Travelling with tack on ?

i have seen quite a few people do it but only for short travels (less than 30mins) but im not sure i would because they may get their bridle caught in something and i wouldnt want to risk damage to my saddle either :o but each to their own :)
 
I travel with bridle (headcollar over the top), boots etc on but not my saddle, dont want it scraped on the sides of the trailer ;)

I dont think travelling with tack on would invalidate any insurance unless the tack was the direct reason that the horse injured itself :confused:

I could be wrong as never heard of this before :o
 
Always traveled tacked up to go hunting. Would not want to faff about tacking up parked near the meet. Traveled home untacked obviously.
 
Debz87 said:
Will prob make insurance void in the event of an accident!
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Shouldnt make your insurance void unless there is a clause written into your policy wording which excludes this. I can assure you the ones I have underwritten don't! So dont worry about that!

I sometimes travel with tack on, if going for hack out with a friend etc or short journey to make less hassle at other end but try not to travel too far with it on! I have never had any problems, just have to make sure you make sure your reins are well wrapped and rug over saddle!
 
I work on a yard and we always travel the hunters all tacked up and ready to go. My old mare I always traveled tacked up purely because she was so highly strung and manic when we got any where that getting her tack on either in or outside of the lorry, still brings me out in cold sweats !!

Ideally then I would say no , - all too easy to get caught up on tie up rings etc and damage to your beloved saddle. Also if they do slip and go down then it could be a disaster with full tack on. But every horse is different and you get a feel for each one and whats best.
 
justabob said:
Always traveled tacked up to go hunting. Would not want to faff about tacking up parked near the meet. Traveled home untacked obviously.
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As above but always travelled home with saddle still on. Leaving the saddle on but loosening the girth slightly allows the bloodflow to the saddle area to return to normal slowly. I was taught this when I worked with hunters and have always done so.
 
I always travel horses tacked up for hunting, but I tend to tack up myself if I'm competing or going to a clinic or something.

I do have a client who always travels her horse tacked up as she is quite slow at tacking up and her horse gets wound up if he's made to stand around while she does so.
 
Fairynuff said:
As above but always travelled home with saddle still on. Leaving the saddle on but loosening the girth slightly allows the bloodflow to the saddle area to return to normal slowly. I was taught this when I worked with hunters and have always done so.
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Well I never knew that, goes to show you learn something every day.
 
I wish I could do it but I don't! My horse is a nightmare to tack up at the best of times (she loves her exercise and gets very hyped up about it) - it gets a million times worse in exciting places! I wish I could travel her tacked up as it would be so, so much easier - but she's a bouncy energetic thing and just the type to get caught on something - could be as simple as the hook/buckle on the bridle getting stuck in the haynet. And she'd be one to panic, so I don't risk it.
 
Fairynuff said:
As above but always travelled home with saddle still on. Leaving the saddle on but loosening the girth slightly allows the bloodflow to the saddle area to return to normal slowly. I was taught this when I worked with hunters and have always done so.
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Agree with this...it was the way we were taught also! I always travel hunters tacked up.
 
No definitely not.

A friend of mine used to do this and the saddle slipped round in the box wedging her mare against the sides. They had a horrible time trying to get her out.

Don't see the risk being worthwhile really, just leave earlier so you have more time to tack up when you get there. Why risk your tack or pony?
 
Like most things with horses it is a question of weighing up the pros and cons for each individual situation.

With our horses, we usually travel them untacked. However, when daughter's horse first started hunting he was quite a handful to tack up at meets, so we travelled him with his saddle on, and put bridle on in the lorry at the other end (easier to do bridle in lorry than saddle, plus more risk of bridle getting caught in haynet etc).

Also if we are hunting and need to park on the road, then we will often travel the horses with saddles on, so we can just bridle up in the lorry, pull them out and hop on, rather than risk faffing about at the edge of the road.
 
Always for hunting. 99% of the time I do with the big mare. She won't stay on the lorry and I can't tie her up either so if I'm on my own there is no way I can tack her up when I get there.

The cobs are easy so I can tack up once I get there.
 
I tend to travel my mare with her bridle on if we are going somewhere exciting as she can be quite bargy and strong when she comes off the lorry and I don't want her to get away from me.

I would travel her with her saddle on if we are just doing a short journey, but she leans on the wall of the lorry and would squash it.
 
We box out to go hacking 2/3 times a week and always travel tacked up. They're only in the lorry for 10/15 mins and it means we can take them off the lorry in the car park and get straight on.

We also hunt once a week so the horses don't know if they're hacking or hunting, and apparently hacking on the downs is just as exciting. Trying to tack up in the lorry with them swinging around would be no fun and we'd never reach to put the stallion's bridle on ;)

Oh and it puts a stop to my bad habit of forgetting things like the girth or the bridle :o
 
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