KM Elite Headcollar Yellow - Cob

KM Elite Padded Headcollar – Yellow, Cob (Medium)

Cob is KM Elite's Medium fitting, and it is a genuinely different shape from a pony size rather than the same headcollar with more strap — cobs carry more nose and jaw, and a headcollar that is merely lengthened rides up. This one is in yellow, the brightest of the shades KM Elite currently publish.

The headpiece and nosepiece are padded, which is worth having on the sort of stocky, heavy-headed animal that leans into a headcollar rather than following it. Fittings are brass-colour, including the throat lash clip.

Performance & Benefits

• Cut for the depth of a cob's head rather than simply run longer than a pony size.
• 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.
• Cob (Medium), between Small (Large Pony) and Large (Full).
• Cobs, cobby natives and heavier ponies in regular work.
• Yards that colour-code headcollars so the right one goes on the right horse.
• Not enough room for a full-size horse — Large (Full) and XL (XFull) are the fittings above it.

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 Yellow, size Cob (Medium). 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 1002073.
• 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.