Do these have a name?

Yes, they are dressage reins. Rubber on the inside and leather on the outside. I found them really nice to use but they don't seem to last very long.
 
The reins loop through the bit ring and throught the wee square metal ring that is on the end of the reins (so need to be separated at the middle, which will have a normal buckle fastening on the other end of each rein that you do up after they are on the bit rings)

Would be much easier to show or demonstrate than type, but dead easy to put on!
 
We call them loop end and have them in all rein variants - rubber, half rubber, laced etc

Kate Negus calls them Monkey ends, but can't quite see why they'd be called that!
 
Might explain why they don't sell well on eBay as no one know what they are called!!

Here's a pic of some of ours:
lacedreinsloop.jpg
 
Lots of "racing" reins attach similarly, although they usually have a leather loop that the rein passes through. I have a pair of those and I love them.

Loop attachements very common in Germany, especially on jumpers.
 
Oh that would figure why my ebay search didnt find them! Do you do them with the metal in a gold colour? Thats what i need them in.
 
ive got an old book that calls that fastening monkey up a stick, and says that is an old name for it.
it was (is?) popular in racing as it is deemed a very secure fastening as there is no buckle/metal to fail at high speeds.
think it went out of fashion generally years ago

monkey up a stick is the plain leather loop though, havent seen the metal loops before
 
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