Does anyone know where I can get a surcingle and girth like from the videos? I don't seem to be able to find an elastic girth with the ring where you run the line through. And there are so many surcingles out there, I don't know which is the proper one to use. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Hi,
You'll see that Monty has attached the rings to the surcingle himself, lower than where they typically put them. Just go to a hardware store and buy the o rings and some velcro or other fastening system and you can attach them yourself. Or, if you use a saddle, you can run the long lines through the stirrups.
Hope that helps
Yes, it does. Thank you for the response:)
Hi wildhorse and ruthy,
If you use a saddle, don't forget to fix the stirrups with an old stirrup-leather or something similar, to prevent them to fly up. Have a twist in the leather, so that the horse can't get his foot in it.
The surcingle and girth you saw on the videos are handmade and can be ordered by those who do the courses at Flag is Up Farms. Still you can have very good results using simple equipment, adapting it to longlining. I'm very happy about my Cavallo-pad, that I use under the surcingle, to even the pressure and to help the horse get used to a bigger surface covered on his back.
Have fun,
Miriam
Miriam are the surcingle made at the Saddle Maker on the Avenue of the Flags? I am going to take my western saddle to him for repairs while I am there.
What is a good brand of surcingle? I've seen several on the web and can't seem to figure out which one is best. Suggestions?
Hi zeiddance,
I don't know in what part of the world you live, but if you read the above thread, you'll find that Monty's Instructors use a surcingle made of leather with velt underlining.
This is the optimum solution as far as I'm concerned. Now this is a quite expensive handmade surcingle and if you're not near Flag Is Up Farms, I wouldn't know how to order it.
What most Monty-students use at home is a neoprene surcingle preferably with some natural material under it, as I described above, I use my Cavallo-pad under it, which has a wool side to it. Having a natural material directly to the skin of the horse you'll avoid unpleasant tension. You could use a sheepskin sleeve for the under-belly-part.
I have found, that with normal surcingles the rings that come with it are too small to make the snap of the longline pass through them. This is easily solved by tying a bigger ring to the small one, so you'll be able to tack-up in a smooth way.
Let us know how things work!
Miriam
They have a very good one here:
http://tarnsjogarveri.com/wip/horse_old/tomkorning.php?locale=en_GB.UTF-8
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Swedish company but sells abroad.