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Ring Crupper
The RING CRUPPER is a must for galloping down very steep hills. It literally stops the weight of the rider pushing the saddle up onto the horse’s neck — not a good place to be at good downhill speed.
Cruppers are a good idea on all mounts in hilly country. Nothing quite as terrifying as a saddle going over a head on a steep downhill with a nasty ditch at the bottom!
On mules they are a must with breeching a better idea. Some mules can learn to mast their tail and unfasten the crupper. A breeching goes nowhere! Many horses need cruppers and almost all mules need either cruppers or breaching.
Our cruppers are especially shaped around the dock for comfort. When the saddle is cinched in place the crupper should be engaged but not tight. Same with the breastplate. Round low withered horses need cruppers to safely traverse steep hills. A saddle sliding forward on a drop off is very dangerous for horse and rider. All horses and mules get used to cruppers in under half an hour.
The crupper attaches to a bar built into the tree of most Australian stock saddles. They can also be threaded through a coach bracket (or breastplate bracket) that can be screwed to the base of the cantle on, say, an English saddle that never comes with a crupper bar (for some strange reason).
The buckle on the horse’s head side of the ring is for adjusting shortness to the crupper. A crupper is correctly fitted when a closed fist can be placed between the adjustment strap and the rump of the horse.
The second buckle is for making it easy to get the “dock” under the tail. Contrary to popular belief, ALL horses get used to a crupper in ten minutes or less. Strangely, the concept does not wear so easily on people. They THINK this will bother the horse, or mule. It does not.
Our crupper has a carefully padded, shaped and rounded dock to make it a comfortable fit under the tail. Cruppers are necessary on most mules, because of the low withers and straight back. But if the mule figures out how to “mast” the tail, and spit the crupper, then a breaching is necessary.
Cruppers are an excellent idea on horses ridden at high speed on rough country. Comes in brown, with brass fittings. or black with Nickle fittings.
The best way to crupper train a horse is — don’t. Put it on and let him train himself at his own pace. The last two photos show an easy way to tie it on with hay twine. Tie it on and let him get used to the feel of it.
Never takes more than a couple of hours.
But leave It on him all day.
He may roll
He may not
But this way he won’t be rolling on your saddle
Walk him around first and he will tell you if he us not comfortable in which case you will go more slowly.
The RING CRUPPER is a must for galloping down very steep hills. It literally stops the weight of the rider pushing the saddle up onto the horse’s neck — not a good place to be at good downhill speed.
Cruppers are a good idea on all mounts in hilly country. Nothing quite as terrifying as a saddle going over a head on a steep downhill with a nasty ditch at the bottom!
On mules they are a must with breeching a better idea. Some mules can learn to mast their tail and unfasten the crupper. A breeching goes nowhere! Many horses need cruppers and almost all mules need either cruppers or breaching.
Our cruppers are especially shaped around the dock for comfort. When the saddle is cinched in place the crupper should be engaged but not tight. Same with the breastplate. Round low withered horses need cruppers to safely traverse steep hills. A saddle sliding forward on a drop off is very dangerous for horse and rider. All horses and mules get used to cruppers in under half an hour.
The crupper attaches to a bar built into the tree of most Australian stock saddles. They can also be threaded through a coach bracket (or breastplate bracket) that can be screwed to the base of the cantle on, say, an English saddle that never comes with a crupper bar (for some strange reason).
The buckle on the horse’s head side of the ring is for adjusting shortness to the crupper. A crupper is correctly fitted when a closed fist can be placed between the adjustment strap and the rump of the horse.
The second buckle is for making it easy to get the “dock” under the tail. Contrary to popular belief, ALL horses get used to a crupper in ten minutes or less. Strangely, the concept does not wear so easily on people. They THINK this will bother the horse, or mule. It does not.
Our crupper has a carefully padded, shaped and rounded dock to make it a comfortable fit under the tail. Cruppers are necessary on most mules, because of the low withers and straight back. But if the mule figures out how to “mast” the tail, and spit the crupper, then a breaching is necessary.
Cruppers are an excellent idea on horses ridden at high speed on rough country. Comes in brown, with brass fittings. or black with Nickle fittings.
The best way to crupper train a horse is — don’t. Put it on and let him train himself at his own pace. The last two photos show an easy way to tie it on with hay twine. Tie it on and let him get used to the feel of it.
Never takes more than a couple of hours.
But leave It on him all day.
He may roll
He may not
But this way he won’t be rolling on your saddle
Walk him around first and he will tell you if he us not comfortable in which case you will go more slowly.
The RING CRUPPER is a must for galloping down very steep hills. It literally stops the weight of the rider pushing the saddle up onto the horse’s neck — not a good place to be at good downhill speed.
Cruppers are a good idea on all mounts in hilly country. Nothing quite as terrifying as a saddle going over a head on a steep downhill with a nasty ditch at the bottom!
On mules they are a must with breeching a better idea. Some mules can learn to mast their tail and unfasten the crupper. A breeching goes nowhere! Many horses need cruppers and almost all mules need either cruppers or breaching.
Our cruppers are especially shaped around the dock for comfort. When the saddle is cinched in place the crupper should be engaged but not tight. Same with the breastplate. Round low withered horses need cruppers to safely traverse steep hills. A saddle sliding forward on a drop off is very dangerous for horse and rider. All horses and mules get used to cruppers in under half an hour.
The crupper attaches to a bar built into the tree of most Australian stock saddles. They can also be threaded through a coach bracket (or breastplate bracket) that can be screwed to the base of the cantle on, say, an English saddle that never comes with a crupper bar (for some strange reason).
The buckle on the horse’s head side of the ring is for adjusting shortness to the crupper. A crupper is correctly fitted when a closed fist can be placed between the adjustment strap and the rump of the horse.
The second buckle is for making it easy to get the “dock” under the tail. Contrary to popular belief, ALL horses get used to a crupper in ten minutes or less. Strangely, the concept does not wear so easily on people. They THINK this will bother the horse, or mule. It does not.
Our crupper has a carefully padded, shaped and rounded dock to make it a comfortable fit under the tail. Cruppers are necessary on most mules, because of the low withers and straight back. But if the mule figures out how to “mast” the tail, and spit the crupper, then a breaching is necessary.
Cruppers are an excellent idea on horses ridden at high speed on rough country. Comes in brown, with brass fittings. or black with Nickle fittings.
The best way to crupper train a horse is — don’t. Put it on and let him train himself at his own pace. The last two photos show an easy way to tie it on with hay twine. Tie it on and let him get used to the feel of it.
Never takes more than a couple of hours.
But leave It on him all day.
He may roll
He may not
But this way he won’t be rolling on your saddle
Walk him around first and he will tell you if he us not comfortable in which case you will go more slowly.
