OK - how about biothane breast plates?

["Liz Carpenter" <cvsec@south-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk>]

Campsters!

Thanks for all the S hackamore info.

So! Nnow I need something to hang it off should I decide to get one. 
I currently use a bright yellow and black webbing bridle (catch a 
peek on the URL at the bottom if you fancy) and EZ style (Blairs) 
hackamore and, if a ride is hilly, a matching webbing breast plate 
(hunter type breast collar thingy).

Now, I quite like the idea of the biothane gear.  Easy to maintain 
and that, and it looks like I can get it in my colours (which is 
extremely important!! <g>)......

So I got to thinking...how would my horse take to the relatively thin 
biothane breast plate (my alternative purchase is a wide, fleece-
backed webbing one)? He got a sweat rash from the thin webbing one 
I've already got (and yes, for all you method folks, it was adjusted 
correctly for fit <g>)....anyone out there get sweat rashes from 
biothane breast plates?

[I'm kinda swayed by the fact that Val Kanavy chose biothane (by the 
looks of it - might be wrong here) for 100 miles in hot sweaty 
desert, so it might mean that it isn't too likely to cause sweat 
rashes? But then again maybe not - who knows why people chose 
the gear they do??]

So yet again, another garbled, longwinded way of asking a 
simple question - has anyone ever gotten a sweat rash from a biothane 
breast plate?

Cheers!

Liz and Basil The Nag (telling people about my skin now?)
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