Crupper pad assembly with tail bag

A crupper pad in combination with a tail crupper, and the crupper pad being interposable between the tail crupper of a tail set and a horse's tail and rump to pad the horse's tail and rump from the tail cropper, the crupper pad comprising:

• a flexible padding material having a perimeter, a longitudinal axis, a crupper side, a tail side, a base and, and a tail end;
• the flexible padding material including:
• a first section having a first substantially continuous width for padding a first portion of the crupper;
• a second section having a second substantially continuous width for padding a second portion of the crupper;
• and
• a length sufficiently long to cover a tail rest of the crupper and wrap under a base of the crupper.

A tail bag in combination with a crupper pad for inhibiting feces, urine, dirt, and other contaminates from soiling a horse's tail, the tail bag comprising:

• a flexible sheet material defining an internal cavity and having a top, a bottom, and an opening to the internal cavity, the flexible sheet material being operable to inhibit feces, urine, dirt, and other contaminates from soiling a horse's tail;
• a first attachment mechanism connected to the sheet material for connection to a tail set adjacent and above the horse's anus;
• a second attachment mechanism connected to the sheet material for connection to a tail set adjacent and above the horse's anus;
• and
• at least one of the first and second attachment mechanisms adapted to pass through a ring of a crupper of a tail set.