Harbridge

[Mlini]

I was advised by my Chiropractor to start lungeing with a harbridge. I bought a full size one (Shires) but it is too small. Does anyone know where I can get a bigger sized one from? If I were to measure him for one from the girth, where would I measure to?

Are there any other alternatives to a harbridge? It is to prevent him putting his head up and help him use his back more/build up the muscles that are poor. I have a pessoa (JW version) but the Chiro said it is too much hard work for him at the moment.

 

[Goldenstar]

Is your shires harbridge a webbing one ?if it is my leather one is much bigger bigger than my webbing one.
Try eBay and measure your too small one so you know how much bigger you will need.
Your chiro is wise to approach using a Pessoa with caution they are very hard work for a very weak horse.
You could try a bungee rien which works well with some and is cheap to buy
Or my personal favourite of weak horses the lunging rope ( horse hero website )
I had a great result with a harbridge with an older driving horse his back was weak and he hated poll pressure so he did not relax in the bungee.

 

[Spyda]

I use a Lauffer rein (AKA Vienna rein) to lunge instead of a Harbridge. My horse is big and has a long front and the full size one I'm using fits fine. I normally have to add string to lengthen FS side reins if I ever use them (I don't often, as I don't like them) but the Lauffer reins is fine set on one of the longer settings.

Example oof Lauffer rein (http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/310376420167?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&adtype=pla_