Zeddy's Tack Closet

Happy Holidays!!! 🎄🎅 Today the discussion is going to feature one of The Pony's favorite pieces of equipment: The Rambo Micklem Competition Bridle Taking a Break on a Winter Conditioning Ride with her Rambo Micklem Competition Bridle  The Pony has very good reasons to love her chosen bridle style... When The Pony was first under saddle 4 years ago, we used a conventional bridle for nearly a year. I rode 3 to 4 times a week as my grad student schedule allowed, and The Pony was slowly learning about leg after having been a driving pony many years ago (this whole leg acceptance thing is still an ongoing process). From our first rides together she more or less accepted the bit. She's apparently always been somewhat fussy in her mouth--very similar to a green horse. Her breeder & owner told me that was usual for The Pony from her experience driving her. We were having fun, and I was riding regularly after almost a decade of sporadic riding. The Pony seemed to en...

Welcome to the first post on my equestrian lifestyle blog!  The drive behind the blog is two fold: to scratch my writing itch, and to create reviews of mid-range equestrian products that I regularly use and love. Occasionally I'll post riding updates to help me process what's happening with my riding as well. When I first started riding again after a lengthy hiatus during graduate school, I had no idea which products or brands to buy. I had been out of the Oggling at the Tack Store Loop for what felt like a lifetime, and very few horsey items had survived my PhD.  In addition, I decided to begin jumping and eventing after growing up riding dressage, which opened up a whole new world of tack offerings I'd never paid much attention to before.  There was a lot of trial and error as I began to re-amass tack and riding gear piece by piece. Even after reading online reviews I ended up with products I wish I'd known more about before I'd bought them since a decen...