The fastenings at both girth and saddle help to distribute the pressure more evenly to ensure the saddle is more secure.

FEATURES

• Brass buckles
• Elastic webbing sections for shoulder movement
• Finest English leather
• Signature badge
• Fastens at both girth point and the saddle

Albion Breast Girth

The elasticated fully adjustable Breast Girth incorporates strong, yet super soft, round edged elastic, for ultimate comfort, ensuring freedom of movement for the horse, eliminating the risk of any chaffing.

The Breast Girth is fully compatible with the Legend Girth, Long Girth and Slip on Stud Guard.

Available in Cob, Full and WB in black or brown.

All Albion Accessories can be made to order in any size and colour.

• The Albion elasticated, fully adjustable padded breastplate includes the finest leathers.
• This breastplate has been designed using strong, yet super soft, round edged elastic for ultimate comfort, ensuring freedom of movement for the horse, eliminating the risk of any chaffing.
• Also available with no elastic in full leather.
• The combination breastplate is fully compatible with the Legend Girth, Long Girth and Slip on Stud Guard.
• Available in Cob, Full and WB in black or brown.
• All Albion Accessories can be made to order in any size and colour.
• Also available in full leather

• The Albion elasticated, fully adjustable padded breastplate includes the finest leathers.
• This breastplate has been designed using strong, yet super soft, round edged elastic for ultimate comfort, ensuring freedom of movement for the horse, eliminating the risk of any chaffing.
• The combination breastplate is fully compatible with the Legend Girth, Long Girth and Slip on Stud Guard.

Avignon Running Martingale (Shires)

Vegetable tanned leather and distinctive stitching detail enhances this attractive running martingale with raised and padded neck strap. Stainless steel fittings.

Developed and handmade in the UK
This breastplate is based on scientific research and is designed to:

• Prevent the saddle slipping back when needed
• Work without restricting the horse’s breathing
• Allow the horse to maintain his natural jumping action or shape over a fence

The Peformance Breastplate was developed using Pliance Pressure mapping and Centaur Biomechanics gait analysis.

Our testing into breastplate designs showed that using a breastplate has a significant negative effect on the horse’s action as he jumps.

When a breastplate is attached to a saddle and then the girth, it forms, in effect, a ‘cage’ around the horse’s shoulder apparatus that restricts his movement over a jump.

The highest pressures were consistently seen at the moment when the horse is at the peak of take-off and its shoulder is in its most forward position. However, biomechanical analysis showed that the whole jump is adversely affected by the breastplate from this point onwards:

• The shape of the jump from take-off to landing (the trajectory) is shortened (see Testing & Design)
• the horse’s landing is steeper
• the horse’s hind legs are “cramped” in the landing phase, with the joints flexing more in an attempt to clear the fence

Furthermore, both over-flexing and landing more steeply cause increased wear and tear on the horse’s limbs and joints.

Scientific trials have shown that the Fairfax Performance Breastplate does not interfere with the horse’s natural jumping action or shape over the fence.

Pessoa 3 Point Breastplate

The pessoa three point breastplate features strong elasticated inserts which allows freedom and movement in the shoulder area and a high and low saddle attachment with a detachable running martingale for ease for swopping between disciplines the elasticated martingale provides a less restraining action.

Pessoa 5 Point Breastplate

The Pessoa five point breastplate features strong elasticated inserts which allows freedom and movement in the shoulder area and a high and low saddle attachment with a detachable running martingale for ease for swopping between disciplines the elasticated martingale provides a less restraining action.

Rossano Running Martingale (Shires)

Padded in soft leather at the chest strap and adjustable at the neck, girth and martingale straps. This Rossano Running Martingale will enhance any of the Rossano bridles.

Salisbury Running Martingale (Shires)

Salisbury running martingale featuring stitching detail to coordinate with the Salisbury range of leatherwork.