Double Bridles

[latottwirl]

Would love it if someone could explain to me how exactly a double bridle fits on the horse. I have no intention of using one, I'd just like to know as I've gotten myself confused!

In this random picture plucked from Google, I can see the bradoon is sitting behind the weymouth in this horses mouth:

When you are putting the 2 bits in the horses mouth, do you put them in so the bradoon is hanging behind the weymouth, or do you put the bradoon over the weymouth so it sits above it? Is that how the 2 are supposed to sit in the mouth - if not, then how? How do you start of at the very beginning ie, what is the correct formation to put the bits in the horses mouth?

I picked a double bridle up at the yard today and someone tried to explain it to me but I'm confused as to just how you'd go about putting th bits in, and how they actually sit. As I said, no intention of using (give me a plain old snaffle any day!), just curious!

 

[rubyrumba]

The bridoon sits on top of the weymouth in the mouth, so if you look inside the mouth the bridoon is on top.
As in the picture the rings sit behind the weymouth. It is quite confusing its a whole lesson to be learnt in itself!

 

[KatB]

When you are holdint the bridle, with the "front" of the bridle facing away from you, the bradoon should be the closest bit to you, and should be about a hole higher than the weymouth. Therefore, when you put the bridle on, the bradoon will be the first in the horses mouth, with the weymouth sitting fractionally lower in the horses mouth

The sliphead should be attached to the bradoon, and the normal cheekpieves to the weymouth

 

[sarahhelen1977]

I disagree - when you put the double bridle on the mouthpiece of the bridoon should sit in front of the curb, so that when it is in the horse's mouth it is above the curb, the rings then come behind the curb - so the bridoon should be furthest away from you when you are holding the bridle with the 'front' away from you..... There are 'many roads to Rome' I guess, but this is the way I have always been told to do it through PC/BHS training/exams, and when fitting doubles on my boss's dressage horses (and my own!)

 

[milliethemoo]

Don't use one , a rugby pelham looks like a double when on but is only one bit and it comes in jointed ,french link etc so you can get what suits your horse a double in the wrong hands is lethal

 

[FMM]

That is a lovely picture of a cob called Rob Roy who was one of the top cobs a few years back. He retired from the show ring, and sadly was put down a few days ago after a bout of colic.

 

[FMM]

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Don't use one , a rugby pelham looks like a double when on but is only one bit and it comes in jointed ,french link etc so you can get what suits your horse a double in the wrong hands is lethal

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I believe that a rugby pelham is a more severe bit than a double. With a double you have the choice of using either the weymouth or bradoon independently. This is not possible with a pelham.