what color bridle for a bay?

[marta]

i'm going to get my mare a beta bridle, probably from tayloredtack.com
but once again i'm stuck on the color selection.
she's a bay. no white. solid bay. average head. large eyes:) my saddle is brown, i use a white mattes. most of our other accessories are blue. the quarter sheet is blue with yellow trim.

any ideas of what i should get?

my gf has a lovely yellow beta one for her chestnut mare and i just love the contrast but i'm not sure if that would be the right color for us.

[deltawave]

Hmmm, brown? :) I'm not much for colored tack.

[marta]

hmmm... brown?
did i mention yellow?;)

[PolymerChem]

Why not go with the royal blue? Bays are supposed to look good in bold jewel tones like blue/purple/red. The bright blue should also have a nice contrast and would (hopefully) match your other accessories.

[marta]

yeah, i was looking at the royal blue as well... really it makes sense given the amount of blue accessories we own;)

[TheHunterKid90]

a nice dark oiled brown would be nice! :yes:

[rabicon]

Are you wanting a bridle to play at home in or to show in :confused: If you are showing then of course brown unless you are a western rider doing games or something. If its for at home I like bright royal blue and puprle on bays and white.

[marta]

good question.

when we did compete we did endurance, so we were not bound by the classical black or brown. she's rehabbing now from a torn suspensory and will likely not return to competition, but regardless, the colorful bridles are accepted even if we were competing.

we're just walking under tack now. i competed her in a bitless bridle but since i really can't take a chance with her running around on me now given the rehab, i have been riding her with the bit. i'm borrowing my gf's old leather bridle for that and really need to get my own nice bridle that fits her well.

[Katie-Nicole]

I'm a traditional hunter princess/dressage diva. One that matches the saddle.

[Simkie]

I bet royal blue with some yellow inlay or lining would look awesome :)

If you'd like a more traditional look, brown lined with royal blue would be more subtle, but still different.

[TwoDreamRides]

My boy says blue looks GRRRRRRRREAT on bays!
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=17245865&albumID=1249505&imageID=50086495

[marta]

i can't see the photo. it says that we must be "friends" for me to see it.

Simkie

I thought the blue and yellow inlay would be great, too, but my sister (a DQ) screamed that she is not a circus pony so i hesitated. or maybe i could do yellow padding w/ royal blue bridle?

Katie Nicole

we're way past traditional... no way we're turning back now;)