Light Barding (AEG)

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==Padded Barding (AC 6)==
This style of quilted barding has only minor protective value, giving the mount an AC bonus of 1. In the standard AD&D® game campaign, padded barding is functionally the same as leather barding and weighs 60 pounds. Padded barding tends to wear out rapidly with use.
Halflings and elves occasionally use this type of armor on their ponies and light horses. Half Padded: Half padded barding gives protection only to the front and front sides of the mount. It is used mainly in poorer or less civilized cultures. In more civilized cultures, parade decorations might be considered half padded. This protection weighs a mere 25 pounds.
==Leather Barding (AC 6)==
This barding is the most common type of light barding. Leather barding has most of the characteristics of the leather armor worn by warriors. Among humans, leather barding is used primarily by irregular horsemen and occasional bands of nomads, whose mounts are usually smaller and able to carry less weight than the specially bred mounts of civilized lands. Leather barding weighs 60 pounds.
Halflings and elves tend to use leather on their light mounts. Halfling barding is usually decorated with colorful beads and bits of shells.
Although dwarves and gnomes generally don't use barding, they will occasionally make leather barding to protect pack mules and similar animals.
Humanoids, if they use barding on their mounts at all, often make use of this type.
Half Leather: This is leather barding that protects only the front half of the horse. It weighs 30 pounds.