#horse tack set

[sazaartack]

What Makes the Best Horse Saddles Essential for Riders?

The best horse saddles are intended for the best comfort and performance, confirming a balanced fit for both horse and rider. A superior horse riding saddle helps allocate weight evenly, decreasing strain throughout rides. Whether you are a rival or trail rider, spending in the right saddle is vital for a pleasant experience. Determine the difference between the best horse saddles accessible!

[morrigan-sims]

Royal Horses

@morningstarequestrian's new Baroque Tack Set is absolutely perfect for tacking up the horses from my story save. (which I've been neglecting for the past year+) (Other pieces are from the Medieval Tack Set or the Medieval Round Bridle. The first outfits are from @objuct's Traditional Arabian Set, plus one of my recolors of that set.)

(also obligatory tagging @simgerale because Phillip pics.)

The first two outfits are something I could see being like, a parade outfit, at least for Alena. (Kristopher wouldn't be involved in any parades back in Oryn, I just wanted to test out all my cc.) Especially the version with the tassels isn't practical for just recreational riding, but it certainly looks nice for a parade, and does resemble parade-type outfits.

Alena's 2nd-3rd outfits and Phillip's 2nd-4th outfits are just more general-purpose riding. Two different saddles each and a few different saddle pads for Phillip.

Phillip's 5th outfit and Alena's 4th and 5th are potentially more of long-distance setups. Maybe like some kind of tour, where Fallon would be riding for long distances, but still want to look formal / be seen by people. (Again, not really something Kristopher and Phillip would have been doing, but it looked good on him and I wanted to test stuff out.) Alena has a second variation because technically white isn't one of Anvia's royal colors, but black is, so if it was a public event, she might tack in black. Especially as that would show less wear and dirt than the white for long travel.

The last pic is a blanket for Phillip because it gets cold in Oryn, especially in the winter and late fall/early spring. Alena doesn't really need a blanket most of the time, since Anvia's winters are much milder. (They don't often get snow, and when they do it's rarely more than an inch or two at a time.)

[eachuisge-cc]

currently learning how to add a new hostler/purchasable horse into the world for the Steeds of Skyrim Extended module that will have all the world edits in it. it's a pain in the ass just like every other aspect of modding skyrim but I think I've almost got it.

[horsegamergirl]

I was like: "I'm going to wear COLOURFUL tack with this new horse!" and then I immediately put him in black and white

[jorvikzelda]

Horses and girls, SSOBlrites and SSOBlrinas: the again-new and re-improved Zelda Bowsmith <3 (and her darling horsie Noblestep, of course)

[jorvikwildhorse]

the image on the left was from today's news blog advertising the new dutch warmblood and dressage sets. but... where's the cute little dressage judge's booth that's in the image? it's not actually in the game... i mean, i guess they've done this before, sprucing up images to make them look a bit more fun, but... it LOOKS like a convincingly 3d model. why not just. add it?

[cass-windfeild]

So, I've been using only my Halloween themed tack sets on my horses lately, and today was PhoenixHeart's turn.

.... SSO.... What the hell do you mean the American Quarter Horse can't wear the rope halter, hackamore, the western show bridles, new leg wraps, or the new western saddle pad. 🙃

Why is it that one of the most popular breeds of horse used in WESTERN riding, can't wear 90% of the WESTERN tack in the game????

Not to mention the medieval bridle, horned bridle, Iberian saddle, or ANY of the newer english bridles, saddle pads, or saddles.

[insipid-drivel]

Hi, I just saw your big post about horse behavior myths and how to write horses properly and I’m curious if you know more about carriage horses? My story doesn’t really feature horses in any super prominent way but carriages are the main mode of transportation for my characters and I want to make sure that when I do mention the horses, I’m being accurate in my descriptions.

I took riding lessons for a short time when I was younger so I know a little bit about horses (one of the ones I learned on would do the “take a deep breath so you can’t tighten the cinch properly” thing lol), but I don’t really know much about the kind that do heavy pulling jobs aside from the fact that they’re gorgeous and I love them. I’d love to know more :3

Thank you!

I actually really, really wish I had more hands-on carriage horse experience! My favorite breed of horse of all time are called Vanner Horses (they used to have a different name, but it's the racial slur for the Roma people, so I just use the term "Vanner").

Carriage horses are a really interesting subject, because they're actually pretty meta? While specific breeds of horses meant for pulling carriages are very new to the horse world (most formal Western horse breeds are only about as old as the Victorian Era when it comes to formal breeding and genealogical standards), horses have been pulling us from place to place for thousands of years!

Before we ever rode horses, they pulled us on carts and chariots, because that's actually the easier and gentler way for horses to travel with humans. Horses really don't have a lot of muscle and fat around their spinal columns, and so sitting and riding them is comparatively much trickier than when you've got a carriage or chariot that the horse can pull instead. Horses can only handle carrying riders/weights flat on their spines if the passenger or cargo is less than 30% of the horse's body weight. Any more than that, and the weight of carrying a rider or payload on their backs can cause serious spinal injuries that result in a horse's death or early retirement. Pulling allows them to disperse much more weight across much stronger muscle groups that were already built for moving at high speeds on steep or bumpy terrain.

Carriage horses, like Friesians and Vanners, are generally bred for their pulling ability and gentle, steady natures. Vanner Horses, Shire Horses, and Percherons are especially renowned for their trustworthiness around small children, with Vanner Horses actually specifically bred for that behavioral trait.

A quick digression just to gush about Vanner horses: Vanner horses were originally bred by the Roma peoples to pull brightly-colored, elaborately-decorated wagons that commonly served as small houses for Roma families that couldn't settle permanently due to racist and xenophobic cultural policies for the past hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years.

Because these horses were the primary way of moving the wagons, they had to be rock-solid when it came to trusting them and their huge, heavy hooves around little kids and pets. The Roma people bred the Vanner Horse in order to have sturdy, reliable horses that were trustworthy not just with their families, but with their homes themselves. Nowadays, you'll likely see Vanner Horses as carriage horses thanks to their iconic feathery hooves, big bodies and colorful coats (they often have heterochromia and very bright, husky-blue eyes). They're a very popular choice for wedding parties and carriages, since there's lots of hustle and bustle and noise associated with weddings, and Vanner horses tend to handle that kind of activity well when raised to tolerate it. A well-socialized Vanner horse isn't as likely to spook and bite/step on a small child playing around its legs the way an Arabian might in the same situation, for example.

Carriage horses in general, as a subclass of breeds, are also in large part a product of the firefighting industry and one of the reasons we have such a wide variety of breeds today! Like Dalmatians, carriage horses were an essential part of the burgeoning firefighting industry during the housing boom brought about by the Industrial Era. Large cities like Chicago and London especially needed advanced firefighting technology due to their rapid growth and overpopulation.

With firefighters, they had 3 classes of carriage horses based upon the size of the fire and the tools they believed they'd need to get it under control:

Lightweights, which were 1,000lbs or less, and used for transporting firehoses on what were called "hose wagons".

Middleweights, which were at least 1,400lbs, and used to pull steamers. Steamers, in firefighting, were portable steam engines that used steam power to propel water out of a firehose, especially if the fire was high above the ground (such as an upper floor in an apartment building or hotel).

And finally, there's Large. Large-class firehorses were the firetrucks of their time. To qualify as a Large, the horse had to weigh a minimum of 1,700lbs. Large firehorses were needed for towing heavily-loaded carriages full of essential firefighting equipment for the time like fire hooks. Fire hooks were extremely long, heavy, metal hooks that firefighters used to literally pull houses and buildings down in the event of a huge fire like the Great London Fire of 1666 or the Chicago Fire. Tearing down structures to deprive a wildfire of fuel is known as forming a "firebreak", and was essential to saving London itself in 1666 when the Great Fire threatened to swallow the Tower of London. At the time, The Tower was London's primary storage center for gunpowder, and if the fire had reached the Tower and ignited the gunpowder stores inside it, the explosion that would've resulted would've been on the scale with a small-grade nuclear warhead.

Sometimes, Large horses would also be carrying loads of explosives, themselves. As with the Great Fire of London, when a wildfire in a populated city would break out, the only way to both form a firebreak and eliminate enough fuel to stop the fire was with explosives if fire hooks left behind too much debris to do any good in slowing the path of an inferno. A high-impact explosion with something like gunpowder or TNT would produce concussive explosions that don't produce large amounts of flame, but rather concussive shockwaves that obliterate rather than incinerate.

When it comes to controlling carriage horses in general, I've heard from owners I've encountered in the past that a big part of how they can precisely command their horses is through naming practices as well as deportment with reins and crops. As with oxen, if you have a team of two or more horses, having each lead horse's name be distinctly different-sounding can help a lot with turning and controlling the carriage as well as the horses. I've seen oxen and horses instructed to turn by calling the name of the animal assigned to their specific side. So, say you had 2 carriage horses, and named the left horse Jim, and the right horse Ben, when you'd want them to turn left or right, you might call "JimJimJim!" while giving the rein command to go left to help confirm to the horses "Yes, we need to turn Left, which is Jim's side," and "BenBenBen!" to go right.

I don't know if it's an industry standard for paired carriage horses to be trained to respond to specific commands specific to the direction either one is yoked to (yoke: the U shaped neck ring that goes around an ox or horse's neck and shoulders to give them a solid surface to push against as they pull a wagon or carriage), but it's something I've seen specific owners do before.

[hellmastermiller]

not sure if i'll finish this but i just rly wanted d horse and v having some down time yk yk

[foggy-milk]

Do you leave tack on your horses in their stalls or are you the type of person to take the tack off all your horses?

[sometimesanequine]

11.16.2023

[sazaartack]

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[shiroselia]

Okay my two step plan for this game once I have my new computer so I can play this game with sound again

1 - next time I have any JS to speak off buy a dressage saddle it’s time to learn to like those

2 - get going on the main quest so I can get that fucking Anne quest blanket it’s a top 3 blanket in the game right now No competition

[morningstarequestrian]

Hail, good Simizen! On this day, I present unto thee a medieval-inspired tack set, crafted for thy noble knights and ladies.

This Set Contains:

• Medieval Engraved Bridle ( 30 swatches)

• Medieval Engraved Bridle With Reins (30 swatches)

• Iberian Saddle (with stirrups, 30 swatches)

• Iberian Saddle V2 (no stirrups, 30 swatches)

• Iberian Saddle - Draft Fit (fitted to work with Walnuthill’s Draft Body Overlay, with stirrups, 30 swatches)

• Iberian Saddle V2- Draft Fit (fitted to work with Walnuthill’s Draft Body Overlay, no stirrups, 30 swatches)

*Notes: the reins are a edit of @objuct wonderful knight set! And only made possible thank’s to their very open T.O.U. You can get the set here

The horse Blankets shown in the pictures are by the lovely @flowermilksims (I think this one and the saddle are meant for each other💜) find them here  

and Zorela's Iberian Fur Pad found here

The body overlay by @walnuthillfarm can be found here

Let me know If You experience any issues.

Enjoy! <3

DOWNLOAD: Patreon (free)

[pixelpony-cc]

It's been a while! Today I have a set of 14 decorative items for chores around the barn~

The tools and wheelbarrow are converted from SSO - but I made some improvements. The wheelbarrow comes in 6 colors, with optional hay and shavings swatches.

The other objects are for brushing or washing your horse, or cleaning tack. All have variations on color to choose from!

Enjoy!

SimFileShare | Alt: Patreon (free!)

[buckarooranch]

Greetings, everyone!

Thank you for being patient while we we're busy creating some awesome new content. 🥰 We are thrilled to introduce our latest creation: an exquisite English Tack set, featuring a custom Saddle, Saddlepad, and Legwraps. This set boasts a wide array of color options, including 25 custom saddle swatches, 8 saddlepad swatches, and 8 legwrap swatches. 🐴🎨

What makes this release even more special is our delightful collaboration with our cherished patron, @sartoestatestables. ❤ The inspiration for these designs was drawn from the lovely images she shared with us. To bring this vision to life, we enlisted the help of Ana Sofia and her lovely horse, Arwen, who ofcourse were the perfect models to showcase this tack set. 🤩

In celebration of this significant milestone and as a token of our appreciation for your support, we've decided to make this tack set available to the public right away. 🎉 We eagerly anticipate seeing your elegant equine companions, so please don't hesitate to tag us in your posts. The beautiful English bridle we used for the pictures is from Sass and Freckles again, they will match up with the saddles aswell! 😍

Details:

- 25 custom saddle (mesh) & swatches, 8 saddlepad swatches, and 8 legwrap swatches.

-You can download the set separately.

-Don't reupload or claim as your own

The Saddle, Saddlepad and Legwraps are for elder/adult horses.

This set requires the Horse Ranch DLC.

🌻 ~ Howdy

(The in-game pictures have no effect added to them. Only a Depth of Field to blur the background)

Pictures of some of the possible sets:

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