Brown leather tack - anyone use it?

[ginginandtonic]

.. and what colour is your horse?

Am wondering if it would suit my boy.

Please post pics of your horses in their brown tack if you have any.

Here's my horse... would it suit him do you think?

 

[Eira]

Me

I much prefer brown tack to black

I think he'd look lovely

 

[FMM]

Why on earth would you think that brown tack is so unusual? !!!! We use brown tack on all our horses - black, bay, grey, coloured - looks fine! And your horse would great in brown tack - lovely little horse.

 

[quirky]

I use brown on my bay roan.

She looks beautiful in it

but I don't have any photos.

 

[Three]

Me too.

Chestnut filly on the right:

Black cob.

My bay mare and grey arab both wear brown but I can't find a decent pic of either!

 

[ginginandtonic]

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Why on earth would you think that brown tack is so unusual? !!!!

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errrm.. I don't

 

[nicolaread]

All my tack is brown, my boy is actually quite similar 2 your horse, even down to the face markings! lol he is a lighter bay though. If you want to show your horse it is more correct to have brown tack.

 

[ginginandtonic]

Thanks everyone.

Nicola Read.. and you're in Herts.. me too! Your boy is very handsome.. what breeding?

 

[nicolaread]

really? how funny, where abouts are you? my boy is irish draught X danish warmblood, how about yours?

 

[miss_c]

I use brown tack on my bay, much prefer it to black and it's not uncommon!

 

[ginginandtonic]

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really? how funny, where abouts are you? my boy is irish draught X danish warmblood, how about yours?

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Chipperfield area. Phe is tb x shire

 

[LadyRascasse]

me on my bay gelding

 

[nicolaread]

How big is he? he has come out very nicely, some times they can end up a bit on the heavy side. I also keep heavy horses, my sister has 2 shires and i used 2 have a clydesdale (until i unfortunatly lost him last year) what do you do with him?

 

[ginginandtonic]

He's 16hh, but he's 4 so the shire in him might make a late growth spurt.. won't go up much now though I don't think.

He was backed last summer, so just starting to do a bit more with him now schooling wise.. hoping to do a bit of everything with him in the future.

ETS: he's only 1/4 shire so on the light side...

 

[Tickles]

I think your horse would look lovely in brown. Only issue is you have to be super-careful to always get the same (ish) brown whereas black is more just 'black' whatever. (Unless you're properly fussy about finish etc.)

 

[Twizzel]

Max has brown tack, he is tri-coloured.

 

[Vikki89]

I do on a Skewbald, i have him on loan and his tack came with him, middle pic in my siggy, will add a better photo when i can get into photobucket.
I don't see why it wouldn't suit your horse

 

[nicolaread]

He looks like he would do well in hunter classes, you can see the throughbred in his head, he looks like he has the quality of the thoroughbred but with the strength of a shire. he has a good strong back end.

 

[ginginandtonic]

Thanks, he's a special boy. Where is herts are you?

 

[jessamess]

I only EVER use brown Tack LMAOOOO!!!!

xxx

 

[nicolaread]

im in cheshunt. im not sure where chipperfield is?! lol

 

[ginginandtonic]

lol.. ahh you're over the other side of the County

Chipperfield is over Watford way...

 

[nicolaread]

ahh, yeah i know watford. I go st albans way quite a bit. i want 2 get my youngster up 2 herts county this year. You should take him, do the novice hunter class.

 

[ginginandtonic]

.. was discussing this just the other day with friend who rides him twice a week... may enter if he's ready...

 

[nicolaread]

yeah go 4 it!! its all good experience. + herts is a nice show to compete at. the entries have to be in quite early so bear that in mind, i think they close begining of april. get on the website + get ur self a schedule!

 

[ginginandtonic]

great, thanks.. will have a look! Might see you there! lol

 

[nicolaread]

yeah u neva know! if u see some one holdin onto a loony chesnut 3 year old TB that will b me! lol

this is my baby

 

[ginginandtonic]

.. lovely!!! Judging from your pics I'll recognise you as the person with the horses with whitest socks!!!! lol

 

[nicolaread]

ha ha ha! thanks! i would love to say i will b taking my boy but unfortunatly i cant see that happening, i did say that last year would be his last year at county, he is 18 now. + he has had a few lameness problems that we are trying to get on top of at the moment. but i do love taking him to shows because he is such a joy to do, so i may give into temptation so long as his leg is ok! lol

 

[ginginandtonic]

aww, that's a shame.. hope you manage to get him there.