Horse-related things in living memory of older forumites that would surprise the younger ones.
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Highmileagecob
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I'm in the market for a new riding hat, so I've just spent an hour looking round the tack shop. Hats are such dull colours now, it seems you can have any colour as long as it's black. I mean, even in days of yore you could get brown, navy and green.
So I thought I could get a hat cover. And I could have as long as I liked black, navy or pink. With pompoms on them. I am so not a pompom kind of person!
I did buy a hat, and shall wear it plain until I find something I like that isn't covered in fluff
Mine is a Troxel, and is bright blue. As my old boy is now fully retired, my grandson has claimed my hat and is delighted with it.
rabatsa
Confuddled
I used to have a navy blue hat to go with my navy blue jacket. Sister had a green hat and jacket. We both had tweed jackets and black hats. My cross country colours were a knitted Norwegian pattern jumper and matching hat silk.
bubsqueaks
Well-Known Member
What a great thread sparking many happy childhood memories in the 70s & 80s - I can also still smell the Gallop & Bloom Shampoos not the same at all now.
When shoes lasted 12 weeks until they dropped off.
No saddle checks or physio.
Hacking all day.
Hacking to shows & hunting.
Does make me hanker after the simplicity that's somehow lost these days.
When shoes lasted 12 weeks until they dropped off.
No saddle checks or physio.
Hacking all day.
Hacking to shows & hunting.
Does make me hanker after the simplicity that's somehow lost these days.
The Fuzzy Furry
Living in 🦄 🦄 land
Sniffing Extra Tail when it was put on the ponies, I do miss that to use!
ycbm
Overwhelmed
Looking at another thread about bridles, have we mentioned yet that in the 70s there was one and only one style of bridle with only 3 styles of noseband, drop, grackle, cavesson?
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rabatsa
Confuddled
Ah but you could get it in different weights or even rolled. Caveson nosebands were in different widths to suit different heads.
Snowfilly
Well-Known Member
Mine still are. The jug head spotty has an inch and a quarter to try and break his head up a bit.
The old yellow horse, when he needed to wear a noseband, had the daintiest bridle and his was half inch wide to match.
rabatsa
Confuddled
I remember an old bay roman nosed nag, who stood over 18 hands at my first riding school, whose noseband must have been close to 3 inches. He also had a standing martingale.