Elvencraft Barding:
Elven knights favour fast, graceful ponies and chargers as their steeds.
The elves developed appropriately light, supple barding for their special
mounts. Elvencraft barding costs 150gp more than regular masterwork barding. The
rider of a mount wearing elvencraft barding gains +2 circumstance bonus on Ride
checks when coaxing their mount to make a leap. Elvencraft barding weighs 5
pounds less than regular barding (to a minimum of 5 lbs.) Removing and fitting
elvencraft barding only takes three times as long as it would take to remove or
don regular armour, instead of five times.
Taken from Dragon Magazine #331 May 2005 by Amber
E. Scott.
Last Updated: 5th September 2005
Based on the entries in Player's Handbook 3.5 Page 131, and Dragon Magazines