Bitless bridle
Bitless bridles are alternatives to bridle on bridle or curb. They are used for example in the training of young horses and in horses that have an injury in the mouth area, in the mouth are overly sensitive or overly hard.
In some recreational riders bitless bridles are popular because suspected of them that they are gentler than Trensenzäumungen. This is not, in most cases correct or depends on the rider and its sensitivity from in handling the reins. In bitless bridles, a distinction between those that act on the nose or neck without leverage, and those that interact with through enhanced suits force on the nose, chin and / or neck, similar to a curb. However, the horse can not escape by yielding the reins in his mouth pressure. The forces are transmitted directly, depending on the bridle on the bridge of the nose or neck, which makes a particularly careful handling reins necessary.
Depending on the objective, rider and horse bridles are better suited with or without teeth. In dressage competitions bitless bridles are not allowed, but partially allowed in jumping. In addition, they are often used by traveling horsemen, because the horse can eat during the breaks without teeth, without having to be abgezäumt.
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Cavesson
The cavesson is mostly used for lunging and ground work. He is a denture loose halter, which is used primarily when training with young horses and in the hand work to make it not blunt in its mouth. In southwestern Europe the local variants of the cavesson ( serreta, Caveçon ) are often used for breaking in, and often thereafter for riding.
Lunge or lead rope are generally mounted in the middle of the three Kappzaumringe, which are located on the nose piece. Characterized pressure on the nose is exerted when they are received. Reins or riding bridle are hooked in the two lateral rings. In the course of the training cavesson can be combined with a set of teeth with separate reins to slowly introduce the young horse to the use of the dentition.
Cavesson at the Spanish Riding School
The cavesson used at the Spanish Riding School consists essentially of a twice broken nose iron. The middle part of the nose iron is adapted specifically for each stallion at the bridge of the nose in order to ensure an optimal fit. On this piece also sit the three rings, the two outer rigid and the middle one is revolving. The nose iron is covered with leather and additional padding. The cavesson is buckled snugly with a chin and a Ganaschenriemen.
Heavy cavesson
The most common severe in Germany cavesson consists of a fixed verschnallten, padded nose iron. This is well rest on the bridge of the nose of the horse, to enable a safe and clear leadership and to avoid chafing of the muzzle. The nose iron is usually composed of three hingedly interconnected steel bands about 3 mm thick, 10 cm long and 2-3 cm wide. At each of these three steel bands, a ring is attached. The thick Posterung is the effect on the horse with the help of heavy Kappzaums rather imprecise and vague, if it is not matched exactly.
Serreta
The serreta is the classic Iberian Ausbildungszäumung. When serreta the nose iron consists of a customizable due to the shape of the horses nose, often toothed on the inside, leather -clad steel bracket. The advantage of serreta against most other Kappzäumen is that the nose- iron lunging or leading to the upper ring can not rotate, which is why no back belt is required at this cavesson. The serreta is the sharpest -looking cavesson and therefore belongs in experienced, delicate hands. In rough or inexperienced hands can cause injury serreta whose scars can be seen in imported from Spain or Portugal horses sometimes. Similar to the Western Riding, California, the horses are changed directly from the serreta on the curb, both bridles are used in parallel in the changeover period. Here, the two lateral rings of the serreta be used as rings for the bridle reins. Serretas are not suitable for all horses. For warm-blooded animals Serretas are often not to make them fit, because they are sized for the smaller heads of Iberian horses.
Caveçon
In the south of France Caveçon the nose piece consists of a chain which runs in a leather hose. However, there are also known sharp variations with bare bicycle or motorcycle chains and noseband. Also the Caveçon should only be used by sensitive, experienced riders and trainers.
Pluvinel
A named after the classical riding master Antoine de Pluvinel variant of Caveçon or serreta comes out with a pure leather noseband, in the usual three rings are riveted. The Pluvinel is considered Cavesson with the gentlest effect. However, there is often the problem is that the upper ring twisted when lunging to the side when the chin strap is not strong strapped.
California Hackamore ( Bosal )
The Californian (also true ) hackamore consists of two parts: the Bosal and mecate. A Bosal we made Rinderrohhaut and rests on the bridge of the nose of the horse. This is the goal mecate is knotted under the chin, which consists of a closed reins with a lead rope. The mecate is basically made of horsehair or nylon and is available in different sizes and thicknesses. The signaling of the Bosal is mainly on the bridge of the nose, under the chin, as well as by applying the mecate on the horse's neck. Depending on the level of training and suitability of different thicknesses Bosals Mecates and are used with the aim of Hilfegebung refine and on.
In the California tradition of western riding the horse is completely formed with the hackamore before it is converted directly, without going through a bridle, to the spade bit (a type of curb ). This traditional, lengthy training path is now trodden by only a few lovers.
Colombian Bosal
The Colombian Bosal consists of two parts: the Bosal (nose piece ) and a Barbada ( chin piece ). The Colombian Bosal is approximately four to five fingers wide buckled over the top Nüsternrand. It should not be buckled too deep because there damage the sensitive nasal cartilage, hinders breathing and pain can be prepared. Between the chin and the horses chin for at least two upright fingers should fit. The Bosal should not be too tight buckled, so that the horse can chew. The nose piece and chin piece, there is made of leather, braided or twisted rawhide, metal or nylon. The width of the contact surface on the bridge of the nose can vary from thin to finger holster wide. The nose pieces come in different versions, for example, with two inlaid wooden beads or metal inserts, which serve a precise action on the bridge of the nose. Depending on the nature of the effect ranges from mild to very spicy.
Are located on the Barbada in the middle two rings for Einschnallen a second pair of reins. The side reins on the bosal is used to bend and direction instructions. The lower pair of reins on the Barbada is mainly used for meeting and for stopping. The Colombian Bosal can also be combined with a bite, then a pair of reins on a Bosal and are attached to the teeth.
Mechanical hackamore
The mechanical hackamore is a bitless bridle with suits, which is used by many amateur riders. Even the slightest Zügelzug hard pressure on the delicate chin nerve, the nasal bone and the neck is exercised. The suits are kept under the horse's chin with a cross bar at the correct distance. Therefore, they may only be performed with one hand, or she tilts. There are mechanical Hack Cupids with curved and straight, long and short suits, chin strap with wrapped bicycle chain and other differences. Long and straight suits seem sharpest. Softest affects the English hackamore which, with the short bent suits nose, cheeks, chin strap and reins are attached to lateral metal crosses.
The mechanical hackamore does not allow any trend- signaling and is therefore very experienced riders reserved. It was invented at the rodeo in order to control completely verrittene and mouth become numb horses. The substantial leverage and the potentiated with improper handling or accidents risk of injury to the horse rebut the presumption, denture -less riding is easy on the horse per se.
Sidepull
The Sidepull has, is the form of a halter with reinforced noseband, which consists of waxed lasso rope and a loose ring around the horse's mouth. Right and left are rings attached to the noseband to which the reins are hooked. The sidepull acts only on the nose and has its origin in the Western cavalry, be ridden in with his help young horses. The sidepull is here with a clear lateral train - hence the name - established to make it easier for the young horse to learn the sideways driving aids. Therefore, the side pull is never alone, but always applied with legs, weight or reins means of the opposite rein, which is only applied to the neck. Since the lasso rope is rough, it is for the Dressage Riding, which requires a constant analogy of the horse, not suitable and has not lost in the hands of a beginner riding.
In the U.S., another version of the Sidepulls is known, the so-called training Bridle, similar to the Dr Cook Webbing Bitless Bridle, with soft Webnasenband.
Lindel
The Lindel has the same shape as the side pull, except that the nose strap is made of leather and is relatively tightly buckled to the horse's mouth. Since this type of bridle is very soft for the horse, it is very well suited for beginners. In dressage you come here, however, quickly reached because the Hilfengebung which is unclear. For recreational riders and riding this type of bridle is, however, well suited, where it must be noted that a restless horse in the field can be sometimes difficult to control with a Lindel.
Scawbrig
The Scawbrig is an English invention that a recreational rider can easily customize yourself. On a Hanoverian noseband with shorter cheek pieces a rein is pulled through the two rings instead of chin strap. You can also drag a soft chain through the rings and attach to this a pair of reins or attach the reins to the rings. It is a simple bridle, which is well suited for walking riding. For fixed Zügelzug the belt can rub on the chin.
More bitless bridles
In addition to the best-known and most commonly used bridles still exists a variety of other, differing more or less in shape, application and effect. Among other things, the Bändele, a bridle of Fred Rai, consisting of only a thin rope around the nose and neck and angeflochtene closed reins has, and the merothische noseband that works with chin crossed reins.
Wheel of Fortune
The Wheel of Fortune, also known as LG Bridle is the relatively recent invention of the German horse trainer Monika Lehmenkühler. On a sechsspeichigen wheel nose, cheeks and chin strap and reins are attached. The wheel of fortune turns easily at Zügelzug and therefore acts as a mild mechanical hackamore. It can be ridden with suits and two pairs of reins. The Wheel of Fortune is similar to handle a snaffle. With chin strap, it has a mild, medium hot for two-tier curb chain, curb chain for single-row sharp. However, horses often defend against the latter version. In a not suited to the horse bridle the curb chain is largely ineffective. In a test of the magazine Cavallo had several good rider problems keeping their horses with this bridle fine tuned. In a further test of the transmitter NDR presented show jumping, dressage riders and recreational riders no difference in handling to normal snaffle fixed.
Bitless Bridle
Robert Cook, an American veterinarian, takes the view that dentures obstruct breathing by stimulating the mouth activity and promote the flow of saliva. This could lead to products choking and bleeding in the respiratory tract in racehorses. In addition, dentures would be the cause of a large number of other diseases, such as headshaking, into consideration. Pathological changes in the jaw bone and disorders of the masticatory system are due under certain circumstances it. These results have not been reproduced by experts.
Robert Cook sells the Bitless Bridle, acting on the bridge of the nose, the jowls and neck. The rein pressure is distributed over a larger area than in the bridle, which acts only in the mouth. It Cook sees an advantage. The headpiece is the usual bridle and the reins are crossed instead of Kehl belt strapped. In Germany, a design is produced in which the reins runs continuously behind the headpiece of noseband. For driving a special sports model was developed. Long winter coat can become entangled in the reins may belts because they are led around the entire head. The Bitless Bridle is unsuitable for riders and riders with a heavy hand, as it then can push uncomfortable in the neck, and the horse does not, as with a Anbindehalfter, dodge.