Women's Leather Galluses

Claiborne Farms.

She greets me with a nod (we're too good of friends to mark this moment with spoken words).

She's leaning against the rail, tense, watching her mare get in extra work before her maiden race today.

She's wearing these.

Women's Leather Galluses (No. 6299). Handmade in Kentucky by master saddler Claire Painter. Soft, full-grain leather. Solid brass buckles.