What can you do with surcingles that are too long?

[Puppy]

My (gorgeous! ) new horse is quite a narrow chap. After ebaying like crazy I have managed to kit him out with a pretty good wardrobe of Rambos (my favourite!) but for some of them the surcingles don't go short enough. Doh!

I tied knots in them initially, but it's blooming hard getting the knots undone again when I want to put the rug on my other horse.

I am thinking I shall have to get my saddler to sew them up shorter, but is there anything else that I can do?

I could have sworn that I've seen a little jiggy thing that you can plait them through so that they go shorter. Does anyone know what I mean?

 

[Puppy]

Anyone?

 

[whizzer]

I've got a slim TB that everything is too big for,I just shorten & sew them up myself.

 

[whizzer]

I've not seen a 'jiggy' thing but would be interested in something that saves me sewing!

 

[Puppy]

I've got a slim TB that everything is too big for,I just shorten & sew them up myself.

It's terribly annoying, isn't it?! After buying all top notch rugs for him as well.

My boy is half TB (and half connie). He is quite young (4) and I'm certain he is growing and has some filling out to do (otherwise I would have perhaps bought them one size smaller) so I'm tentatively hoping he'll grow into them by next year. My rambo supreme is ok, but the two rambo plus' and the duo I am have to tie knots which I'm not really happy with as a long term plan...

 

[Tnavas]

I finally chopped the damn things off as they kept coming undone.
The only thing you can do is to put in a pleat and sew it together to make the surcingles shorter.

 

[whizzer]

When he was younger & there was less of him than there is now,I used to have to get the saddler to take rugs up at the shoulder as well as everything just sort of drooped off him!

 

[Fantasy_World]

I've either put knots in mine or else sewn up into pleats if I've ever had surcingles too long.

 

[Maesfen]

Just fold them over and sew down the sides to the length you want.

 

[melxvengeance]

i've got shetland ponies, they all have full combo T/Os from derby house (yes....the cow print ones...they were in the sale...) and they fit them absolutely perfectly apart from the surcingles being too long when they are at the end of their loop, so all I do is tie a few knots in them and they're good to go! i don't need to worry either as i wouldn't want to take the knots out anyway.

and well, if i do...i'll cross that bridge when I come to it