Posted 2014-01-06 1:42 PM Subject: Horses with big jaws
Expert
Posts: 1631 Location: Somewhere around here
I'm just curious to see how many horses there are that had big jaws (or as I like to call them "pig jaws") and are hard to fit a throat latch on. My gelding is about 15.2 hands, semi stout, and has a clean throat latch area on him but I only have two pieces of leather that will actually fit him when I use a bridle. He was gelded with he was two years old so he doesn't have a stud jaw but I'm just curious if a lot of QH owners have this problem too.
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Posted 2014-01-06 3:51 PM Subject: RE: Horses with big jaws
Neat Freak
Posts: 11216 Location: Wonderful Wyoming
I like a QH with a big jaw and tiny muzzle, but you don't see them as much anymore it seems. Gelding at 2 shouldn't have made it, I usually see them on geldings that were gelded at 5+. Never had one I couldn't fit a throat latch on, good luck with that :)
Posted 2014-01-06 5:24 PM Subject: RE: Horses with big jaws
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Posts: 1631 Location: Somewhere around here
Haha I know, it's a little odd. His head isn't huge either. My husband just bought a bridle for me for Christmas from NRS and everything fits great but the throat latch. I usually have to ride is a single ear or just take the leather out for a regular browband headstall.
Horses with big jaws
