typically more common in older mares. Things get a loosey goosey back there and they suck air into their vaginas when they move. I’ve never notice a mare doing it at a show, though a number of mares come off the track with caslicks to prevent it.
Ok…enough. The butt plug is to prevent mares/fillies from sucking wind. and FWIW, I get still get awful confused when I see a post about windsucking and someone is asking about cribbing.
Stud support - some horses (as opposed to geldings) refuse or cannot suck’em up enough to get a nice free stride behind and the support helps a lot.
Have put on not a few stud supports but never a plug on a mare - used to have a Caslick’s done on them.
The real problem with these pieces of equipment is they are not in common usage with disciplines not involving harness
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Has anyone looked at how POINTY the ‘plug’ is? Holy crap![/QUOTE]
The pointy part is a strap that buckles around the crupper and the string part snaps to the D ring on the belly band.
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The pointy part is a strap that buckles around the crupper and the string part snaps to the D ring on the belly band.[/QUOTE]
I didn’t think of harness racing, was trying to figure how you would attach those to anything on a riding horse.
Glad that you chimed in with that information.
Windsucking CAN be a serious problem for high performance mares, but the usual solutioon is a Casllicks.
When a horse gallops, the whole set of “guts” is loose inside the torso, and slide forward and back with each stride.
This is important for breathing. When the guts slide forward, they help the lungs exhale faster. Silmilarly, when the guts slide backward, they help the lungs inhale faster.
Unfortunately, it has the same effect on the other end. As the guts slide forward, they pull the uterus with them and, if the vulva is not tightly closed, this sucks air into the uterus. Thus “windsucking”. Then when the guts slide backward, they try to force the air back out.
When Gillian moved Sport up to the *** level, and was doing serious (on the racetrack) galloping, Sport developed some quite bad “back pain”. After some investigation, the vet determined that it was really uterine irritation from windsucking. He gave Sport a Caslicks, and the problem went away.
It is not a problem for most of us lower level riders. But it IS a problem for race horses and upper level eventers who REALLY gallop.
I saw that product on the website and was too embarrassed to ask 
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Windsucking CAN be a serious problem for high performance mares, but the usual solutioon is a Casllicks.
When a horse gallops, the whole set of “guts” is loose inside the torso, and slide forward and back with each stride.
This is important for breathing. When the guts slide forward, they help the lungs exhale faster. Silmilarly, when the guts slide backward, they help the lungs inhale faster.
Unfortunately, it has the same effect on the other end. As the guts slide forward, they pull the uterus with them and, if the vulva is not tightly closed, this sucks air into the uterus. Thus “windsucking”. Then when the guts slide backward, they try to force the air back out.
When Gillian moved Sport up to the *** level, and was doing serious (on the racetrack) galloping, Sport developed some quite bad “back pain”. After some investigation, the vet determined that it was really uterine irritation from windsucking. He gave Sport a Caslicks, and the problem went away.
It is not a problem for most of us lower level riders. But it IS a problem for race horses and upper level eventers who REALLY gallop.[/QUOTE]
That is a very good explanation, thank you.
This thread made my morning. Just sayin’.
I looked at the mare wind sucking thing and wondered if she walked like she had a stick up her ass with that thing on.
Janet, thank you for the factual (but far less funny) explanation. That makes tons of sense.
both of those are used in the STB harness racing world and since Horze is owned by FinnTack they do sell that stuff. The “stud support” is used for studs racing to keep their parts from bouncing if they don’t pull them up themselves. the female plug is to keep mares from sucking wind while racing and thus getting an infection. They aren’t used as much as the jock support but they are used.
I’ve seen the ‘stallion supports’ in use - as others have said it makes them more comfortable when they are in active work apparently.
Stud supports are used in harness racing. We didn’t use one in everyday conditioning workouts, but when the studs were raced or worked in full racing tack. Odd looking, and yes, they have to have places to fasten onto. I’ve known a lot of fillies/mares who were windsuckers, and they’d get a caslick’s ---- I don’t even want to look at the hoohoo plug!
I have no words—but this thread really turned my crappy morning around! :lol:
Imagine the look on the mare when that is put on lol. Head comes up, eyes get wide, ears straight up, and don’t forget the WTF look lol.
We just used super glue and/or a little strip of duct tape right before the race.
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We just used super glue and/or a little strip of duct tape right before the race.[/QUOTE]
…otherwise known as an Equine Brazilian
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But has anyone ever ridden a mare and thought “gee, I sure wish I could get a butt plug to stop my mare’s queefing”?? I’m pretty sure the answer is a resounding no! [/QUOTE]
I’ve ridden a jumper mare with a um, er… chronic queefing problem stemming from a birth that almost killed her.
It seems that the more she is in work, the less noisy she is (or the less I noticed it). But it is rather comical when you are cantering towards a fence to the rhythmical sounds “fart” noises.
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The pointy part is a strap that buckles around the crupper and the string part snaps to the D ring on the belly band.[/QUOTE]
Thank god. It really didn’t look that way on my monitor, just like one molded unit with the snap and rope attachment.
The logic, once described, makes sense. Its fascinating what need-based equipment arises from different facets of the sport. 
Thank you for the voices of reason (Janet / Pacer) on this thread!
Yes, Horze sells harness racing equipment, and while “funny” these devices have a real purpose.
Erm, then don’t you suppose calling it anything OTHER than a “butt plug” would be useful? Especially since it isn’t technically a butt plug?
