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Rockin S Raised Sweet Iron 3 Piece Snaffle Mark Rashid is a fan of these bits. http://www.markrashid.com/about/rockin-s-snaffle...

I agree about lengthening your stirrups although you do need to be abe to lift your seat out of the saddle ready for trot or canter. I...

I ride in Sprenger straight stirrups. The first thing I do when I get to any yard is to put my own stirrups and leathers onto the saddle...

I know nothing about fitting a saddle to a horse. But I know that due to a bad lower back and thus, like you, pain referred to my...

While I got soaked, my uni friend in Rohan overtrousers was dry, so I bought myself a Rohan light mac for summer walking on rainy days...

Not so. I may not be a star rider, but I am known as a good sharer. I am an elderly weekday rider. I have always been on time, paid the...

I can comment here. In the early days of the internet many people, myself included, put up home made websites. They were made with a MS...

That is irrational . Leather workers and saddlers have a craft that involves touch and judgement beyond the scope of IT. My ancestral...

This is the catch 22 situation. Most riding schools are required by the licensing authority and, I think, the BHS as well, to have all...

Sabre and I ride in their plain leather reins as well. But my ways were set 20 years ago

Not always fair. I had shared and hacked solo for years before I learned to put on a bridle and that was only with my present share who...