I don’t know about you but I always seem to be skint. If I ever have any spare cash I spend it immediately on a lesson or a competition, or if I am feeling very flush (or have a desperate need), new tack for my beloved horse. Tack is a tool, a fashion statement, a way to show off your horse’s best features, to show you understand the new field of equestrian science or simply to display your own good taste in saddles. It can help or hinder your horse as much as bad riding, and if chosen well it can improve your riding too. Always use a qualified saddle fitter to help you – they have been thoroughly trained by the Society for Master Saddlers – a list is available on their website here: https://www.mastersaddlers.co.uk/ £ There’s no getting away from it though – it’s an investment. Decent tack from nosebands to discipline specific saddles is expensive. Even if you trawl eBay and pick up good quality second-hand tack it’s still not cheap t...
How to Excel At Being Average - a monthly diary of the ups and downs of horse ownership, with Tamasine and Beau Bayou the legend. Riding Club fun and trying to improve - from an 'average' rider!