Check the bridle as well as the bit.
Tossing their head, avoiding the contact, rubbing their head the moment the bridle comes off. A lot of horses are telling us something about their bridle. Ours are shaped around the sensitive parts of the head to take the pressure off.
Where a headpiece sits.
The poll
A shaped, padded headpiece that spreads the pressure over the base of the poll.
The ears
Shaped around the base of the ears yet padded to provide additional comfort.
The cranial nerve
An offset throatlash that helps avoid pressure on the cranial nerves.
What your horse is telling you.
Tossing their head or avoiding the contact. Rubbing their head as soon as the bridle comes off. Dry patches in the sweat under the headpiece. Any of these can point to pressure at the poll, bulk or pressure around the TMJ, pressure on the facial nerves, or a noseband that's overtightened.
Expert bridle fitting, from your own yard.
Send us three photos of your horse in their current bridle and a few details about them. One of our qualified bridle fitters will review them and get back to you with advice on size, style and fit, just as they would in person.
They check the headpiece and poll, browband length, noseband position, cheekpiece length, and that everything sits evenly on both sides.
Our best-selling bridles.
Anatomical bridles in the finest English Sedgwick leather.
Between sizes? Build it part by part.
Choose the headpiece, browband and noseband separately, each in the size that fits.
