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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2014 23:22:04 GMT -5
It's considered unsafe to ride in shorts or tank tops by the United States Pony Club. We didn't allow kids to ride in a tank top...something which drove my DD crazy. I ride in tank tops, shorts, and proud of it! I was wearing shorts...I think when I came off the pony last summer. By shorts, I mean....ones to my knees. NO one wants to see more than that. lol. I might not have bruised as bad if I'd had jeans on, or maybe it would have been worse, who knows.
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Post by horsespoiler on Feb 28, 2014 23:30:20 GMT -5
I always wear jeans but we have lots of brush along every trail so you need the protection. I'll ride in a t shirt but sometimes I'll put a long sleeve button down shirt over it to protect my arms. It can get a little hot when you add the vest. For gloves I've been buying womens work gloves by Lamont. They have a padded suede palm and a stretchy nylon back. They work really well and don't cost an arm and a leg either.
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Post by ghostrider on Feb 28, 2014 23:49:49 GMT -5
Any idea why tanks are on the non-safe list? I wouldn't think a shirt would be safe or unsafe other than maybe getting scratched up or sunburned. I ride in shorts and capris. I don't ride often in shorts but I do in capris in the summer mostly because it's so hot and humid here and I don't feel like changing into pants. I'm sure I'm a sight in shorts and boots too.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2014 9:18:21 GMT -5
Denise...USPC is really heavy on safety. The kids are riding cross country and show jumping, and if you came off over a jump, etc., you would get scraped up, cut up, etc. if you didn't have long sleeves.
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Post by luvmymorgan on Mar 1, 2014 10:52:45 GMT -5
I ride in jeans, never have ridden in shorts. Mostly because of the brush we go through, not to mention the cactus. Never ride in a tank top, but then again, I never wear them anywhere. I have this "thing" about needing my shoulders covered, even at night. Haven't worn a swimsuit in over 10 years. Probably the only time I would have my shoulders exposed. I'm not a water person, I don't enjoy swimming or being in any water deeper that waist deep. Weird, huh?
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Post by cyndi on Mar 1, 2014 11:12:01 GMT -5
I was wearing an exercise-type top with a built-in bra (because it was so hot out) when I fell off Fanny onto the road, and I got quite the road rash on my shoulder. I wear shorts to the barn if I know I'm going to do only groundwork, but if there's any chance of riding, I will wear pants. Our summers are so hot and humid, I have a tough time wearing jeans, and even breeches are hot. I have a pair of lightweight cotton cargo pants that are better for the hot weather. I guess I've also avoided wearing shorts or capris to ride because of the fear of falling off and getting scraped up worse than if I wore long pants. Whatever I wear, I like to be able to move freely. Even if something is snug, like an exercise top, it is made out of stretchy fabric that I can move around in, and not feel claustrophobic I like the thought of wearing a nice light cotton 'western' shirt, so maybe I'll try to find one that has some stretch to it. LMM, I've heard of other people needing to have their shoulders covered. In cold weather, I 'need' to have the back of my neck covered. I can have my coat open in the front, but if the back of my neck gets the slightest draft, I am shivering. Of course, these days, with menopause lurking nearby, I am usually warm, no matter what. lol
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Post by ghostrider on Mar 1, 2014 11:49:14 GMT -5
I rarely wear tank tops either. I almost always wear t-shirts. My capris do cover all of my legs except where my boots are and most of them are denim. My shorts are the kind that are just a couple inches from the knee so not much of the leg is exposed there either. I don't really worry about road rash though, maybe because I don't remember ever having any. It was the reason though why I wouldn't ride the Harley with DH. I just couldn't get over what it would feel like if we laid it down on the road. The broken bones didn't worry me but I have a fear of road rash by motorcycle.
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Post by horsespoiler on Mar 2, 2014 1:07:27 GMT -5
The only time I rode in shorts was in HS when visiting AZ and if I recall the saddle kind of rubbed the inside of my leg where the seat and fender met. I've not ridden in shorts since. Some years I wear shorts all summer (except riding) and some years I hardly put a pair on. It doesn't seem to be about the heat either. Maybe it's bugs, I hate ticks.
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Post by ghostrider on Mar 2, 2014 11:17:32 GMT -5
hs, that's why I wear the longer shorts the shorter ones kind of stick you to the slick seats. I keep "Off" in my saddle bag and haven't had any trouble with the bugs here except if I ride in the woods around the corner during June/July when the ticks are in full force. YUCK
Now last year we had a really bad year for those huge horse flies and "Off" didn't work 100%. It was bad for the horses too although the Avon SSS added to the horse spray did seem to work 100% better on my horses then on the other ones with us. Reminds me...time to order some more.
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Post by cyndi on Mar 2, 2014 12:51:52 GMT -5
I'm with you guys...I hate ticks!! I've had the occasional one on me in the past, but it was enough to give me the heebee jeebees. I didn't know what ticks were like until 1986!! We didn't have ticks where I grew up, but in 1986 we moved to an area that had them. Ugh. Our family dog (American Eskimo) had thick white fur, and one day I discovered over a dozen fat ticks feasting on her. Ew, the thought turns my stomach. I've heard about your legs chafing when you wear shorts in the saddle, so that's another reason I haven't worn them to ride. And who am I fooling anyway?, I never rode much to begin with :/ When I built the nzi trap last summer, I did some research on horse flies and found out that they, and other sight predators, are not affected by sprays. They are heat-seekers, so unless you have a way to make your horse appear 'cooler' (they have sort of infra-red eyesight), you will have horse flies bugging you. Some people do say that certain sprays will help, and if it works, then go for it
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Post by ghostrider on Mar 2, 2014 16:33:10 GMT -5
I've heard it's false that ticks drop from trees above onto a warm body, they actually climb onto or up onto the horse when they brush up against the limb, treeless pastures are no help since they're in the grass too so there's no way to keep them off even with spray. But then I lock them out of the woods for a month-6 wks in the heat of summer which helps. The woods is a breeding ground!!! I wish we could get someone to come cut all the trees so we could get in there and get rid of all the brush and weeds.
The amish just worm their horses every three months with ivermectin which kills the ticks but my gosh you should see how many they have to live with in between! I start mine ""early"" on Freedom which is much like the dogs Pet Armor. It's a spot on and it does keep about 90% of them off. I still find one or two on them a week. I also spray them every other day with repels x and some other stuff in between their legs/belly.
I didn't have them growing up in WY either. Nowhere for them to strive and winters are too cold and long. I had awful nightmares about them when I moved here and it grossed me out to have to touch them but leaving them on the horse was unthinkable..guess I've gotten used to them. Now I pull them off and stick them in a bottle I keep with some Repels X in the bottom.
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Post by cyndi on Mar 2, 2014 16:54:04 GMT -5
Our tick season here is usually May and June, but it depends on how warm the spring is. They are in the tall grass around here. I'd like to know where they come from! And how do they survive the winter??!! ARGH!! I know God made them for a reason, but I don't know what it is. lol When I was a kid, the lakes we used to swim in had leeches. We got to the point that we hardly batted an eye at them as we picked them off ourselves. I suppose that after a while the same thing happens with ticks. I've picked one or two off my dogs in the past couple of years, but I had to do it in a very matter-of-fact way, and not let my thoughts go wild. lol I've never had to pick them off Fanny, thankfully.
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Post by ghostrider on Mar 2, 2014 18:42:02 GMT -5
If I go into the woods anytime except winter I make sure to wear spray and I get in the shower as soon as I come back. When I get bit the site gets swollen and red and itches for about 2 wks. It's miserable. I haven't had one actually latch on so far. The reason Diesel stopped sleeping in my bed is because almost every night (okay maybe not EVERY night!) LOL I'd find a tick crawling on me. They don't like front line or Pet Armour so they'd hitch a ride on him then crawl across the covers and onto me!
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Post by cyndi on Mar 8, 2014 9:29:34 GMT -5
Question: Is it dangerous to use a stirrup leather that is narrower than the top of the stirrup? My saddle needs a 1" stirrup leather. I have a set of regular western stirrups that have an opening at the top that is at least 2". I want to buy a pair of caged stirrups that have a 1" opening at the top, but I can't afford them right now. Is the stirrup just going to slide back and forth, but not pose a danger?
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Post by horsespoiler on Mar 8, 2014 22:12:28 GMT -5
Can you wrap the top with some kind of grippy rubber to reduce the slip? Do you have stirrup hobbles (those little straps) that will go small enough to hold the leathers tight? That might improve things. I would be afraid the stirrup might slide too far and slip the leather over to the side of the stirrup.
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