MiJodsR2BlinkinTite
Well-Known Member
Just a musing really, perhaps a pointless post?? But was talking about this with a friend the other day....... the way we all seem to have our "favourite things" which we personally deem absolutely essential.
For instance: when I was a kid and in Pony Club (OK so a good while ago......
) I had a pair of plaited nylon reins. Those reins saw me through my first pony, on to my first horse, and on to the horse after that!! I rode in them through summers, winters, hunting, competing, the whole lot! And I never rode in anything else; nothing else fitted the bill for me. Now........ oh sooohh many years on, I'm still using plaited nylon reins. What an old dinosaur!
Then there's bits: of course, in my day, there were basically a very limited selection of bits. Most ponies/horses back then were fitted in a jointed snaffle, end of. If your pony was very fizzy you'd go for a Pelham or a Kimblewick. Most "horses" proper were in a double bridle, for everything from hacking to hunting & competing. I know there are still some people who just put a snaffle in their horses' mouths, and that's it!!
Then there's "remedies". Everyone has their favourite: mine again is old-fashioned, in that I tend to use Green Oils whenever there's a problem. That's what I used to do, that's what I do now.
And some of us are still using old-fangled saddle soap!
Anyone else??
For instance: when I was a kid and in Pony Club (OK so a good while ago......
) I had a pair of plaited nylon reins. Those reins saw me through my first pony, on to my first horse, and on to the horse after that!! I rode in them through summers, winters, hunting, competing, the whole lot! And I never rode in anything else; nothing else fitted the bill for me. Now........ oh sooohh many years on, I'm still using plaited nylon reins. What an old dinosaur!Then there's bits: of course, in my day, there were basically a very limited selection of bits. Most ponies/horses back then were fitted in a jointed snaffle, end of. If your pony was very fizzy you'd go for a Pelham or a Kimblewick. Most "horses" proper were in a double bridle, for everything from hacking to hunting & competing. I know there are still some people who just put a snaffle in their horses' mouths, and that's it!!
Then there's "remedies". Everyone has their favourite: mine again is old-fashioned, in that I tend to use Green Oils whenever there's a problem. That's what I used to do, that's what I do now.
And some of us are still using old-fangled saddle soap!
Anyone else??
