Re: RC: A matter of tack

[Maureen Mathisen <blueoak@snowcrest.net>]

Hi Alison,

I have had the same problems trying to fit my Connemaras especially the
stallion.  Sometimes a cob size fits, sometimes not.  Sometimes an Arab
size fits, sometimes not.  As you say, it almost always involves some
sort of sizing on my part, or sending it back to try again.  Just my
input...Maureen

Alison Farrin wrote:
> 
> Hello ridecampers!
> After buying a new bridle for my Arab and carefully ordering it in Cob/Arab
> size, I had to, as always, take it down to the shoe repair and have them
> shorten everything but the browband.  I think I have done this with just
> about every leather bridle I have ever ordered.  In sheer exasperation, I
> am thinking about hooking up with a couple of manufacturers to do
> semi-custom bridles and starting an internet business selling leather
> bridles measured in inches.  Something like three headstall sizes, three
> noseband sizes and three browband sizes.   You measure your horse and place
> an order for the three individual sizes that most closely match your horse.
>  That's just three Arab sizes.  If I expand this, I think I'd go up to
> warmblood size and carry three extra large sizes too.  I hear Warnblood
> owners complain about not being able to get anything big enough.  So, tell
> me are there enough of you out there still riding with leather tack that
> have the same problem and would consider this a solution?  Would an extra
> $10 added to the cost of a compareable off the rack bridle be reasonable?
>  (It costs me $12-14 plus time to get the bridle altered, so that doesn't
> seem out of line to me - but please tell me if it does to you!)  Please
> respond privately as this is only marginally endurance related, but I will
> tally responses and post the totals back to the list.
> 
> Alison Farrin
> alison@hirschcompany.com
> 
> Alison Farrin
> The Hirsch Company/Innovative Pension Design
> 
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