{"id":2139957,"date":"2020-12-10T13:40:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T13:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forelockandload.com\/?p=2139957"},"modified":"2024-03-13T14:02:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T14:02:40","slug":"samshield-frac-tail-coat-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/samshield-frac-tail-coat-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Samshield Frac Tail Coat Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This year, I\u2019ve made the step up to competing at international eventing competitions with my two boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Kirstie, I have been kitted out in the most stunning Samshield gear, including a beautiful tail coat.&nbsp; Having never ridden in a tail coat before, it was slightly daunting at first.  However, the light material of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forelockandload.com\/product\/samshield-frac-tail-coat-embroidery-black\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samshield Frac Tail Coat<\/a> and weighted tails made it feel like I was just riding in a normal jacket, with minimal flapping from the tails.  What I love most about this tail coat is the stunning embroidery around the cuff, back and collar, giving it an element of elegance about it, which is a must for dressage!  The fit is superior to other tail coats I tried on and it looked so tailored for an off the peg coat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My final event of the season was my first 2*L at Bicton Horse Trials in Devon.  I rode both my horses in my tails, and managed to score a personal best at international level which I was absolutely delighted with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am already looking forward to riding in it again next year, and I feel so grateful to have even been able to wear it this year, given all that has gone on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am incredibly grateful and proud to be a part of team Forelock and Load this year, I certainly wouldn\u2019t look and feel so smart without all their support!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"912\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2024\/03\/Tara-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2201351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2024\/03\/Tara-21.jpg 827w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2024\/03\/Tara-21-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2024\/03\/Tara-21-768x847.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, I\u2019ve made the step up to competing at international eventing competitions with my two boys. Thanks to Kirstie, I have been kitted out in the most stunning Samshield gear, including a beautiful tail coat.&nbsp; Having never ridden in a tail coat before, it was slightly daunting at first. However, the light material of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":2200422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[13,98,138],"class_list":{"0":"post-2139957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-equestrian","8":"tag-forelock-and-load","9":"tag-samshield","10":"tag-tail-coat"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2020\/12\/Tara-2.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Kirstie","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/author\/kirstie\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2020\/12\/Tara-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2139957"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2201352,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139957\/revisions\/2201352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2200422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2139957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2139957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/flld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2139957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}