The lanyard connects the airbag to the saddle strap and comes with each airbag. The equestrian airbag lanyard connects directly to the piston with a key-ball that will activate the CO2 cartridge in case of a fall. Each airbag comes with the lanyard installed. Simply attach the carabiner to the saddle strap to install it.
The key-ball lanyard is connected to the trigger mechanism that will activate the CO2 gas cartridge in case of a fall. It comes installed and ready-to-use with all airbags.