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Did you know that we have customized and personalized award tack available for just about any equestrian group, club, sport and discipline?  We have hair on bags, spur straps, wither straps, breast collars and slobber straps, and more. You can have your logo or event name laser engraved in the leather, making your tack specific to each event. Here are a few examples of what we can do: Is there anything we can help you or your group with this year? Give us a call or email us and we'll design just the right thing for you!

If you're like me, you notice reins. You love the look of the horse hair mecate with the slobber straps, you appreciate the lovely drape of the leather split reins and how nice the well used ones feel in your hand and you take pause to notice the beautiful romal reins with the rawhide buttons. The romal reins were introduced to the United States by the vaqueros, coming north from Mexico. Their horses were so well trained, and required the slightest movement of the hand to communicate with their mount. Romal reins were traditionally used on horses that have been...

The Mecate is the rein portion of the horse tack, called the Hackamore. The Hackamore is a type of headgear for horse training. The unique part of the Hackamore is that it does not have a bit. It uses a braided noseband called a Bosal. The Bosal is a special type of noseband that works on pressure points on the horse's face, nose, and chin. The Mecate is a rope made from horse hair, Alpaca fiber, or soft feeling rope that serves as reins and lead rope.The types of Hackamores include the Bosal and side pull. The Bosal Hackamore uses...

    The breast collar, or breastplate, is a piece of tack used on horses in a variety of disciplines.  The purpose of the breast collar is to keep the saddle or harness from sliding back. The variation of a breastplate used for western riding, is referred to as a breast collar. The term breastplate is occasionally used, though western riders generally use breast collar to refer to both designs. Breast collars can attach to the saddle rigging or dee rings on the front of the saddle.  In either case, an additional strap usually runs between the front legs and attaches to the cinch. Some...

The Christmas countdown is upon us. Here are a couple of holiday gift ideas from Buckaroo Leather: Our Punchy Sweatshirts are available in pink, orange and grey.   Gift certificates are a safe bet for your horse loving friend who might be slightly difficult to buy for. You know how I'm talking about. We all have that "one friend."   We also all have that other friend that loves wine just as much as they love horses, so what would be more perfect than a wine saddle bag?   Every cowgirl and cowboy needs a good ole ball cap. We have...