Recent content by frperruccio

Totally agree. There needs to be other ways to judge it, because the horse will never win!

Some horses are just so accustomed to having been broken in with loads of contact that they get quite nervy without any pressure at all! totally agree. Just depends horse to horse..

Thats the dream!!! It took me a while to figure out how to really be able to engage with my horse without needing to crank the noseband...every horse is different and some need more patience than others but i believe that it should be loose no matter what!!

Thanks so much! I know, I realised that like a month ago, but I don't want to change the survey because then half the people who have already answered won't have filled it properly... I think I might make a second survey to differentiate... I think it didn't cross my mind because I've personally...

I saw this too!! I can't believe theres still discrepancy and disagreement in international regulation for noseband tightness..unbelievable! Interestingly enough i'm currently collecting research about nosebands for my dissertation. For the proposal i had to do a lot of reading around and these...

Thats definitely so so low and extremely uncomfortable for the poor horse. Sad... I'm actually currently collecting research about nosebands and how other riders view their own practices with bridles for my dissertation. If anyone has a spare second it would be a great help to fill out the...