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Illustration for the project The Tack Room Investigator

The Tack Room Investigator

Grown from Parts of the Saddle: learn every strap and buckle, then work out what a tack room really needs.

Seven activities that turn a labelling page into a proper study of tack. Children name the parts, work out what each one does, learn how tack is cleaned and checked for safety, plan and cost a tack room and write the checks somebody else could follow. Every activity has a harder strand for anybody who wants the stretch.

Horse knowledge
Design
Maths
English

  • What each part of a saddle and bridle is for
  • How tack is checked for safety
  • What a well-run tack room contains