Bridle falling off

[hollyhardy32]

I recently fully clipped my ISH for the first time since owning her and since then her bridle keeps falling off when I’m riding her.
We’ll be walking down the road and she’ll shake her head (not aggressively at all) and it’ll just drop off over her ears.
I’ve had a saddle/bridle fitter out recently to get them to see if it is the correct fit and she said there was absolutely nothing wrong so couldn’t understand why it keeps flying off.
She does also wear as ear bonnet, but that hasn’t affected it staying on in the past.
Any suggestions as to why this is happening and what I can do to stop it?

 

[bouncing_ball]

Take ear bonnet off? Likely to make it worse.

 

[rabatsa]

Ear bonnet off and plait the forelock and a bit of mane together over the top to help hold it in place.

 

[hollyhardy32]

Ear bonnet off and plait the forelock and a bit of mane together over the top to help hold it in place.

Fab advice, thank you!

 

[Red-1]

Ear bonnets are renowned for it, sadly. Especially the noise reducing ones, but any are worse than a bridle alone.

If flies are a bother, I use a fine mesh fly mask over the top of the bridle.

 

[[153312]]

as above you can plait forelock round the browband then put a mask on over the top (if needed). AFAIK some brands of bonnet are worse than others too.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

It's the ear bonnet I can't use them at all anymore as the bridle comes off all the time.

 

[fetlock]

I had a pony many years ago, which the bridle would fall off from and for no apparent reason.
I used to do a plait in the mane just behind the ears then loop a boot lace through the plait, inbetween the ears, loop round the top of the head piece, and tie.

 

[Bobthecob15]

Its the ear bonnet, same thing has happened to our pony and another livery. No bonnet, no problem x

 

[hollyhardy32]

Its the ear bonnet, same thing has happened to our pony and another livery. No bonnet, no problem x

I rode her yesterday without her ear bonnet and it didn’t fall off, so annoying!!!!

 

[ycbm]

Does it still happen with Micklem bridles and ear bonnets? It would be a lot harder to dislodge, I would think?
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[scats]

I can’t use an ear bonnet with Polly because whenever she shakes her head, the bridle comes off. It doesn’t happen with Millie so must be to do with the shape of Polly’s head or something.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

I can’t use an ear bonnet with Polly because whenever she shakes her head, the bridle comes off. It doesn’t happen with Millie so must be to do with the shape of Polly’s head or something.

It only happens with Louis if I use the acoustic ears, it's doesn't happen with Arabi so maybe it is that!

 

[phizz4]

This is my solution to the problem. Get some narrow, back to back velco tape such as this.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/VELCRO®-Brand-ONE-WRAP®-Strapping-Metres/dp/B01LYDITWJ/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=B01LYDITWJ&th=1
cut two short (5 cm) lengths and feed them through the stitching on the bonnet. fit the bridle then the bonnet and loop the tape around the bridle and back on itself.

 

[fiwen30]

My last memory of ear bonnets in the 90’s was that they had a string to tie under the head, like a throatlash - literally, bonnet strings! They weren’t particularly fashionable looking things, so I suppose ear bonnets may not have string anymore? Seems redundant, if they fly off now! If it didn’t have a string, I’d plait the bridle into the forelock.

 

[phizz4]

You can still get bonnets that tie on, but I think this looks, and works, better for my horse.