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  • Thumbnail for Scold's bridle
    framework that enclosed the head (although some bridles were masks that depicted suffering). A bridle-bit (or curb-plate), about 5 cm × 2.5 cm (2 in × 1 in)...
    13 KB (1,320 words) - 20:25, 5 March 2024
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    pressure. A bridle utilizing only a snaffle bit is often called a "snaffle bridle", particularly in the English riding disciplines. A bridle that carries...
    10 KB (1,506 words) - 22:43, 13 March 2024
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    1). Headgear without a bit that uses a noseband to control a horse is called a hackamore, or, in some areas, a bitless bridle. There are many different...
    21 KB (3,108 words) - 01:21, 25 March 2024
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    location and control. The bit, bridle and reins function together to give control of the horse's head to the rider. The bit applies pressure to the horse's...
    17 KB (2,338 words) - 15:21, 5 January 2024
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    special bridle, known as a gag bridle; others are used with a standard bridle. Inside the horse's mouth, the gag bit may be jointed like a snaffle bit or smooth...
    6 KB (943 words) - 02:34, 5 February 2024
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    traditional "curb bit" used mainly by Western riders. Kimblewicks or "Kimberwickes" are modified curb bits, and a curb bit is used in a double bridle along with...
    12 KB (1,845 words) - 03:54, 12 March 2024
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    shank bridle bits in Icelandic horses, Crescendo bits, straight non-articulated mullen bits and straight plastic bits in trotters. While bits have been...
    30 KB (3,519 words) - 22:03, 18 March 2024
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    The bit shank is the side piece or cheekpiece of a curb bit, part of the bridle, used when riding on horses. The bit shank allows leverage to be added...
    11 KB (1,612 words) - 03:43, 26 December 2022
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    shanks on a curb bit. These pieces do not go inside the mouth, but rather are the parts of a bit that are outside the mouth, where the bridle and reins attach...
    29 KB (4,456 words) - 17:17, 9 January 2024
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    double bridle, and like a double bridle it normally has "double" reins: a set of curb reins and a set of snaffle reins. Because it has a bit shank and...
    10 KB (1,570 words) - 23:06, 22 November 2022
  • sometimes depicted as the scold's bridle, uses similar mechanics to that of the common horse bit. The scolds bridle however, is almost always associated...
    6 KB (846 words) - 20:08, 18 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Double bridle
    double bridle, also called a full bridle or Weymouth bridle, is a bridle that has two bits and four reins (sometimes called "double reins"). One bit is the...
    26 KB (4,000 words) - 02:41, 11 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for On the bit
    the bit", "behind the bit" and "above the bit" are equestrian terms used to describe a horse's posture relative to the reins and the bridle bit. A position...
    2 KB (294 words) - 02:46, 6 November 2023
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    attachment for the cheekpieces of the bridle and for the reins. It also has an effect on the action of the bit. Therefore, the design of the ring is something...
    15 KB (2,280 words) - 21:06, 22 August 2023
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    of leather, nylon, metal, or other materials, and attach to a bridle via either its bit or its noseband. Reins are used to give subtle commands or cues...
    7 KB (969 words) - 13:22, 22 August 2023
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    Madhya Pradesh, have been postulated as either full foot stirrups or bridle bits. Some credit the nomadic Central Asian group known as the Sarmatians...
    33 KB (4,352 words) - 07:19, 24 March 2024
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    Hackamore (redirect from Cherokee Bridle)
    hackamore; a noseband is generally used in conjunction with a bit and bridle. Like a bit, a hackamore can be gentle or harsh, depending on the hands of...
    22 KB (2,994 words) - 21:33, 23 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Liverpool bit
    A Liverpool bit, also known as a balloon bit, is a type of horse control bit of English origin. Like all bridle bits, it consists of a metal part, to which...
    12 KB (1,366 words) - 02:12, 28 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Bitless bridle
    bitless bridle is a general term describing a wide range of headgear for horses or other animals that controls the animal without using a bit. Direction...
    20 KB (2,657 words) - 22:17, 21 August 2023
  • Horse tack (section Bridles)
    animals. This equipment includes such items as saddles, stirrups, bridles, halters, reins, bits, and harnesses. Equipping a horse is often referred to as tacking...
    23 KB (3,408 words) - 19:06, 9 November 2023
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