The Tack Room: The Story of Saddlery and Harness in 27 Equine Disciplines

Polo, horse-racing, show jumping, endurance riding, ploughing, pit ponies, mounted police, carriage driving: all these different activities require different tack.

Paula Sells shows how the tack used in 27 different disciplines has become specialised for each. She describes the tack rooms and their contents, conversations with the owners and the history, current status and challenges of each discipline.

Each tack room has been selected for its importance in the discipline it represents: Bad...