| How many times have you been away from your | | | | months of hard riding every day the hardware rusted |
| trailer on a challenging ride with great friends when | | | | and the poly wore through. It was not a pretty site |
| you stop for lunch or sightseeing? Then you realize | | | | and expensive at a cost of $80 for a breast collar |
| that you forgot your halter at the trailer. You can | | | | and headstall.That was about 18 years ago. The |
| choose to tie your horse up with headstall and reins | | | | experience turned me off of nylon for several years. |
| leaving the bit in your horses mouth or sit or stand | | | | I used a Parker Trail Bridle on a dare. It is nylon with |
| holding your horse while everyone else has a relaxing | | | | stainless steel buckles and ring on the halter nose. I |
| lunch with a beautiful view. That is no fun. When you | | | | was amazed at the versatility and durability of the |
| choose to tie up with your reins, new horses, new | | | | tack, I have since used most of the Parker products |
| people, the stage is set for disaster. Your horse | | | | that go with Trail Riding in the Arkansas Ozarks at |
| spooks sets back and POP goes your reins or your | | | | one time or another. |
| bridle if they are leather. When this happens most | | | | When I was teaching young people to ride in the 90s. |
| likely you have bruised the bars of your horses | | | | It was a requirement that they have at least a |
| mouth. This can cause problems down the road when | | | | Parker Trail Bridle. I did not have to worry if the |
| you want to bridle him later. If you have ever been | | | | halter was at the trailer or it the headstall was left at |
| in this situation you probably have watched your | | | | home in the rush to load the horse. The bridle was |
| horse disappear down the trail you just rode up. Now | | | | there. The bit and reins were the easy part, they |
| you are faced with walking back to the trail head or | | | | were in the saddle bags. When we got to a spot for |
| hoping that someone will catch your mount and come | | | | lunch or a swim on the Buffalo River, a lead was |
| looking for you. Been there? I have. Not a pleasant | | | | snapped to the halter ring, bits were unsnapped and |
| experience at best. | | | | tied to the saddle horn. Very easy solution to a |
| If you use leather tack you are faced with having to | | | | worrisome problem. |
| clean frequently, watch for dry rot, and it breaks and | | | | The kids were thrilled that they could have the color |
| tears. I have used both nylon and leather tack. At | | | | they wanted and decorate it with a futurity knot |
| one time you could not give me nylon horse | | | | brow, Aztec design overlay, or a different color |
| equipment, leather was the only tack I owned. At | | | | overlay. There was a size to fit the smallest pony, or |
| the time I had purchased what I thought was good | | | | mustang and the best Quarter Horse. They come in |
| nylon tack, it turned out to be a poly material with | | | | Mini to Draft sizes and with a selection of reins too. |
| nickel plate hardware. Needless to say after 6 | | | | |