Help me choose a bridle for spanish horse!?!? (with pictures)

[SpanishNeddy]

Right, my spanish lad (pictures below of his head!) has been in a horrible cheap bridle since he was backed (18 months ago). So it is about time I got him a nice bridle!

Now, his current bridle is made up using different sizing because general sizing of anything in the UK rarely fits the spanish horse well

He is broad at the top but smaller round the nose (currently full size bridle with cob noseband if i remember rightly).

It needs to be a comfort head piece and padded boseband for sure. I like patent....what do we think? would it suit him? most bridles seem to have huge thick nosebands....which I don't think will suit him, do you? I also don't think rolled would suite him either do you?

I like Equipe bridle, Horse Sense Elevator and the premier range Jeffries. I do like to GFS dressage bridle but think the noseband is prob too thick.....?

I don't like the amerigo......noseband MASSIVE! and would swallow his face poor thing LOL.

What does everyone think? I can not decide

Pictures below.

 

[Tiarella]

Personally I think a thicker noseband would suit. The elevator bridles are lovely and the noseband is a good thickness. What about the Albion comfort bridles?

 

[siennamum]

We have a Barnsby on ours, it is super smart & just fancy enough:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...0274513516199.322522.535976198&type=3&theater

 

[Wheels]

I think a thicker noseband would actually suit him better. I have my eye on a HM softee bridle when my Spaniard is old enough for shows

 

[SpanishNeddy]

Thank you all

Looks like it will probably be an elevator. They are very helpful and said they will make one especially to fit his different sized head LOL

Anybody else??

Thank you

 

[Cortez]

I agree that a thicker bridle actually suits the Spanish head better, both of mine have Albion padded cavassons for "English" work, in the thickest width available. Your horse has a more modern, not sub-convex profile (mine are the old fashioned "rams head" Baroque type), so pretty much any dressage bridle will look good.

 

[ex racer rider]

I personally dont like him in his rolled one and think he would actually look quite smart in a thicker one, not a 'hunter style' noseband but he could easily carry something about 1 to 1 1/2 inches off
He's very nice by the way!

 

[alainax]

Another vote for a thicker nose band will suit

 

[SpanishNeddy]

I'm convinced with the thicker one now...thank you all

Sooooooooooo what do we think about patent? do we think it will suit him?