tack

[dingle12]

how often do you clean it?

 

[fairhill]

I usually only clean it the day before a show, or if it's got really wet.

 

[Tempi]

i clean it if ive ridden in the rain, and before a competition. However i compete weekly so i guess once a week then!

 

[KatB]

Once a week, used to be everytime I rode, but don't have time now! So do thorough clean and condition once a week.

 

[riotgirl]

I've had to start cleaning my saddle regularly as it is on loan from next door and they give it the once over everytime they see me! Other than thaat I do everything else when the guilt gets to me. I do put her bit in the dishwasher once a week though.

 

[Tierra]

Mine is done daily. Generally its me who does it because i cant stand seeing grubby take on my horse.

If for any reason I dont or run out of time, the groom does it because he hates seeing grubby tack in his tackroom

 

[pottamus]

I throw my synthetic bridle in the washing machine once a week and wipe down my synthetic saddle once every 2/3 weeks!!! How's that for lazy and cheating!!! But it makes life so much easier!
I could not afford a leather saddle and could not go back to leather now anyway...synthetic convert I am. But then I do endurance so it does not matter what tack you have so long as it is safe!

 

[4whitesocks]

bridle, bit & martingale get rubbed down every time I ride....taking off sand/muck etc. from arena....saddles gets a wipe down once a week but it's synthetic....all gets a proper dismantled clean every 3 - 4 weeks

 

[Rambo]

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Mine is done daily. Generally its me who does it because i cant stand seeing grubby take on my horse.

If for any reason I dont or run out of time, the groom does it because he hates seeing grubby tack in his tackroom

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LOL!

I'd be putting all my dirty tack in his tackroom then

 

[wizzi901]

I used to clean my tack every few days....now its lucky if it gets done before a show!

If it is tack I have borrowed to try from a friend etc, it gets cleaned before return!

When I get time basically, depends how gross it is!

 

[Tierra]

Its great... he's very touchy about his tackroom If you throw dirty nunmahs, boots, bandages... just about anything in there, they all come back cleaned (Assuming you can stand the screaching that resembles a dying cat when he finds the items)

He's got a worse cleaning fetish than i do.

 

[kerrylou123]

im a bit of a clean freak when it comes to my tack, my stables, my horses etc etc, so i clean it fairly often, so maybe every other week, maybe more, so it doesn't really get overly dirty, but i clean my bit everytime i ride!

 

[Tierra]

Oh god yea! Bits have to be done daily. We wouldnt eat with a dirty knife or fork

Cleaning freak here too... I have real issues with stable stains !

 

[Chex]

I do mine before a show, which is a about twice in the spring. Should probably do it more, but its a super cheap bridle and a synthetic saddle. Although my new treeless is leather, might need more looking after!

 

[princesskelly]

i take mine to bits and scrub once a week. have brand new saddle so have to look after it!

 

[atlantis]

I clean my fairly new saddle every week, but my bridle and breast plate get neglected a bit. So i ticked once a week but thats not totally accurate I suppose.

 

[RachelB]

I clean my bridle once in a blue moon (or when it's so grubby I can't bear to touch it anymore for fear of the grease growing new things), but I have a show bridle that gets cleaned before every show. I have synthetic saddles for a good reason! But my bit gets rinsed after EVERY ride, and scrubbed clean when dirty or each time I clean any of my bridles. I hate dirty bits. I also hate tack cleaning!