The days are getting shorter and the sessions in the riding arena at night (at 6:30 PM...) after work or school are already starting to pile up. We then take advantage of the weekend to get a big breath of fresh air and clear our heads together by going trotting.
It's the ideal way to work on morale and fitness without realizing it and to give meaning to the famous expression: a sound mind in a sound body!
🎀 So, ready to discover THE perfect combo to go trotting at the beginning of this winter? 🎀
1) Equisense - The Motion Sport Pack
The first really interesting tool to enjoy this outdoor outing and to assess Tornado's progress against the efforts is the Motion Sport Pack Equisense. Thanks to its heart rate monitor, it allows for a fairly detailed study of the horse's cardiac activity during exertion, thus preventing the last trot up the steep hill from lasting longer than necessary. It is truly a tool that allows for better adjustment of the sessions according to each horse and to see, thanks to the data, if we can go further or less far in the work.
2) Veredus Horse Riding Equipment - TRC Vento Black Front Closed Gaiters
Even if we try not to overprotect our horses with a thousand and one protections, we believe that effectively protecting them during an outing outside remains important. Indeed, I am sure that, like us, you have already had to face some crazy situations during your rides: cars cutting you off or dogs rushing at your feet, people throwing trash in a wild way into the ditches without caring that, out of fear, your horse has also jumped into the ditch next to it (yes, yes, it smells like experience! 😇). Indeed, even with the gentlest of our companions, the little pranks that can occur during our rides can sometimes provoke unusual reactions from them. It is not impossible that Tornado might sometimes get confused. So we don't get caught off guard and we protect them as best as we can with the closed gaiters TRC Vento Veredus which will ensure the best protection and possible ventilation.
3) Veredus Horseriding Equipment - Black Safety Bell
In the same idea, we also protect the pasterns to prevent our mount from tripping over itself when engaging strongly in ascents or descents.
4) LeMieux - saddle pad Close Contact Suede Dijon
In addition to being beautiful, breathable, and visible, the saddle pad Suede Close Contact Lemieux makes us melt with love. It will stay well in place throughout the trotting and will avoid creating harmful pressure points for your mount.
We love even more its rounded shape at the girth passage which will prevent girth pinching.
5) Performance - Waterproof 600 D Back Cover
With the cold coming and the temperatures dropping, we must not forget to cover the chilly loins of our little wolf to help him regulate between recovery periods at a walk and more intense effort periods. In case we get caught by the rain, we must not forget to choose a waterproof model that will ensure we come back nice and dry if the app “is it going to rain in the hour” lied to us.
6) Transparent Rain Jacket
And for us? The transparent rain jacket so we can also stay free in our movements without coming in frozen if the rain joins the party.
7) Kazak Sport - Brown Wild Native Leather Boots
Requiring less precision than work on the flat or on the bars, I now choose with the cold coming the Kazak Sports Wild Native boots. No more frozen toes when we return to the stables and get off the horse. This way, we want to head back out to ride a second horse or do the care rather than wanting to go home and sit in front of the fire 🔥
And what about you? What is essential for you to go trotting?
