Hi Malinda, thanks for your comment on the SM bases. I am going to make some more natural looking ones for paddock or trail shots (when I get around to it!!!) Got to be in the mood to make them, eh? :D Tina

said gubberapark 2007.08.17 at 15:26:36 PDT

Ah, I'd looked on a bunch of tack shop sites, but no one explained that the studs were on the horseshoes...gotcha!! Thank you! I grew up trailriding...nothing that fancy!

said Sideshowmom 2007.06.16 at 18:10:00 PDT

HI! Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to answer your question and then my phone line crapped out... The girth is shaped that way to protect the horse from heel studs. They are screwed into the heels of shoes to give extra grip in jumping events. The 'old way' was an extra leather pad that slipped over the girth and performed the same function. WHen I saw the first intergrated stud guard in 1995, I thought they'd never catch on. Boy, was I wrong! MOst jumper riders use them now, not sure about eventers. They are NOT used on hunters, tho.

said opengatefarm 2007.06.14 at 20:29:35 PDT