£500 to spend on a snaffle bridle, what would you choose?

WindyStacks said:
I love the look of the Stubben. I've only got an "ordinary" Stubben but have noticed that horses "go" much better in it than an off-the-peg cheapy. Stubben seem to be invested in developing tack which really fits and works.

I noticed in the first link you gave there was a trial option - worth a punt?
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Could well be - the Fairfax offers this too. The only thing that concerns me about the Stubben is that it is a little 'gimmicky'.
 
Not as "top end" as some of the others mentioned above, but I really like my sabre cordoba. The headpiece and noseband are super soft and well padded and the headpiece is one of those where the noseband does up on both sides, so there is no separate noseband strap going over the poll.
 
I've just had a made to measure bridle from don Harry saddlery and am really pleased with, loads of options on fit and style. A client of mine has just bought the fairfax, I rode the horse in it last week and was really impressed, way of going was much softer and lighter
 
Elite saddlery let you hire the Stubben freedom bridle for £30 to try it. I put it on my horse for the first time today. He is a medium dressage horse. I was stunned by the effect. From the first stride he was lighter, and more responsive both to hand and leg. Our usual problems of non-responsiveness just vanished. Remains to be seen if this is similar to the 'new bit' effect and will wear off, but I am a massive fan so far. I really wasn't expecting to be able to feel a difference. It makes me wonder if he was in real pain before. He often yaws when you put the bridle on and I could never find a cause.
 
Liz Hole said:
Elite saddlery let you hire the Stubben freedom bridle for £30 to try it. I put it on my horse for the first time today. He is a medium dressage horse. I was stunned by the effect. From the first stride he was lighter, and more responsive both to hand and leg. Our usual problems of non-responsiveness just vanished. Remains to be seen if this is similar to the 'new bit' effect and will wear off, but I am a massive fan so far. I really wasn't expecting to be able to feel a difference. It makes me wonder if he was in real pain before. He often yaws when you put the bridle on and I could never find a cause.
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Wow - sounds fabulous! I'd be really interested to hear how he is getting on in say a month's time. Interesting that it can help with non-responsiveness as well as with sharpness (that seems to be its USP due to the cut-away cheekpieces that improve the horse's vision).
 
Does Don Harry have a website? I struggled to find one when I looked last week. Thanks!

Thanks also for the Fairfax recommendation.
 
zigzag said:
Now I feel bad that my pony is in a £35 bridle from Robinsons lol :p
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Mine too. I just bought her a £7 Caldene sheepskin pad to put under the headpiece (from Robinsons too) and it feels really lush so hoping that will be as comfy as the padded comfort bridles for a fraction of the price :)

Anyone knows if testing done by Fairfax on bridles also include a regular bridle with sheepskin poll guard?
 
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If I had £500 for a bridle, I'd either have a made-to-measure (probably from Uisce Saddlery, because I like their headpieces) or a semi-bespoke from Native Pony Bridles - a proper old-fashioned hunter-type bridle with a good wide noseband and bridle-pointed ends on the straps. I mean, I might well get a sliphead and a curb rein too, for showing purposes, but it'd be in snaffle-bridle mode with a kimblewick for hunting.
 
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