[HPFGU-OTChatter] corked bats

[artsylynda at aol.com]

> How many skates do skaters need, I wonder?  How many helmets do pro 
> American football players have?  Does anyone care about this sort of 
> trivial trivia but me?
> 
> 
I dunno, but professional polo player have at least 8 horses per game, with a 
saddle, bridle, and whatever other equipment needed for each horse.  And the 
cool thing is, they change horses without ever touching the ground -- they 
kind of stand up on the horse they're on, and slide off onto the new horse, then 
get back in the game!  At least, that's how they do it in world-class polo 
(the only kind I've seen -- the Palm Beach/Caracas championship this past 
January.  WAY cool!)  Whereas we western horse show riders usually have a training 
saddle we use every day and a silver saddle for shows, and at least one or maybe 
several training bridles and one or two silver show bridles.  For English, we 
have at least one saddle and bridle, probably more than one bridle -- all 
this for one horse.  If you have multiple English type horses, you probably have 
lots of saddles to fit all their different backs.  Western saddles don't have 
as many different tree sizes (the frame the saddles are built on) so you may 
not need such a variety of saddles beyond the "work" saddle and the "show" 
saddle.  Three day eventers have a dressage saddle and a jumping saddle, a 
dressage bridle and a jumping bridle (different style bits, reins and nosebands 
needed for each) and will usually use the same saddle for training and showing 
(it's the one they're most comfortable in because it's broken into their and the 
horse's body.)  And that's the extent of my sports knowledge!  

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