Having a bridle made for arab head shape

[LadyGascoyne]

I’ve spent some time looking for a bridle for the little palomino and everything just looks so chunky.

We started by borrowing the pony’s very plain, traditional snaffle bridle at the moment and the nose-band is too loose but the brow band comes up short. A cob sized bridle drowns her, and the “small horse” that we tried is just big-horse-that-shrunk so it came up long.

The closest to a good shape is a micklem small horse but it looks quite heavy, and then I looked at a Fairfax and it’s far too heavy but the leather was just so much nicer than the micklem so I ended up with neither.

I’m now looking at having one made. Any experiences/ advice/ ideas?

I don’t mind doing something mildly different from an aesthetic perspective, as she’s clearly an arab type, but I don’t like glitz or anything that looks colourful, very ‘modern’ or plasticy - hence I’ve struggled with bridles marketed for Arabs. I also want it to work on simple snaffle-bridle directional pressure, without too much leverage involved so western style arab bridles aren’t really ticking that box.

 

[ester]

Ours is a mix of cob and pony parts from english bridles IIRC (was a few years ago!) It has a relatively narrow padded noseband (all in brown). Will see if I have a photo.

 

[ester]

Can't find one but it's like this without the comfort headpiece, they do a narrower noseband too now. Can't find a cally pic without added tinsel in it!

https://www.englishbridles.co.uk/shop/product.asp?strParents=134&CAT_ID=135&P_ID=649

 

[be positive]

Try contacting Fylde, they will make one up to suit which will give you more options than buying one off the shelf.

https://www.fyldesaddleryltd.com/index.php//?k=:49:::0

 

[LadyGascoyne]

Ours is a mix of cob and pony parts from english bridles IIRC (was a few years ago!) It has a relatively narrow padded noseband (all in brown). Will see if I have a photo.

I think we’d have to mix it up too. Thanks for the link, they do look lighter than some I’ve looked at.

Do your brown pieces match well colour-wise? I would be looking for brown.

 

[BlackRider]

I alsywas used E Jeffries bridles in my arabs - they were a good fit.

 

[rara007]

Welsh rather than Arab but native pony bridles did a mix and match bridle for my welsh C- Full browband, cob headpiece with XL throatlash, pony cheeks and noseband. The comfetic bridles might be worth a look if you want something more modern and don’t mind a little more leather.

 

[ester]

I think we’d have to mix it up too. Thanks for the link, they do look lighter than some I’ve looked at.

Do your brown pieces match well colour-wise? I would be looking for brown.

They match perfectly.

 

[Meowy Catkin]

I've got a Kieffer cob size with original browband on CM, a Kieffer cob size with longer browband on the grey and the gelding has two bridles (one bitless). He has a pony size Stubben CTD with a little S hackamore and a longer browband plus a Jeffries cob size with a longer browband.