KM Elite Headcollar Brown - Large

KM Elite Padded Headcollar – Brown, Large

The Large fitting is what KM Elite call Full, and it is cut for a horse of roughly 15hh and up rather than for a cob. In brown it is the version that disappears into a traditional yard: brown lined nylon, brass-colour clips, nothing that catches the eye in a photograph of a horse in a headcollar.

What you are paying for is the webbing. Double- and triple-weave lined nylon is heavier and better finished than the single-layer nylon most yard headcollars use, and it is the reason the padding on the headpiece and noseband stays where it was stitched instead of working loose after a season.

Performance & Benefits

• Double- and triple-weave lined nylon webbing, noticeably heavier than the single-layer nylon used on most yard headcollars.
• Padded headpiece and padded nosepiece that stay put rather than migrating along the strap.
• Brass-colour clips and hardware, including the throat clip.
• Large is KM Elite's Full fitting, the standard horse size.
• Brown reads as traditional tack rather than as yard kit.
• Hand washable in warm water and air dried naturally.

Suitable For

• Horses of roughly 15hh and above.
• Traditional yards keeping headcollars, lead ropes and tack in brown.
• Daily catching, leading, grooming, travelling and vet visits.
• In-hand showing at home where a bright colour would be out of place.
• Too big for a cob — the Medium (Cob) fitting is the one for a broad, short-nosed head.

How to Use

• Buckle on the near side, with the noseband sitting about two fingers below the cheekbone.
• Adjust so two flat fingers fit between the noseband and the nose — any tighter and the padding cannot spread the pressure.
• Clip the lead rope to the ring under the jaw, not to a side ring.
• Hand wash in warm water and air dry naturally. KM Elite say not to tumble dry.

Specification

• Size Large, KM Elite's Full fitting. Colour Brown.
• Double- and triple-weave lined nylon webbing with a padded headpiece and padded nosepiece.
• Brass-colour clips and hardware throughout, including the throat clip.
• KM Elite's size ladder: XXXS (Shetland), XXS (Colt), XS (Small Pony), Small (Large Pony), Medium (Cob), Large (Full), XL (XFull).
• SKU 1001999. Barcode 5060171231042.
• KM Elite name their fittings by pony and horse type and publish no neck or nose measurements in centimetres, so none are given here.
• This photograph is shared across the Brown headcollar fittings, so it shows the colour rather than the size.

Care & Caution

• This is a standard nylon headcollar, not a breakaway one. The webbing and fittings will not part under load, so do not leave it on a horse turned out unsupervised — a fixed headcollar catches on fences, gateposts and hind shoes.
• Tie to a loop of breakable baler twine with a quick-release knot, never directly to a ring, gate or post.
• Check the stitching, buckle tongues and clip springs before each use and retire the headcollar once the webbing frays.