Well, there’s safety in numnahs.
As far as I know numnahs or any sort of saddle pad was frowned upon in the 60’s. Saddles were cleaned daily. Jockeys (pronounced jaw-key) were really frowned on.
Jockeys are the accumulation of sweat and grease that builds up on stirrup leathers and points were leather touches leather,
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Well if we are going to be silly, I offer this:
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So that’s what numnahs are made of!
In New Zealand numnah is old speak for sheepskin saddle pad/blanket. Haven’t heard that word spoken out loud in many years but every time I see a sheepskin saddle blanket the word pops into my head 
