FROM the ‘batman’ to the ‘red hood’, headgear is becoming increasingly visible in equestrian sport these days. While it’s not a new thing (remember Secretariat storming to victory in his signature blue and white checked blinker hood in the 1973 Triple Crown?) there are innovations being made and various hoods from calming to therapeutic are becoming a familiar addition to tack boxes of every discipline.

Racing hoods and ‘the red hood’