Beginner Tack: Review

Taking the time to review? Good for you! Well as important as it is to learn diagrams; it's even more important to be able to understand the real thing!

So -- what piece of tack is Rye modeling?



If you're not sure at all -- go back and read the lesson! If you think you know, but would like confirmation, hold your mouse over the photo to read the alt text.

Identify the numbered items (note: 10 refers to one of the "miscellaneous pieces of leather" -- but which?)



Now that you know all the parts -- your next challenge is to take a bridle completely apart and then put it back together again! Good luck :) (ummm two pieces of advice before you do that: write down what hole everything goes on so it will continue to fit your horse after you're done, and don't try this right before a lesson - it might take longer than you anticipate!)

Bonus points -- what type of bit does this horse appear to be wearing? (answer to that is in the alt tag -- hold your mouse over the image)

Since almost every shot I have of a horse with a saddle on it is either an unlabelable angle or includes a rider blocking much of the saddle, I thought we'd stick with a diagram for this one:



And what's the belt that holds the saddle on the horse called? And the things you attach it to (roughly directly underneath #8)...?

And lastly (but of course not least! Is anything ever least?) the bits:



What are the two types of martingales?

You see a child riding their pony down a hill; the pony stops to graze and both child AND saddle slip comically down his neck. What piece of tack would've prevented this moment?

If you've got all that down, you're good to go :) Congrats!