Bridles with most comfortable headpieces

[MummyEms]

So shockingly I found white hairs growing on my horses poll area. I'll attach a pic.
She's in a hackamore and I have extremely soft hands and a lot of experience.
I'm disgusted that her very expensive lovely bridle has done this.
She much much prefers being ridden in a hackamore so my bridle options are very limited . I've found the perfect bridle for her but it is for a bitted horse only. I'll attach pic also.
Any ideas for a hackamore one just like this?? Basically the further back it sits the better.

 

[MummyEms]

This is the white hair line which has appeared....

 

[MummyEms]

Trying to attach...

 

[MummyEms]

Sorry it won't let me attach it but if anyone can help at all I would happily send you the pictures via WhatsApp or email.

 

[Darkly_Dreaming_Dex]

My OH has a horse with a sensitive pill due to an old injury - can get violently head shy and head shaking but the acavallo gel poll guard is amazing and fits on any bridle

 

[Annagain]

Switching to the Horsemanship Saddlery Saturn has more or less stopped Charlie's head tossing.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

My old mare was poll sensitive she had scar tissue there so I assume from an injury, we just used a prolite pad that sat under the headpiece and she was quite comfortable like that.

 

[Slightlyconfused]

Horsemanship saddlery.

 

[GrassChop]

So shockingly I found white hairs growing on my horses poll area. I'll attach a pic.
She's in a hackamore and I have extremely soft hands and a lot of experience.
I'm disgusted that her very expensive lovely bridle has done this.
She much much prefers being ridden in a hackamore so my bridle options are very limited . I've found the perfect bridle for her but it is for a bitted horse only. I'll attach pic also.
Any ideas for a hackamore one just like this?? Basically the further back it sits the better.

Couldn't you just attach the hackamore to it and hide the noseband strap behind the cheekpiece with the keeper?

 

[Palindrome]

sorry not a bridle but you can add a sheepskin or fluffy fabric tube to your bridle, they are usually made for headcollars but can be used on a bridle. Some people cut off a piece at the poll so it bridges and it relieves pressure in that area.

 

[MummyEms]

sorry not a bridle but you can add a sheepskin or fluffy fabric tube to your bridle, they are usually made for headcollars but can be used on a bridle. Some people cut off a piece at the poll so it bridges and it relieves pressure in that area.

Thank you that's a great idea. Hadn't even thought of cutting a piece in the middle at the poll xx

 

[MummyEms]

My OH has a horse with a sensitive pill due to an old injury - can get violently head shy and head shaking but the acavallo gel poll guard is amazing and fits on any bridle

Have ordered one for her. Thank you ?

 

[Kaylum]

The bridle looks OK but the fit of this is so important. You do not want the browband touching the base of the ears. It's why a browband is independent so it can move and be moved.

People are going back to traditional bridles without heavy padding at the top as it can rub and cause more pressure. Again putting pressure near the ears if not fitted correctly.

 

[Auslander]

I've gone back to an old school headpiece, as that seems to agree with my horse best. He's pretty stoic, so I didn't realise he wasn't keen on the padded "comfort" style headpiece until I rode him in his double, which is ancient, and he was a lot more steady in his head
My pet peeve is headpieces where the noseband strap goes through a notch by the ears. It creates a horrible bump at the base of the ears

 

[MummyEms]

The bridle looks OK but the fit of this is so important. You do not want the browband touching the base of the ears. It's why a browband is independent so it can move and be moved.

People are going back to traditional bridles without heavy padding at the top as it can rub and cause more pressure. Again putting pressure near the ears if not fitted correctly.

That's so interesting. I've always wondered why the comfort has pieces are deemed more comfortable just because they have more leather there !

 

[ycbm]

Too many padded head pieces actually push the head band into the back of the horse's ears. So do some shaped ones with cut outs at the base of the ear because they are too wide and the muscle at the top of the neck pushes it forward. The Micklem seems about the best shape in padded headbands, the cut outs are where the muscle is, not round the base of the ear, stopping the whole thing from being pushed forwards by the muscle. Though you do see a fair few people with them fitted back to front.
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