When you are hauling your horse in a horse trailer, should the saddle and bridle be on or off?
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When you are carrying your horse in a trailer, should you lcarry the horse without the saddle and bridle? Would it harm your horse if you did?
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When you are carrying your horse in a trailer, should you lcarry the horse without the saddle and bridle? Would it harm your horse if you did?
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Just asking for something to go wrong there. Don’t do it.
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I do both depending on the situation. I also have well trained animals that I can depend on in a bind should something happen.
The binds that I have seen happen is the halter catches on another horses saddle horn.
The fender of the saddle gets caught when unloading a horse causing a wreck.
Now with that being said, I still do haul at times with tack, but all are tied to prevent halters getting caught.
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it would probably harm the saddle and bridle more than the horse and would just be foolish..
if there were a wreck - yes then having these could be a problem for the horse as well
there is no good reason to have a saddle or bridle in when hauling - and a halter should only be on if the horse is tied…
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Off.
Some horses **** to travel and should be made as comfortable as possible.
Horses can be left with a saddle on without harm, (with girth LOOSENED) but it can always slip if the horse is agitated, etc. If not being ridden, just take the saddle off.
And a horse should never be left with a bridle on!!!
Even in its stall in the barn. The reins can get caught on something, or slip over the head, and when stepped on, the horse will react by jerking its head up, and with the bit in its mouth, end up hurting itself.
When you secure a horse in the trailer (or anywhere else), it should have its halter on, and the lead rope either tied with a quick-release knot or a safety clasp.