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| Does anybody here run their horse in a bitless bridle? Looking for some information. If you do, reasons why? Where the best place to buy?? Any info greatly appreciated |
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Location: Somewhere around here | Burninbarrels9456 - 2018-03-27 9:28 PM
Does anybody here run their horse in a bitless bridle? Looking for some information. If you do, reasons why? Where the best place to buy?? Any info greatly appreciated
Like the official "bitless bridle"? Or just a hackamore? |
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Location: NE Texas | Burninbarrels9456 - 2018-03-27 10:28 PM
Does anybody here run their horse in a bitless bridle? Looking for some information. If you do, reasons why? Where the best place to buy?? Any info greatly appreciated
I have one in my trailer but never use it. I used it couple of times trail riding but I find it to be about the same as a halter so that's a no go on running barrels, for me, at least for the horses that I have. |
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| I used to own a Dr. Cook Bitless Bridle. I tried it on two different horses then sold it to a friend. One horse just figured out how to power through it, and the other horse hated it and threw a fit every time I used it on him. I wouldn't have tried taking those horses through the pattern with it. I also have a side pull that's basically a modified rope halter with extra knots. I trail ride with it, but I would never trust it to work at a barrel race. I don't feel like there's as much control there as with a bit. |
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| I haven't run in one but I had one, (just sold it) and I used it a little bit. It didn't offer me any refinement with my hands it was pull one way pull the other and maybe it was just the kind I had but it never really released their face it always was kinda "on". I did like it for riding bareback because sometimes I had some close calls and accidentally used their face for balance lol |
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Location: North Dakota | I ran my mare in a sidepull. I would work her during the week in a bettlehack or a mullen mouth lifter but in a run I tended to mess with her too much so a sidepull was a good option for us. She was really honest and had more than enough whoa so that was never an issue for us. She had some bad arthritis and can't run anymore and is off to raise some babies now but she loved that sidepull! |
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| Thanks Guys. I was just trying to do some research. We are going to be putting her in a Clampitt Hack. I’ve already been talking with him and he’s making her one that is built specifically for her situation. She came to me with some issues, nothing serious. Hoping this will work. |
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Location: North Texas | To me, a bitless bridle is a sidepull. Which, when trained in correctly is more effective than a bitted bridle................. |
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| Yes, I ride my horse in a bridle and I take only leather bridles and only from Dunn. Sometimes I experiment and buy from this list. https://leather-toolkits.com/reviews/best-bitless-bridle/ I use bridle because, I feel my horse better, we seem to be making a connection. Everyone has their own ways to bond with their pet. 
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| bettygrace - 2020-08-22 6:06 AM
Yes, I ride my horse in a bridle and I take only leather bridles and only from Dunn.
Sometimes I experiment and buy from this list. https://leather-toolkits.com/reviews/best-bitless-bridle/
I use bridle because, I feel my horse better, we seem to be making a connection. Everyone has their own ways to bond with their pet.
Thank you for the link to bitless bridles, I have been wanting to buy one. |
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