December 2003

Turn Out With BMB

A leather-fuse breakaway system is best in a nylon turnout halter.

For frisky horses, we like Thornhill’s padded halter with a leather crown.

Nylon halters offer horsemen a lot of convenience. They’re less expensive than most leather halters, don’t stiffen when wet and don’t require saddle soap for cleaning. You can clean them right alongside your brushes, saddle pads and fly masks. You can also get them in a variety of colors, patterns, overlays and even monograms.

However, nylon isn’t likely to break under the stress of a panicked horse, which makes us leery of all-nylon halters. It’s possible that an all-nylon halter might have weaker hardware that will pop under stress, but we don’t want to take that chance. Basically, the only nylon halters we like are the ones that have a breakaway…