What "new" things can you not live without!

[miggy]

Was thinking today, whilst hacking, I Looove my;
synthetic bridle
fex ride stirrups
myler bit
In the "olden " days we just didnt have these, what do you especially like that wasnt around when we were younger?
Eg new zealand rugs NOT made of green canvas!

[Peace]

My lightweight, synthetic Abetta endurance saddle

Oooh, and the three inch wide stirrups with the inch of neoprene padding that came with it!:cool:

[KarinUS]

I like the Wintec girths and cinches.

Other than that I have to admit I love the traditional:
my supersoft black leather bridle
my leather County saddle
our wool felt and sheepskin Western pad
my cotton and sheepskin English pad
I had snazzy offset Stuebben irons and eventually replaced them with old-fashioned plain fillies irons. :rolleyes:

[galadriel]

Lightweight, ventilated schooling helmets.

Body protector vests.

"Gel" Ariat soles.

Sports Medicine-type velcro boots.

Pasture safe halters with replaceable crowns.

I like Clarino, the suedey stuff on breeches. It lasts longer and washes better than real suede.

Happy Mouth bits are a terrific innovation.

Cell phone--I don't go riding without it, especially if I'm at home alone.

[Stella2]

Gal .... Have you been in my tack cupboard?

Ariat gel boots and matching half chaps
Ventilated riding hat
Racesafe body protector
Mobile phone
field safe headcoller
Cashel full flymasks (especially the one you can use over a bridel!)

[kedwards]

cell phones
improved joint supplements
Tuff Stuff for hooves
Polar Fleece
Wicking fabrics
neoprene boots
KK ultra bits

And, although I don't have either one, changeable gullets and treeless saddles are wonderful inventions.

[jinglejoys]

My Hi viz hatband ,synthetic bridle,my trooper saddle,webbing britching and Sarah-lee my mule of coarse:)

[Kea]

I LOVE Keratex hoof hardner and gel, and frog gel, and muck powder!!!!!!!!

I can remember using formaldehyde on my first horse.......yuck, what a stench! ;)

I love my wintec synthetic saddle!!
My french snaffle - which my horse loves too.
My slip on paddock boots - no laces, yeah :)
My half chaps, and yep love those vented troxel helmets!

And best of all, my trainers choice breeches - wow, breeches that actually fit my long legs, short waist and round butt :cool: Who would have thought it.......breeches for adult women!! Yippee.

[Kea]

Wouldn't want to be without out it!

I especially enjoy getting to chat with people all over the world that love horses and riding like I do, and have the worries and feelings of the adult world.

Thanks to everyone for sharing your lives with me every day!

[Stella2]

At the risk of being slushy, I've just come home from the stables and I realise that more than anything else, I wouldn't want to be without my Flora :D I've had her just over 4 months and she is my 'once in a lifetime horse'. I adore her and I'd give up all the mod cons to keep her! Ahhhh ...!

[Alle]

I love my Wintec girth. Just hose it down and your done, heh. Also my seatbone saver is lovely. Zip up paddock boots...ventelated helmet...and novelty saddle pads. I can never get enough saddle pads.

[Yann]

I'd go with seatsaver and ventilated hat too:)

[MI Horsey]

my ventilated Troxel
my new zip up paddock boots
and my half chaps ( threw out my old pvc boots ) :D

[cazrider]

For me it would be:

my Safe Rider jodhpur boots with steel toecaps
my Freeform saddle
My safety bent stirrups
Mane and tail conditioner (any kind as Sennie has very long mane and tail)

[kelsey]

Heather Moffett stirrups

Equissential & Tropical Rider deerskin full seat breeches

Fleeceworks dressage pads

& lots of polo mints for horsies

[fielder]

is there an advantage to deerskin fullseat breeches? also is it possible to get them in europe?

[Imp]

Recently:


My Dually headcollar; horse and rider both love it :p
My Wintec Synthetic saddle is soooo comfy but I'd like to move on to treeless
Bestfriend Bareback Pad - couldn't live without it now
Joddies - the colour choices are great now - when I was a kid you had almost as much choice as you would for colour of NZ rugs :rolleyes:

[Wally]

show sheen! :D

[Pink's lady]

wow, this is an old thread:eek: :D The world has moved on since then;)

BUt for me

Boa boots.
WOW saddle
Webbing bridles.
Lots and lots of other things but they stand out.

[Peanut]

Tub trugs - absolutely the best invention ever. I use them for everything at the yard and everything at home. One of these days I'm going use one as a handbag. :D :D

[Peace]

wow, this is an old thread:eek: :D The world has moved on since then;).

It sure has. I grew to absolutely despise that Abetta saddle I posted about. :p The only good thing about it was that the stirrups were so uncomfortable that I gave up using them entirely, which did help me learn to post the trot without stirrups.

It's fun to look back sometimes, though.:)

[No_Angel]

my zilco wipe clean bridle and breastplate
equitex pad
fhoenix saddle
hm stirrups (hardly any achy ankles with those stirrups)
wipe clean wintec/thorogood girth
westropp combined knee and brushing boots

[Mossy]

My Easisit saddle and hinged stirrups.
PS and my rug drier.