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2. Breastplate (tack) - Wikipedia

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   A breastplate (also referred to as a breastcollar, breaststrap or breastgirth) is a piece of tack (equipment) used on horses. Its purpose is to keep a saddle from sliding back. It is also a safety feature—if the saddle's girth or billets break, a rider may have enough time to stop the horse and dismount before the saddle slips off the animal ...

3. Girth (tack) - Wikipedia

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   Tightening the girth, or cinch, of a western saddle. Several types of girth are shaped to allow ample room for the elbows. The Balding style is a flat piece of leather cut into three strips which are crossed and folded in the center, and the Atherstone style is a shaped piece of baghide with a roughly 1.5” wide strip of stronger leather running along the center.

4. Western saddle - Wikipedia

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   Endurance saddle: Lighter weight than most western saddles, often without a horn, has a tree that spreads the rider's weight out over a large area of the horse's back, thus reducing pounds per square inch. Often has stirrups hung slightly farther forward, to allow rider to get off the horse's back when traveling at faster speeds.

5. Horse tack - Wikipedia

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   A horse equipped with a saddle for mounted police. Saddles are seats for the rider, fastened to the horse's back by means of a girth in English-style riding, or a cinch in the use of Western tack. Girths are generally a wide strap that goes around the horse at a point about four inches behind the forelegs.

6. Breeching (tack) - Wikipedia

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   Harness breeching Breeching on a horse in a light cart. Breeching (/ ˈ b r ɪ tʃ ɪ ŋ / "britching") is a strap around the haunches of a draft, pack or riding animal. Both under saddle and in harness, breeching engages when an animal slows down or travels downhill and is used to brake or stabilize a load.

7. Martingale (tack) - Wikipedia

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   When correctly adjusted, the reins make a straight line from the rider's hand to the bit ring when the horse's head in at the correct height and the running martingale is not in effect. When the horse raises its head above the desired point, the running martingale adds leverage through the reins to the bit on the bars of the horse's mouth.