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I always use one, and I ride in pretty flat terrain.  The number one reason I do is to keep the saddle in place should I get dumped and the horse run off.  That actually happened at a ride last fall...my youngest horse stepped into a deep hole in a puddle, he fell, I came off, and he panicked and bolted off through the woods and eventually back down the trail, where some other riders caught him.  As I typically ride with a pretty loose girth, I imagine that the breast collar helped the saddle stay in place.  A second reason I like to use one is that it gives me something additional to grab during a spook...it's saved me a number of times.  <G>

 

Dawn in East Texas

 

On 1/24/07, Mel Cochran <brio_gal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I use a breastcollar all of the time, even when I ride on flat land.  I find
that it gives me the ability to keep the girth looser than I would keep it
sans breastcollar.  I felt like this is better for my horse but now that I
am thinking about it I wonder.

The breastcollar keeps the saddle in place when I get on and during
unexpected horizonal movement which would normally relocate the saddle and
rider with a loose girth.  During normal riding, I stay balanced in the
saddle so it does not move or pull on one side or the other.

Is this bad?  I use a regular "western" style neoprene breastcollar but am
debating about getting one of the biothane ones that seems to fit along the
top of the shoulder.  I have read that these are better for the horse.  My
horse has been fine with the one I have so far but I have not ridden her for
more than 15-17 miles with it.

I have only done one LD and I did not use the breastcollar.  I have been
wondering if I want to use it for the next LD I have on my radar.

Thanks!

Mel

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