Bates Capilli Saddle - What colour Mark Todd bridle

[Helga1980]

I've got a Bates Capilli close contact and being more than a little sad I want a bridle to match

Don't want brass fittings which rules out John Whittaker and find the potential Stubben bridle too red so am thinking of Mark Todd - trouble is, I'm not sure if I need Oak Bark, Austrailian Nut or Light Havana and need to order online as no where locally stocks them.

Anyone got a Bates and MT and can say which colour is the best match?? Also what is the quality of the MT bridles like?

Ta

 

[monkeybum13]

mark todd can guarantee you good quality
i think the havana would suit best?????

 

[Helga1980]

Thanks monkeybum

, so a definate on the quality and a possible answer on the colour - anyone else??

 

[Helga1980]

Excuse my total denseness - just realised that it should say Caprilli

 

[FestiveSpirit]

I have a MT bridle and I HATE it, if I wasnt so skint it would be in the bin and I would buy a decent Stubben one instead as I originally intended

Quality is rubbish, colour is dodgy and does not improve with cleaning, would NEVER buy one again

 

[FabioandFreddy]

Is it the havana Bates colour? If so the nearest colour match i could find was the Stubben havana - matches perfectly!! I hunted for ages to find a match. Not Mark Todd but nice bridles and the colour match is spot on!

 

[Helga1980]

Thanks both, 2 votes for Stubben, I had discounted them as they look so red in some photos but think I'll have to take a trip and see them in the flesh as it were