Own up - who uses tack or equipment they don't actually need?

Yep, always ride my 36 year old in a Pelham (emergency brakes :D )

God only knows why as I ride on the buckle end 99% of the time. The 1% when he *****s off nothing on earth would stop him anyway :D :D

Might as well ride in one of those Parelli things
 
I don't use anything I don't need. I use a french link bit, snaffle bridle with drop noseband although so loose I'm thinking of taking it off and dressage saddle -that's it. Oh and over reach boots whether in field or being ridden just because she's good at pulling shoes off :D
 
Agreed with some of the others - too much cleaning to warrant unnecessary tack! :D Pone has a snaffle bridle, plain cavesson, saddle, numnah, girth... that's about as far as we go. I don't own a pair of boots for him, let alone a martingale or anything like that.
 
Why do people use martingales solely to have a neckstrap? Why not a breastplate or stirrup leather that doesn't interfere with the horse?
My unnecessary items are;
-hat on mine, yet to damage one on her but wear it anyway!
-saddle on mine, what we do now I could easily do bareback.
- loose cavesson nosebands cos I think they look nicer
- daughters pony has some mega cute leg wraps that she doesn't need, just pop them on for 5mins for the cuteness factor. They were a hand me down gift tbf!
- headcollar & lr to turn mine in or out, or even tie her up outside the barn, good as gold & usually leave lr over neck.
 
Martingale for hacking, mainly so I have a neck strap to hold onto but he does rear sometimes, not sure though how effective the martingale actually is.. Other than that, plain snaffle bridle and GP saddle :)
 
Mine all work in a cavesson bridle with a Fulmer snaffle. No breastplate, martingales or the like - not even a saddle blanket!

However I have masses of gear that I buy secondhand for when I'm teaching pony club or for Pony club exams. Every so often it all comes out for a clean and I look at hundreds of dollars of wasted money sitting in bins in my tack room.
 
Guilty!! Have a horse who wears a flash as loose as it will go, purely because he arrived in it and we never changed it. Don't think he needs it...

Everything has a bib martingale whether they need it or not purely 'just in case'. If worse comes to worse helps prevent reins from going over their heads.

Everything will school in boots except the Coblet but will hack and hunt without them.

And I will admit to using tack that a horse doesn't need to improve or disguise certain conformational points whilst competing. Breastplate to 'break up' a weak and long looking front and a double bridle in the show ring because I prefer the look of them to a Pelham even though curb never comes into play on one horse.

However, the one thing i probably don't need but will ALWAYS ALWAYS insist in is a neckstrap of some description.
 
A breastplate.......for me to hold on to when he decides to demostrate how able he is to behave like a spanish riding school horse!! :o :o

Thats all I am bad for though, took the martingale off as soon as the above became less frequent!! ;)
 
as a rule for hacking I use brushing boots, not because he brushes but just because if we do have a spook to the side or are going on uneven ground I'd rather play it safe! Lungeing I always boot up, but I've always been taught to.
Again with hacking I usually wear a martingale, it's fitted quite loose so probably won't act much anyway, but I also find it useful as a neck-strap again, just in case. That's it really, boring cavesson noseband (technically I guess this isn't really needed either...), and just a loose ring snaffle.
 
I have a Dr cook's bitless bridle which I used for my TB who was PTS a year ago. Since then, it has hung on my hook outside my stable gathering mould......disgusting really!
 
I think I might be an offender of over-bitting my horse! :o

I ride him in a double jointed pelham with a copper lozenge and have always been quite concerned about having him in such a strong bit as he's only 5, but it's the only thing I have found I can hold him in when cantering in groups without risking ripping his back teeth out! He doesn't bomb off as much now as he used to, but he is much better schooled now then when I first bought him earlier on this year, I'm tempted to try him in his snaffle again but I'm not sure if I'm quite brave enough to! He respects the pelham and responds to a light contact with it - surely this is better then yanking on his mouth in a snaffle? I just feel guilty because a bunny hugger type has made a few comments about the fact he's ridden in a pelham (although she doesn't actually know anything about my horse or his way of going!)
 
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