Protective headgear for horses

Protective headgear for horses comprising:

• means for substantially covering the complete head of a horse except for the ears, eyes, mouth and nose portions, including;
• a face mask of a configuration to substantially conform to the head of a horse, the face mask as viewed from the side having a slightly convexly curved upper edge, a narrow lower edge and side edges converging from the top to the bottom edge, a pair of spaced openings near the top edge and spaced on each side thereof to receive the ears of the horse, a pair of farther apart spaced eye openings, one at each side of the face mask to accommodate the eyes of the horse, eye blinker cups secured to the outer edge of the eye openings, a protective flap member for the poll and neck of the horse hinged to the face mask at its upper rear edge, both the face mask and the protective flap member being lined with a soft protective padding, means for securing the face mask beneath the jaw of the horse, and further means for adjustably securing the side edges of the protective flap member to the rear side edges of the face mask.