This is an EXPENSIVE hobby. May 12, 2008
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Instead of having a lesson today, I ended up heading to our local tack store with Sherene to purchase a new girth. I ordered one last night through SmartPak Equine (a Collegiate contoured girth) but realized today that if I want to ride this week I need one now. At the tack store, I found the Collegiate girth. Luckily I brought my saddle to try it out with. That was a smart move — the Collegiate girth didn’t fit. The billets were too big and didn’t slide through the roller buckles. Hmmm…
Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) I found and fell in love with a Schumacher countoured girth. It’s soft, well-made, elastic, and EXPENSIVE:
I rationalized it by noting I hadn’t bought a new girth in 5 years. If I can get another 5 years out of this one, then it would be worth it. I hope Tigger likes it. 
Comments
Sometimes for me a girth can be a tricky buy..will it rub will it chaff the armpit of my horse? As I spent 3000 dollars on the last saddle I bought…yes tack can be super expensive (no I did not really have money for it, but also rationalized that…’hopefully it is the last saddle I will ever buy” hmmm so far so good
our horses are our babies! Got to take extra special care right?
Which part of the bike does that go on?