What is your morning equipment?

[Angelico]

What equipment do you or your trainer put on most of your horses in the mornings?

The trainer I work for puts all of his horses in a a regular nylon bridle with either a dee or a half cheek, depending on the horse, rings, a fleece girth, regular saddle towel under a foam pad with his colors. No wraps.

Me, regular leather bridle (pretty browband of course) , I like eggbutts but that can change with the horse, shadow roll, rings, fleece girth, saddle towel under a regular saddle pad over a small saddle shaped foam pad, and black wraps on every leg.

[jengersnap]

My husband and his gear

Morning Training

Neoprene non-slip, anti fungal, easy to hose down pad, our saddle towels on top, saddle, neoprene girth, martingale with rings, simple bridle, full cheek snaffle.

At home, a little less flashy. Yes, that’s a real towel hanging out the bottom. And tsk tsk on no safety gear

Farm mornings

[Tamara_in_TN]

[QUOTE=jengersnap;6356669]
My husband and his gear
At home, a little less flashy. Yes, that’s a real towel hanging out the bottom. And tsk tsk on no safety gear

Farm mornings[/QUOTE]

no tsk from me…I’m just proud to see someone riding and not just pontificating ON riding :>

Tamara

[Timex]

it depends on the horse. most of the trainers i’ve galloped for have preferred a non-slip pad, under a saddle towel, with a shaped foam pad over that, a neoprene girth or leather with a girth cover. yoke and rings, nylon bridle with a d ring or egg butt. for some a simple cavesson is normal equipment, for others it’s not. then, obviously, depending on the horse there’s the different bits (ring bit, usually), or a figure 8, and more rarely, shadow rolls or blinkers. and depending on the trainer, wraps on some, wraps on all, or no wraps at all. there’s so many variables between the horses, and the trainer’s preferences, it’s hard to say what is ‘standard’ for a freelance rider.

[jengersnap]

He’s galloped since his 20’s, moved into training in the 70’s but still galloped his own. He fitted one up on the farm this spring, but with Ontario’s track issues and his age he’s gone ahead and retired this year from the track. He’s 63 in the bottom photo, will be 64 this month. I only get on the TBs after we bring them home and throw them out on pasture for a while. I like to get on them to figure out where their next career should be, but I prefer they unwind a bit first. I love getting on horses he’s handled though, they are generally sensible and respectful under saddle and nice to work with.

I’ve got to keep this one, who is my go anywhere, do anything girl, and I’ve decided to keep our last one, a gorgeous tall drink of grey. I’m a lucky girl

[BansheeBreeze]

One trainer had plain white saddle towel under a large square foam pad that had her symbol on it, white nylon bridles, 4 white polos with black electrical tape, leather reins/martingale, and bell boots on any horse that was only jogging that day. Mostly ring bits and various nosebands including rubber figure eights. Sucked having EVERYTHING white because it required tons of cleaning and bleach every day to keep everything spotless but it did look nice.

Another trainer used no slip pad, saddle towel, shaped foam pad, front polos on all unless the horse needed hinds, nylon everything, not to many nosebands and usually just an eggbut bit (funny to notice that trainers who were also riders usually put the stronger bits on while trainers who didn’t gallop were less sympathetic to their riders lol). Colors were blue and grey but I usually had a few horses for her at the track while the majority were at the training center and I was constantly having to borrow tack or use my own, so sometimes the horses went on the track looking like a giant rainbow lol.

[jengersnap]

One here sends all their horses out with the pads underneath, but instead of a saddle towel they have light blue-grey AP pads with Eeyore in the corners. They’re cute.

[Flypony]

Here is one of mine, training in the early spring of last year. I am on him. I leave halters on because I generally work by myself and it is a lot easier, I however hate how it looks. All my tack is leather, no nylon. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pt24832/6134682954/
And here is one of mine in the afternoon , in my silks http://www.flickr.com/photos/pt24832/6128551257/

[witherbee]

Ours train in the old family farm colors (maroon and white) and race in our colors (royal blue and kelly green). They go in front polos and back if needed. When they work they go in all 4. Bit depends on thr horse. We mostly use leather bridles but the hoods can be a hodge podge of colors depending upon what type of cup they have in them.

We also use a non-slip pad, saddle towel and foam pad.

Here are some of ours:
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i245/wtryan/Horses%20in%20training/Muckyb4work2.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i245/wtryan/Horses%20in%20training/Ruthie2-4-12b.jpg

race colors
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i245/wtryan/Tommys%20Memory/SANY0016.jpg

[jenarby]

Since we gallop ours on the farm, out on our hills…
Saddle towel under square pillow pad, I ride in my jump saddle, the other guy who gallops seems to prefer the exercise saddle. Yoke, breast plate (don’t want saddle slipping going up those hills!), No rings on anyone. Open front jumper boots (with the hard outer shell), bell boots. I have two that go in rear boots. Nylon bridles, some in plain snaffles, tougher horses in a twist.