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Dear wofahulicodoc: Remember the wide gulf between English and Western riding styles
I believe "crupper" is and English term. I don't ever remember seeing one on a Western
saddle. And if there were one, the cowboys would ;have called it something else.

Incidentally, there is a related term - "come a cropper" meaning to fall off your horse;
or as a metaphor to have some notable misadventure.


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Carpal Tunnel
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So this is what they meant by señal del ataharre por debajo de la cola, en las nalgas de la caballería?


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...the wide gulf between English and Western riding styles.
I believe "crupper" is an English term.


Yes. On the other hand, the URL I cited sited? or even sighted? :-) has another section on English saddles, and "crupper" isn't mentioned on that part either. So perhaps it has another name too, used by some people somewhere...


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