Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Neoprene girths

In a message dated 07/14/2002 4:34:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
typef@xxxxxxxxx writes:

<< She said that her horse tripped and fell one day while wearing this girth 
and he gave out this horrible groan. She thought he broke his leg. He got up 
and she could see nothing wrong. When she took the saddle off, a hugh line of 
skin as wide as his girth fell away from his belly. Apparently the girth had 
just ripped the skin from his body since it has such a grip. She had to have 
a vet come out and sew the flap of skin back on. Now I'm thinking fleece!
 
 Any comments? >>

I saw skin come off a horse with a neoprene girth while I was on the backside 
of a racetrack once.  However I was told that this happened because the horse 
in question had a skin disease, not because of the girth. 

Trish & King David (who now seems to be sound again ... thank you Maggie and 
Nelson for your advice!)
Grand Blanc, MI  

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