PresTeq FaySport bridle reviews

9 Dec, 2020, No comments

KENTUCKY HORSEWEAR at tack store IPPEAS

4 Nov, 2020, No comments

Kentucky Horsewear is an Animal Friendly Brand.
Read all about the special features that make this brand unique in our post.

Protect your passion

Kentucky Horsewear develops products to protect horses and dogs and cannot do so while harming other animals. This is why we only use materials with no animal ingredients, like artificial leather, artificial sheepskin and artificial rabbit skin. The only difference stands in better quality and durability!

Kentucky Horsewear was established back in 2011 and rapidly became the must-have brand for protective horse boots across all disciplines. While our core values are excellence & innovation, our mission statement is to provide high quality and stylish products with extreme protection and comfort for your horses during training and competition. With our own expertise, you can be certain that the protection, comfort and well-being of your horse always comes first.

Today we are proud to see Kentucky Horsewear products sold and worn worldwide on some of the world’s very best horses competing in the most prestigious rings around the globe.

IMITATION LEATHER

By using imitation leather, we accomplish the key values of our company: quality, durability and low maintenance. Our imitation leather is waterproof and can therefore never be affected by water or dirt whereas real leather absorbs them. This prevents the imitation leather from cracking and drying out as well as changing color. Especially made to sustain the washing machine at 30°, the imitation leather is easy to maintain as you can also simply clean it with water and a sponge.

It has excellent values for tear strength and a very high abrasive resistance and is also very resistant to puncture holes that can be caused by studs. In comparison with real leather, imitation leather weighs a lot less which ensures extra comfort and can also enhance the performance.

As it is extremely difficult to notice the difference between our imitation leather and real leather, our products can be matched with all other tack! Horse, rider and groom can only benefit from using our imitation leather products!

ARTIFICIAL SHEEPSKIN

Developed with the expertise of this company, our artificial sheepskin is better than real sheepskin in every way. It is attached to a knitted base and laminated to a suede fabric, both air permeable and breathable.

As soft and performant as real sheepskin, the artificial sheepskin has the great advantage to sustain many washes compared to the real one. We recommend to use the normal washing process at 30° and to let it dry outside.

Producing high quality artificial sheepskin actually costs more than real sheepskin. Our entire product range doesn’t contain any animal ingredients and this is worth the cost! We are 100% animal-friendly.

ARTIFICIAL RABBIT SKIN

Next to our famous artificial sheepskin, we developed an artificial rabbit skin that is mainly used as a lining for our horse rugs.

The artificial rabbit skin has some great advantages. It’s extremely soft which prevents the horses from getting rubs on the shoulders. Another great advantage is that the hairs don’t stick in the lining.

Thanks to the small and soft hairs, your horses get a shinier coat in the same way as they get polished with a woollen glove. The artificial rabbit skin also creates tiny air pockets that trap and retain the body heat. Because of the high warmth to weight ratio the artificial rabbit skin offers excellent comfort.

SOLIMBRA

Thanks to the use of Solimbra on the outer shell of some of our boots, we can provide enhanced protection for your horses.

The laminated Solimbra outer offers all weather protection combined with extreme breathability. The fabric has been tested under the hardest conditions and continues to prove its worth in the field. The boots will not absorb water guaranteeing a lightweight and dry alternative to a heavy soaking boot.

PROTECK IMPACT GEL

Thanks to the use of Proteck Impact Gel within our boots, we can ensure the best protection for your horses.

The Proteck Impact Gel is a light and clever material that locks on impact and then disperses the blow returning to its former pliable self immediately. Laboratory tests have shown that the boots using this technology absorb impact over 50% better than any other boots currently on the market, with the ability to disperse a heavy blow equivalent to that which would actually break a human bone.

3 LAYERS SYSTEM

In order to offer the best comfort for horses and riders, we use a 3 Layers System with a succession of an absorb fabric, a memory foam and the shock-absorbing gel on some of our products. This allows to relieve pressure and provide comfortable and performant items.

3D SPACER

We developed innovative 3D spacer shock absorbing material that is specially developed for the equestrian market with its specific requirements. The key elements for developing our 3D spacer shock absorbing material are:

Breathable & Air permeable
Shock absorbing
Comfortable
Skin friendly
Extremely light

These five unique elements have been mixed together with our 3D spacer shock absorbing material as a result. Thanks to its unique 3D technology, which is a honeycomb structure, it allows the body heat of the horse to go through as well as offering a cushioning effect, which is extremely comfortable.

The 3D spacer material is bounded with a perforated shock absorbing gel that protects the horse’s legs against strikes or blows.

Thanks to the combination of all these outstanding materials, our 3D spacer shock absorbing material is extremely performant whilst still being extremely light weight which enhances the comfort and performance of your horses.

RECUPTEX

We’ve created a brand new range of products that not only help treat numerous medical problems but also help to prevent a verse area of ailments. Commonly used by professionals and serious amateurs alike, the Kentucky Horsewear Recuptex range is a tack room and first aid essential unlike any other currently on the market place.

The Recuptex range is created from a patented 21^st century fabric called Recuptex. Made from the finest stainless steel yarn in the world based on Bekaert BEKINOX© technology*, the weaving acts like a Faraday cage, reflecting the magnetic fields created inside the body. Preserving these fields stimulates blood circulation and oxygen flow in the horses’ legs which heals and both reduces swelling and inflammations and enables faster healing of micro-fractures.

This makes the Recuptex range ideal for treating horses with chronic arthritis problems or tendon problems, and helping to accelerate the recovery process in a natural and protective environment. Our Recuptex range is a trustworthy and highly technological range of product which no horse should be without.

*the inox yarn is made by Bekaert, one of the biggest Belgian companies specializing in stainless steel products. Employing over 28.000 people, they have a turnover of 4,6 billion euros – giving reassurance to customers on the soundness behind technology.

The famous Italian brand “KEP Italia” now also available at Tack Store IPPEAS

28 Aug, 2020, No comments

Tack Store IPPEAS now offers possibly the best riding helmets in the world – KEP Italia, combining the very best available in terms of design, technology, raw materials and safety.

KEP Italia is an Italian company founded on pure passion in 2007. The desire was to design and then produce a more comfortable, safe and innovative helmet than those available on the market up to that moment: KEP Italia wanted to offer the best helmet in the world.

The very highest quality, compliance with the strictest safety regulations and aesthetic superiority have always been the key themes at KEP Italia. Lelia Polini and her closest collaborators started up with a wealth of significant experience: “We worked in collaboration with companies in the sector for many years, but I felt the need to look still further in terms of safety and style. We wanted to design something more innovative in order to offer the best to horse riders of all levels and disciplines. Safety, comfort, lightness and technical performance have always been our objectives.”

Having launched its first model, KEP Italia continued in its quest for excellence, using superior technologies and materials, applying continuous quality controls undertaken with the strictest professionalism, making every helmet fully traceable and subjecting every model to inspections by five different international safety certification bodies for the equestrian sector.

All this ensures the superior quality of KEP Italia helmets: not an advertising slogan, but a true corporate belief. “I don’t know if we will ever reach the top in the absolute sense, but we will certainly do all we can to get there,” confirms the management team. The company, located near Brescia in Northern Italy, is a firm believer in the Made in Italy label: all the raw materials and all the details that make up the KEP helmets are 100% nationally produced.

VALUES

ENTHUSIASM AND PASSION

Enthusiasm and passion are in the heart of every sportsman and woman and are the elements that lead to success. At KEP Italia, we too are motivated by these values in our daily work on safety development, knowing that this will enable us to continue to grow and evolve.

QUALITY AND TRUST

We produce the highest possible quality. Our objective is to produce the absolute best, offering helmets and accessories that will win the approval of our customers, earning their trust and loyalty to become partners in the choice of protective equipment for horse riding.

HORSE RIDER SAFETY

It is our daily responsibility to protect male and female horse riders by offering them the best in terms of technology, protection, quality and innovation.

STYLE AND ‘MADE IN ITALY’

We are great believers in the no-compromise ‘Made in Italy’ label: for this reason, all the components and details that make up our helmets and our accessories are 100% produced in Italy. And, in order to best represent Italian excellence, we follow very closely the latest fashions, offering models that are always perfectly on-trend.

THE ENVIRONMENT

We undertake to protect the environment. Our desire is to respect the environment in all areas of activity: we choose naturally treated and 100% safe materials only; we collect waste materials in special containers and promote environmentally sustainable disposal and the recycling of the different materials, choosing natural products for cleaning and for product conservation; and we encourage an overall eco-friendly style of working.

TYPE-APPROVALS AND CERTIFICATIONS

There are various types of type-approvals and safety certification with regard to horse riding helmets and each one has different requirements: this is why it is important to choose the helmet with the greatest number of certifications possible.

Each certification refers to a specific combination of standards to which the helmets must conform in order to be awarded the certification.

KEP Italia helmets are amongst the safest riding helmets in the world, these are:

The European CE, which refers to standard VG1 01.040 2014-12

The American and Canadian SEI, which refer to standard ASTM F1163/2015

The British IC MARK, which refers to standard VG1 01.040 2014-12

PresTeq bridle FaySport in action

9 Aug, 2020, No comments

On Friday, August 7, Tack Store IPPEAS met with Anete Brice, the owner of Eminent Sport Club and Horses, in order to hand her the demo FaySport bridle which will be used and tested on various sports horses by Anete herself and by one of our best riders Ģirts Bricis who represents the Sport de Lux club.

The first feedback from Anete and Ģirts is very positive! We are looking forward to more insights!

PresTeq bridle FaySport

6 Aug, 2020, No comments

"Practice like you have never won. Perform like you have never lost"

After extensive research into the anatomy of the horse’s head, PresTeq has developed the FaySport Bridle. This is the world’s only bridle with 12 anatomical properties, which create a bridle with optimal comfort for the horse. The bridle follows the contours of the horse’s head and evades important nerves, muscles, bones and joints. Without hindrance from the bridle, the horse will be able to optimally focus on his task and get the best connection possible with its rider.

The bridle also has various additional functionalities to provide convenience and flexibility for the rider. Making it the perfect tool for the serious rider and busy schedule. The bridle is made of vegetable tanned leather, which is gentle on the skin, durable and eco-friendly.

ANATOMICAL PROPERTIES

1. The special shape of the crown piece relieves the nuchal ligament and nerve endings at the top of the neck. The pressure is moved to two gel cushions on the sides of the neck.

2. The crown piece follows the shape of the ear base, allowing for optimal freedom of movement for the ears.

3. The PressTEQ attachment of the browband provides a smooth bottom surface and prevents pressure points.

4. The special shape of the crown piece avoids the TMJ joint, allowing optimal relaxation of the jaw.

5. The crown piece avoids the facial crest to prevent chafing.

6. By removing the unnecessary throat latch, the windpipe can no longer be obstructed or irritated.

7. The ElasTEQ system in the cheek pieces provides an elastic connection to the mouth and prevents too much pressure on top of the head.

8. The special shape of the noseband avoids the facial nerve opening in the skull.

9. The noseband does not put pressure on the molars and cheeks.

10. By using the provided elastic bit straps, pressure on the bars of the mouth will be reduced.

11. The noseband is placed high enough to avoid the tip of the nasal bone and also features gel padding.

12. The noseband is shaped to completely avoid the nostrils, allowing for optimal breathing.

Find additional information here: https://www.presteq.com/