Fox07
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What would make you decide to use a martingale and would you use a breastplate to keep the saddle in place during every day riding or for a specific event like cross country or jumping?
Martingales and breastplates
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KatB
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I always use a breatplate to jump in for safety reasons! Just a precaution, and just gives something to grab hold of !!
Dislike martingales, and would only use them for extreme circumstances.
AmyMay
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My horse wears a martingale. I only need it really for when we are doing fast work - he sticks his head in the air as an evasion.
But he has it on all the time apart from in the School.
But he has it on all the time apart from in the School.
dwi
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I don't use a breast plate, my saddle doesn't slip back and I don't like extra tack for the sake of it. I do use a martingale when hacking because Daisy can be spooky and I don't want to have reins up by her ears because it is much harder to get her back quickly from a spook like that
sillygillyhorse
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Would chose a breastplate over a martingale when jumping every time. My saddles fit my horses and do not move forwards or back on them but recently I did have a saddle slip sideways whilst xc schooling. My breastplate stopped it from going right over and me being dragged.
ajn1610
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If you just want an anchor use a neck strap if it's a lot cheaper and if it's good enough for william!
kerilli
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i always use a breastplate for xc, for safety's sake.
i only use a martingale on a horse that really needs it, that is chucking its head up to the extent that i am losing control or fearing for my nose/teeth. i don't mind high head carriage or a horse that goes to a fence with its head high, as long as it isn't doing it to avoid my input. if i use one, it's either a long standing martingale for a few times to break the habit, or a longish running one for jumping only, until no longer needed. i can't stand seeing martingales on horses that don't need them, put on just out of habit.
i only use a martingale on a horse that really needs it, that is chucking its head up to the extent that i am losing control or fearing for my nose/teeth. i don't mind high head carriage or a horse that goes to a fence with its head high, as long as it isn't doing it to avoid my input. if i use one, it's either a long standing martingale for a few times to break the habit, or a longish running one for jumping only, until no longer needed. i can't stand seeing martingales on horses that don't need them, put on just out of habit.