What colour tack on a bright bay?

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Madam currently has a black bridle cos its the only one that fits her, and its an Albion so nice and comfy for her. However, I am not a fan of black tack, but it does kinda look ok on her. Sooo... what colour tack does everyone use on a bright bay?!
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i would go fo black...as i personally wouldnt like to see havanna on a bright bay...maybe you could get away wth a dark brown...BUT black is the winner
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Yup, I also prefer brown on anything I am not a black tack fan although I do own a black saddle! Echo is quite a bright bay & he has a Kate Negus bridle in chestnut with a brass clincher browband & it really suits him.
 
Yeah you see I LOVE brown tack, but my "oakbark" tack doesnt look right on her cos she is SO bright.
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Joss, any pics?!
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I really like the Kate Negus bridles, but she would have to be a very good pony before I brought her one
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No pics on this computer but I will get some. I think its very posh & only gets used for dressage & doesnt go out in the rain!!! TBH I think I would perhaps get her to 'earn' a KN bridle, you know what babies are like it would be pretty annoying to break it or chew it.

KN bridles are fab & they will make up the parts for an exact fit. I have a full size headpiece, pony cheeks & a cob noseband. Echo's pocket money ( prize money) covered about half of it
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She is very good in the fact she doesnt do chewing... its risky enough using my Albion bridle
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But it was brought in a dressage diva moment of "everything has got to be black"
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and it is a beautiful bridle, but not sure I'm that keen on black in general... argh! Decisions
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Flo's tack is a bit of a mixture, and IMO it all looks OK.

Her bridles are dark brown so are absolutely fine. Her dressage saddle is black which also looks OK (though even nicer on a grey). She has a JW jump saddle which is their dark purply sort of brown, and believe it or not its fine too.

The only colour which wouldn't be nice would be lighter brown tack.

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I have black dressage tack as I think it looks smarter and brown jumping tack as I perfer brown, thankfully with frankies colour both colours suit him. I had black tack on my bright bay it looked alot smarter!
 
Think black just looks smarter on any horse and cleans up nicer with a shine and matches long boots unless you have brown long boots! I was a big brown fan but have changed sides, still have an orange saddle though so my opinion probs doesn't count
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Black tack cos then everything always matches! only one shade of black, many shades of brown
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going brown could be a bit too much on a bay, so black gets my vote
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See I'm another vote for all brown! Both our boys are fairly bright bay:
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And I prefer dark brown on them. Had a black synthetic dressage saddle on my boy for last few months and hated it - but that may be because it looked sily with a brown leather bridle and brown dressage girth!! Have just got a black leather saddle to try on big boy but as he is only just backed I'm pretty sure he will have grown out of it pretty quickly anyway!
 
I have tan on mine and I think it looks okay....see sig????

P.S - This is the first time I have had chance to say she looks fab and that she really suits you - hopefully we will see you out and about soon.
 
Thanks you JI,
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Yes I'm going to take her to Arena on the 16th... areyou there?
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Have to say i do like "darker" tan on them, her headcollar (inherited from Goddy) is tan and does look nice on her
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