Black or Brown Tack?

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Just pondering really (bored at work) my filly will eventually be grey/white all over by the time she's 5/6 years old.

What colour tack would be best, ive always been a fan of black tack on grey/white horses, but now as i have a spare saddle/bridle in brown kicking around :(

Opinions anyone, and pictures if you have them of your horses sporting their tack, might help me decide. :o
 
:D Im preferring black also, my cremello has black tack, just think it looks smart, but my other boy bless his soul, had brown because he just looked good in it :rolleyes: but now he's not with us anymore I thought i might use his tack.............................but the naughty not so practical/logical side of me wants to go ut and spoil her rotton and buy all new shiny BLACK tack including a blingy brownband :D

Elle33 - loving the idea of pink bandages :)
 
I like black on a grey. However, I had a piebald and couldn't decide, so I went two tone black and havana. I love it!
 
I have black for BD with my late Novice appy.. And general riding/jumping..

I will have Havana for my CB youngsters as it is the correct colour to show them..
 
I'm not actually sure that I can think of any colour that imo is complimented better by brown tack than black, maybe liver chestnut? Not even sure about that though. Definitely black on a grey (unless perhaps on a rose grey)? But then, perhaps that is because it is what I am used to seeing. I thought about brown for my bright bay, but just don't think it would look right.

A complete contradiction, but I think brown does have a certain classyness about it, more so than black
 
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I like brown tack on all colours of horse.

Having said that I currently have a chestnut in a brown bridle and black synthetic saddle and a black in a black bridle with a brown leather saddle. It would be nice if they matched but that is the way my tack fits them the best so that is what they have.
 
Joyous70 said:
:D Smanf i like your way of thinking

Maybe my girl should have one of each :D
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It's funny though cos I did find myself thinking the other day "if I had a grey horse, what colour tack would I have" Goodness knows where the thought came from. I may have to go on google images now and educate myslef a bit more on brown tack!

When I was looking at saddles on the internet recently, I was really taken with this Lovatt and Ricketts event saddle (which sadly doesn't look like it is overly available, and even if it was I wouldn't be able to aford it), and I did prefer the brown version to the black.
 
SuperH said:
I like brown tack on all colours of horse.

Having said that I currently have a chestnut in a brown bridle and black synthetic saddle and a black in a black bridle with a brown leather saddle. It would be nice if they matched but that is the way my tack fits them the best so that is what they have.
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Lol, that's what you call sod's law!! :rolleyes:
 
smanf said:
It's funny though cos I did find myself thinking the other day "if I had a grey horse, what colour tack would I have" Goodness knows where the thought came from. I may have to go on google images now and educate myslef a bit more on brown tack!

When I was looking at saddles on the internet recently, I was really taken with this Lovatt and Ricketts event saddle (which sadly doesn't look like it is overly available, and even if it was I wouldn't be able to aford it), and I did prefer the brown version to the black.
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I do like brown tack, but for some reason its stuck fast in my head that grey horses should have black tack, but i have seen grey horses in brown, and thought now that looks nice, maybe i should do the same.

Dont get me started on saddle types either :rolleyes: i don't even know what type of saddle will suit my girl, but as i prefer jumping would love an event/jumping saddle, but i suppose at the end of the day its whatever suits her best, but i know which saddle your talking about and i like it too, better in brown as well - ahhhh too much confusion for a Thursday afternoon :D
 
Slightly off topic, but the saddler came my horse today to check that my saddle fits, and took one look at him and said "so do we have a mare here?"

I was like, "No, he's a boy!!!!" hahahaha

Poor Indie, he does look like a girl :o
 
smanf said:
Slightly off topic, but the saddler came my horse today to check that my saddle fits, and took one look at him and said "so do we have a mare here?"

I was like, "No, he's a boy!!!!" hahahaha

Poor Indie, he does look like a girl :o
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Poor Boy :eek: im utterly shocked on his behalf
 
Brown tack on everything. My grey boy has really dark brown tack and it looks lovely

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