, a set of straps over and around the head.

HALTERS

Halters are designed to help catch, hold, lead and tie horses and ponies.They are nothing else. Every horse should have its own halter correctly sized and adjusted to fit (Figure 1). Halters come in many styles and in many materials of varying quality.

REINS

Reins are items of horse tack, used to direct a horse or other animal used for riding.They are long straps that can be made of leather, nylon, metal, or other materials, and attach to a bridle via either its bit or its noseband.