KM Elite Headcollar Pastle Blue - Small

KM Elite Padded Headcollar – Pastel Blue, Small

Pastel blue is one of the softer shades in the KM Elite headcollar range, and this is the Small fitting. That name is worth pausing on: in KM Elite's own size run, Small is the Large Pony size, while the genuinely small pony takes the XS below it. If you are buying for a 12hh native, check which of the two you actually need.

Construction is the same throughout the range — double and triple weave lined nylon with a padded headpiece and nosepiece, brass-colour clips and a throat lash clip. The padding is the part that earns its money on a pony that lives in its headcollar between lessons.

Performance & Benefits

• Padded at the poll and nose, which matters most on ponies handled by children who pull the headcollar on quickly.
• Double and triple weave lined nylon webbing, which is what gives the headcollar its stiffness and its life on a busy yard.
• Soft padded headpiece and nosepiece, placed where a plain nylon headcollar normally marks a horse.
• Brass-colour clips and fittings throughout, including a throat lash clip.
• The throat lash clip lets you fasten the headcollar round the neck first, which helps with a horse that lifts its head away from you.
• Made in the same colour across KM Elite's matching lead ropes, so a set can be kept together per horse.

Suitable For

• Everyday handling — catching, leading, tying up, grooming and travelling.
• Large ponies, roughly 13hh to 14.2hh, on KM Elite's Small fitting.
• Ponies handled several times a day by more than one person.
• Yards that colour-code headcollars so the right one goes on the right horse.
• Too big for a Shetland or a first pony — the XS (Small Pony), XXS (Colt) and XXXS (Shetland) fittings cover those.

How to Use

• Fit the noseband about two fingers below the cheekbone, well clear of the soft part of the nose.
• You should be able to slide a flat hand under the noseband and two fingers under the cheekpiece.
• Adjust at the headpiece buckle, and use the throat lash clip rather than threading the whole headcollar over the ears.
• Hand wash in warm water and air dry naturally. Do not tumble dry.
• Rinse mud and sweat off before it dries into the weave, which is what stiffens nylon webbing over time.

Specification

• Double and triple weave lined nylon, with a padded headpiece and nosepiece.
• Brass-colour clips and fittings, including a throat lash clip.
• Colour Pastel Blue, size Small. KM Elite's size run is XXXS (Shetland), XXS (Colt), XS (Small Pony), Small (Large Pony), Medium (Cob), Large (Full) and XL (XFull).
• KM Elite product code 1011109.
• KM Elite's current published colour list for this headcollar runs to thirteen shades and does not include a Pastel Blue; the photograph is the better guide to the exact shade supplied.
• KM Elite publish no neck, nose or headpiece measurements for these fittings, so none are stated here.
• KM Elite describe the clips and fittings as brass-colour; older retail copy calls them solid brass, and the manufacturer's wording is the one used here.

Care & Caution

• This is not a breakaway headcollar. The webbing and fittings are made not to give, so do not leave it on a horse turned out, loose in a stable or unattended in a trailer.
• Tie to a loop of baler twine rather than straight to a fixed ring, so something breaks before the horse does.
• Recheck the fit as the horse changes shape through the year — a headcollar left a hole too tight is what causes rubs on the nose and poll.