How to Attach the Girth to a Horse

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Mara Keith-Hunter for Expert Village. Today I would be talking about how to tack up a horse. So here are examples of girth that are commonly used. One is a fleece skirt. This is especially good for a horse that is sensitive and tends to get rough. But what I'm going to use is just a very classic leather girth. Now you notice that one side has leather and the other has elastic, so we are going to start by attaching the leather side. This is going to go on the right side of the horse. First I'm going to feed it through the saddle pad and this keeps the saddle pad and the saddle and girth all in line. I'm going to use the 2 outer billets and it is going to go through the tuck run of the girth. I'm going to first put on the first hole. Then we are going to go around to the other side, I'm going to reach under and get the girth and once again, it is going to feed through the saddle pad to the billet. Make sure that it is on the top row of the girth and attach it just to the first hole. "