Safety crupper

A safety crupper adapted for use with horses engaged in trot and amble races, the crupper comprising:

• an elongated brace manually adjustable in length, said brace having a first folded loop at a first end and a second folded loop at a second and opposite end;
• an elongated tang having a slot at a first end and having a second and opposite end, said second folded loop extending through the slot to secure the second end of the brace to said tang;
• first and second elongated legs coplanar with the tang, each leg having a first end and a second end and being secured at the first end thereof to the second end of the tang, the separation between the legs being a minimum at the tang and increasing to a maximum at the two second ends of the legs;
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• an arc secured at each of two ends thereof to a corresponding one of the legs at the second end thereof, said arc defining a tail hanger for a horse, said tail hanger having a hollow elastomer outer body and a metal wire insert,
• said wire being provided with joining means having graded and controlled yielding, said joining means being situated at said slot in order to assure that the crupper will break just at the joining means when the crupper is in use and the horse falls.