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The yard has been warned of thieves operating in our area and we've been told to ensure our valuables are well secured. Although the tack room has strong locks, steel doors etc, a determined burglar would still be able to get in I'm sure. Having just taken delivery of my new saddle, and going through an exercise to reorganise my insurance, I've been wondering about saddle security.

Does anyone have any kind of microchip, tracker etc on their saddle? If they are tiny enough to be embedded into a live animal, then surely we could get them put in our tack somehow? Thanks ...
 
Can you not take your saddle home ? I keep mine at the yard, but have a very heavy steel tack cabinet, bolted to the wall. Perhaps invest in one of these ?
 
Yes. They are at home at the moment, but I'd prefer to keep them in there same place as my horse, just for convenience. I'm generally happy with the security at the yard. Maybe I'm just getting paranoid having just got the second one!
 
Take your tack home always. It's unlikely that you would ever receive a payout if your tack was stolen from the yard, so why take the risk?

I've actually only been on one yard where I was allowed to keep tack.
 
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If you go into your local police station there will be a pcso who will mark you saddle and bridle for you for free - they stamp your postcode into the underside of the flap - subtle but easy to reunite you with your saddle if it's recovered.

Nothing will stop a determined thief sadly
 
If you mark your tack, also put up a sign about that you've had your tack marked. Besides marking it somehow, why not also buy a saddle lock? That way, even if thieves manages to get into the tack room, they still can't just grab your saddle/saddles and wander off with them, without a lot more work. And the longer it takes for them to steal things, the more likely that they'll get caught or give up and leave, hopefully empty-handed.
I've read a recommendation that you use screws with an unusual head when you put up a saddle rack, thus requiring a special bit to remove it from the wall.

Some links to saddle locks for sale:

http://www.hookseurope.com/product....=1169&sortType=sortPopularitet&sortOrder=DESC

http://feedbins.uk.com/tack-storage/1685-saddle-stop-and-wall-bracket.html

http://www.equinenow.com/store-item-286450

http://www.totally-tack.co.uk/acatalog/lockable_saddle_rack_(saddle_minder).html

http://www.saddlelock.com/

http://meisterider.com/barn-arena-l....html?osCsid=5adb5bb4fb0c95e059ef3ed846e03e65

http://www.farmandcountrysupplies.c...stable-bridle-racks-saddle-racks-grids-grills

For a western saddle http://www.pfiwestern.com/tack/tack...es/larry-reed-big-ox-locking-saddle-rack.html
 
I micro chipped loads of saddles and post coded them, they still get stolen and never traced, until the officials at tack sales, saddleries, auctions, ports etc start scanning saddles for chips they are flipping useless. It's the same problem that pet owners had when they had had their dog chipped only to have it stolen and never found again as at the time very few police, rescue centres and vets were bothering to scan the dogs that they came into contact with, it was only through campaigns to get vets etc scanning that the system actually started working, it yet has to catch up with saddles.
Take your tack home is the best advice, keep it out of sight and carry the saddle indoors covered up, you never know who's watching, get it post coded for identification and chipped by all means but don't rely on it.
 
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