BITLESS RIDERS

Hi, welcome to the forum! There are lots of both here. :)

My Mollie's unshod, and I do have Dr Cooke copy (cheap on ebay!) "cross-under" bitless bridle, but at the moment she seems to be going better in a snaffle. :)

If you use the search facility (on the dark red bar) you'll find lots and lots of debates and advice re going barefoot. :)
 
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Yes Malaga and I (and little Blue) :)
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Thanks for your warm welcome !

Great to see like minded people on here brave enough to be different

Pics are great, all the horses look happy !! :)
 
I used to ride my TB gelding in a Dr Cooks bitless - he was fantastic in it. He much preferred it to his snaffle.
Both my horses are unshod/barefoot - one because she is a youngster, although I hope to be able to keep her barefoot and the other due to navicular an a multitude of other lameness problems!
Welcome to the forum!
 
Diamonds Lane said:
Thanks for your warm welcome !

Great to see like minded people on here brave enough to be different

Pics are great, all the horses look happy !! :)
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Hi,

I don't know that it is a question of being brave at all :)

Rather that sometimes it just suits, sometimes it is cheaper, I have 10 horses I shudder at the shoeing bill for that lot :eek: They are barefoot because they are unshod, I wouldn't touch any of the local barefoot butchers in my area with a bargepole!
 
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Welcome to the forum.

After much study and research mine are barefoot and I ride and drive with a Dr Cook's and I have a Barefoot treeless saddle.
 
Love the chariot jingle joys !
No when I said brave I didn't mean to actually rude bitless took bravery a lot of horses we ride in fact ride better bitless. No I meant brave to be different and break from tradition lol
Keep it up folks !!
 
Diamonds Lane said:
Love the chariot jingle joys !
No when I said brave I didn't mean to actually rude bitless took bravery a lot of horses we ride in fact ride better bitless. No I meant brave to be different and break from tradition lol
Keep it up folks !!
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It's only tradition in this country. I once spent a very happy summer in America teaching riding at a summer camp. All the horses were trained to western style riding, and none of them had bits. They were all very happy and relaxed, and it meant that the children couldn't jab them in the mouth when learning to trot. :)
 
We're bitless, treeless and barefoot at the mo. Bitless is probably temporary, it was bought because pone had to have a tooth out and wanted him to stay in work. Having said that, he goes well in it (though not quite as responsive).
 
It's not that "different" now tbh. There's such a big barefoot/treeless/bitless/"natural" movement these days that to do so is not at all unusual.

When I returned to horses after my long break, I was at first surprised to see so many bitless bridles, and horses out on roads without shoes (very frowned on in the '70s) but it's really quite normal now.
 
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