{"id":38084,"date":"2026-02-16T17:07:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balotade.com\/neoprene-training-girth-why-have-one\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T19:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:24:53","slug":"neoprene-training-girth-why-have-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balotade.com\/en\/neoprene-training-girth-why-have-one\/","title":{"rendered":"A Training Girth for Special Tasks. Why Have One in Your Tack Box Next to the Leather One?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Most riders dream of a beautiful, padded leather girth<\/a>. And rightly so \u2013 it is a classic of comfort. However, in everyday stable life there are situations in which taking an expensive, pampered piece of leather out of the cupboard is… pure madness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is where the neoprene girth<\/a><\/strong> comes on the scene. Although simpler and cheaper, for many professionals it is an absolutely essential “stand-in” for special tasks. Here is why it is worth having both models in your tack box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Spring and autumn, i.e. the fight with mud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Autumn and spring training sessions often end the same way: the horse is splashed with mud from the chest all the way to the tail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n