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The Legendary Alamar Knot |
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The training of the famed California bridle horse follows traditions from Europe and the Middle East brought to an even higher level of finesse on our great ranchos.
A badge of honor, the alamar knot was tied in a mane hair mecate when the California stock horse had graduated to become a bridle horse. Two coils of the mecate were draped over the horse's neck with the knot proudly worn on the horse's chest. This set him apart as a finished bridle horse. It could also be slipped up toward the throat latch with the lead run through the bosalita to lead. Today, the alamar is preserved by a knowledgeable remnant on their horses and sometimes in their homes. The martingale or choker was created as an "excuse" to add silver to an outfit. As part of the growing interest in the vaquero, we are seeing a welcome resurgence of the alamar as an emblem of the renaissance of the horse culture of the Pacific Slope
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