The saddleback camargue is of obvious Spanish derivation Tool much ancient one, its shape has not varied in the course of the times, therefore that one that we see today is practically identical to that it was used in the Middle Ages in the same regions. The saddlebow and the shovel are a lot pronounce to you very and imbottiti, in order to block in way ' comodo' the knight in the just position, while the quarters are much long in order protect the most possible leg. All the saddleback is held in position from two sottopancia, with double fastening (cenglo) and one adds them that it passes over the seat (surfai) and from a sottocoda (couiero). Much complexity in the fastening was necessary in order to avoid that the saddleback muovesse, above all during bruschi the movements of the job on the Tauruses.
The sottopancia with double fastening it is fixed to the skillful part of the saddleback to means of two fibbie while on the left side two rings for being able are present to fix it with of laces, more adapted to lock with force. In the average door a ring of leather in order to hold in position the surfai. surfai.
The sottopancia it adds them (surfaix) servants in order to ulteriorly lock and to hold firm the saddleback. It comes simply put over the seat, its length (1,56 mt without the closing lace) concurs it to completely encircle the horse with over the saddleback.
Sottocoda (couiero) the alloy the saddleback to the tail of the horse, is supported on a bearing of particular shape, and can be in an only piece or two pieces.

The stirrups (estriéu)in iron batturo are to cage, why the gardianne it mounted with thick hooves of wood (esclop), therefore it is thought in order to stop the foot in the just position without the risk to slip to us within, without but bloccarlo, it is in fact wide for being able to lose easy it in fall case. The position of the knight is nearly in feet, leg many extended and stirrups in tip.

The saddleback camargue, like all the saddlebacks from job, must be constructed ' on misura' for the knight. In its confezionamento account of the length of the seat ' A' (like in all saddlebacks is kept), but also of the width of the thigh ' B', just for its particular shape. The considerable weight of this saddleback is at least 15 Kg, without to count the testiera and the other finimenti. Such weight is shared on two great pillows that rest on the back leaving free the dorsal thorn, so as to to be able to hold the saddleback many hours on the horse without to ruin it. A time the pillows came imbottiti with the straw, today are preferred to use the horsehairs.

The saddleback came completed from some accessories which the sottosella light to chess, the fixed martingale with collar, the ' seden' (typical rope in horsehairs of horse used commonly in order to tie the horse in the moments of pause), and the testiera with bite.
The martingale, rigorously fixed, it is held in position from a wide collar supported on the shoulders of the horse, while an other strap comes blocked around the sottopancia.
The seden, rope in horse horsehairs (traditionally horsehairs of the criniera of giumente) can have one variable length between i 9,5/10 m, and one 12/13 diameter of milimeter. It comes rigorously interlaced by hand with horsehairs of different colors. It came used like rope from job, today is an obligatory complement of the harness camargue.

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