Quick question re. bridle size!

[Pigeon]

Getting a new bridle for pony, he's a dainty 15.3hh - 16hh at a push, he has a small head... Takes a 5 inch bit. Do you think he needs Cob or Full?

 

[sandi_84]

I'm afraid I couldn't guess but my lad is only just 15hh and takes a cob cheekpiece but a full nose and browband just because he has a fat head and is akward

Will your local saddlers let you try a bridle and replace for a bigger/smaller size if it doesn't fit and returned in the same condition?

 

[Pigeon]

Possibly, but local tack shop doesn't really have any selection, just black or havana!! So I'm doing the dreaded internet shop :S

 

[metalmare]

I would say cob, but it probably depends on the brand, too.

 

[Meowy Catkin]

My mare is similar sized with a dainty head and she has a cob sized Kieffer bridle. Makes do vary size wise, but she's never needed bigger than cob size and I can use my other horses (arabs so very dinky heads) pony size headcollars on her.

 

[sandi_84]

Possibly, but local tack shop doesn't really have any selection, just black or havana!! So I'm doing the dreaded internet shop :S

What is it you're looking for?
Dare I suggest a cheeky buy of a bridle to check size and then take it back to the shop and say it doesn't fit... then go online and get what you need... is that really bad

 

[Spiritedly]

What about measuring your horses head and asking the shop which size bridle that would equal?

 

[brucethegypsycob]

How about a made to measure - you get exactly want you want and it will fit as it should. Cost should be about the same as a decent one off the net.

 

[hayinamanger]

Have a look on the Jeffries website, they give the measurements of each bridle part in every size.

 

[becca1305]

If as you say hes got a small head I would think he would be a cob. My fairly chunky 16hh ISH and 16.3hh WB/ISH both fit cob sizes - they are only just right on the nose but I find the cheek pieces far too long on the fulls. Its difficult to judge though I had a 16.3hh TB with a head I'd call dainty but because his head was also long he needed full cheeks and cob nose.

 

[Cortez]

You can buy cob cheekpieces from most saddlers (as oposed to just tack shop retailers); this is what I do for mine that needs full size nose and brow.

 

[Lego]

As someone else has said, it depends on the brand... My cob is normally top of a cob/bottom of a full. Bought a Collegiate noseband in full, and it didn't even meet!

Got him a full Collegiate bridle and it just goes on with a hole or two to spare...

 

[metalmare]

Yes, mine is in a pony Sabre but with a Sabre cob browband... eBay mix n match