KM Elite Headcollar Red - XL

KM Elite Padded Headcollar – Red, XL (XFull)

XL is the top of KM Elite's size run, sold as XFull, and it exists because a Full headcollar simply does not do up on a big warmblood, a heavy hunter or anything with draught blood in it. If you have been running the last hole on a Full and the noseband still sits high, this is the one.

Red is among the more visible colours in the range, which is useful on a horse that stands at the back of a field. Build is double and triple weave lined nylon with a padded headpiece and nosepiece, brass-colour clips and a throat lash clip.

Performance & Benefits

• The largest fitting KM Elite make, for heads that a Full size will not close around.
• 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.
• XL (XFull), above Large (Full) at the top of KM Elite's run.
• Warmbloods, heavy hunters, draught horses and anything with a long or deep head.
• Yards that colour-code headcollars so the right one goes on the right horse.
• Far too big for a cob or pony — the Medium (Cob), Small (Large Pony) and XS (Small Pony) fittings cover that end.

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 Red, size XL (XFull). 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 1002065.
• 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.