black or brown?

[anotherdeal1]

i know showing is always brown leather but what about a piebald horse do you go black leather somehow brown just doesnt look right??

[hottoddy]

Hiya Brown is traditionally correct, but like many old traditions I dont think you would lose a class over it! I know a very successful producer who only uses black tack as she says it looks smarter! I have gone for black because I have a dark dapple grey and black looks better on him!

[Charlotte]

i would say black:)

[welshcob7]

i had a piebald mare and i used black tack on her because it looked alot better than brown! ;D

[ferret]

i would say very dark brown ...black is a big no no IMHO

[sg]

Hmm I have never seen a black horse not look smart in dark brown tack. Well used & oiled tack is plenty dark enough IMO and I'm a stickler for tradition. I have a piebald and don't think his brown tack looks out of place at all.

[nataliedrest]

My friend has a pink web bridle. yuk

[marshmallow]

Agree with Ferret black is a big no for me too - Im a traditionalist . Well oiled very dark brown looks very smart

[sweetpea]

i would say black.however if you were going by the book,a good quality leather well oiled would look ok

[cocoa]

I use a brown suede saddle on my piebald and I think it looks neat an tidy. I really cannot stand black tack.

[bemused]

We had a piebald - always used havanna - looked fab. I have a "thing" against black tack though - yuk!

[Scribbles]

Would always use brown on any coloured horse, i used a brown suade on my piebald cob and i thought it looked really smart.

[lucretia]

Brown

[dottyboy]

I love brown tack, and IMO think it looks much smarter than black... Will be buying a havanna saddle in a few weeks ready for the shows =D

[anotherdeal1]

thanks everyone brown it is then

[myhorselizzie]

i like black or very very dark brown.. i have black on my girl as she looks stupid with brown
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[clueless09horseman]

I had a black sec D he looked cut inhalf in brown, in summer when the sun was on him made him appear long in the back, a bit like wearing a white girth or a grey wearing a black girth.

so we swapped to a new saddle in black and didnt go back, although I do prefer to keep the traddition on this occasion i had to say black as well as that it appeared to me to draw the attention on the tack in brown where as the black didnt distract from the horse,

9 times out of 10 i would say brown though, deep dark brown, most have a hint of dark bay and can pull it off, unfortunatly this cob was as black as black could get!"

[kmg]

Can i ask the same question please? I have just bought a black section D..... I was going to have dark brown tack, would this look out of place on a black horse? Personally i dont like black tack so was wanting to use dark brown???

[bemused]

Defo Havanna

[clueless09horseman]

To be honest dark brown is best for the show ring would pick Havanna over black, but also add they wouldnt make the whp saddles and show saddles in black if it weren't excepted.

Personal preferance but brown looks smarter, unless your saddle distracts the eye from the horse.