{"id":2667,"date":"2018-02-01T21:48:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T04:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westerntrailrider.com\/wordpress\/?p=2667"},"modified":"2021-01-02T15:21:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T22:21:18","slug":"finally-finshed-the-repairs-to-the-hamley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westerntrailrider.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2018\/02\/finally-finshed-the-repairs-to-the-hamley\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally finshed the repairs to the Hamley!"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\r\n\t

Those of you who have followed me for a while will remember that way back in about October 2012, during a training session, my mare, Penny, blew a gasket and let off a bunch of steam. In doing so, she went down and as I made my exit, my spur caught the seat jockey of my Hamley ranch saddle and ripped it. The spur also left a long scratch across the seat. Then, Penny wallowed around on the ground a bit, trying to regain her feet,\u00a0 scratching the pommel pretty good. When she got her legs back under her, she jumped up right into a large oak tree, punching a stick about the size of my index finger right through the cantle binding. Luckily, both Penny and myself were ok, but the saddle took a beating.<\/p>\n

Just a few days later, I went to mount Penny, who was wearing the Hamley, and the on-side stirrup strap broke. As I inspected things, I noticed that the rear rigging was about to break loose as well. It was time to put the Hamley on “injured reserve” and start looking at repairs.<\/p>\n

(Click on the photos to see them full-size)<\/p>\n