Throatlatch or lash...

[blitznbobs]

Lash ... never heard or read latch

 

[JJS]

I'm another who says 'lash' and has never heard anyone use 'latch'. I genuinely didn't know that was a thing.

I didn't know that about Suffolk Punchs but I'm glad I do now. I always love picking up new facts, especially horse-related ones!

 

[Mrs. Jingle]

always called the bridle part the throat lash and the groove bit on the horse the throat latch.

 

[J&S]

I think a "snek" is a a snake in some particular dialect!

 

[Baroque]

Beginning to think I'm from another planet. I was taught latch. Does no one else call the bridle part a latch?!

 

[Vodkagirly]

Was always taught lash, haven't heard the term latch before.

 

[Baroque]

I wonder if it's an age thing too? My 1961 Pony Club manual calls it "throat lash (or latch)". By '93 it is only using "lash" (as far as I can find). My mentor, going back to the dark ages, was an ex cavalry chap and he always called it a "latch". It's interesting how language usage changes over time.

 

[bluedanube]

I wonder if it's an age thing too? My 1961 Pony Club manual calls it "throat lash (or latch)". By '93 it is only using "lash" (as far as I can find). My mentor, going back to the dark ages, was an ex cavalry chap and he always called it a "latch". It's interesting how language usage changes over time.

This

 

[Spottyappy]

Must be an age thing, as I have always said latch, but do notice younger folk say lash!

 

[GTRJazz]

Yes lash or forward velocity reduction strap

 

[Baroque]

Ha! On my yard it's the "don't you dare rub your bridle off on the tip of the shaft" strap!

 

[Keith_Beef]

I think a "snek" is a a snake in some particular dialect!

In Yorkshire, a sneck is a kind of lift latch for a door or gate. In German, "Schnecke" means "snail".

Here's a video of Torbjörn Åhman making something very similar. I think that the loops look a little bit like a snail's shell.

 

[Floxie]

Ha! On my yard it's the "don't you dare rub your bridle off on the tip of the shaft" strap!

On the who is the what now?!