Whos horses doesnt wear a noseband?

Mine don't hacking etc but have loose cavessons for showing & dressage. They serve no useful purpose for me, they don't require them so why bother ? Just more to clean etc.
 
Almost always use a cavesson simply because I don't like the way they look without a noseband, will occasionally ride without, just depends. I used to compete my pony without one when I was younger because I thought it made her look like an indian pony :D. haha.
 
My retired TB didn't have a noseband simply because he didn't like it. We went through various nosebands over the years and the only one he was reasonably happy in was a very flat hunter style noseband which we just used for showing. In dressage competitions he was never marked down for lack of noseband and in fact he used to win plenty. A physio reckons there could have been pressure on a nerve and he was a very sensitive horse.
 
My Tb doesn't wear one. Spent a long time (and plenty money) trying to get to the bottom of why he spent all our time riding flinging his head around - one day I took the noseband off, problem solved. He even hates his headcollar on for too long and will try all ways to get it off. Gutted though as I'd just bought him a particularly lovely Keiffer bridle with comfort headpiece (thinking it may have been pressure behind his ears he didn't like) but no, it was the noseband! Bridle still looks pretty without though! :D
 
I took the nose band of my lads Stubben bridle when he had a graze on the side of his face. The difference was quite noticeable, he was much happier in his way of going so I never put it back on.
 
My colt won't be wearing one when I bit him, there's no need. And I've never had a horse that wore a noseband for anything other than making the bridle look "right".
 
Mine doesn't, unless you have a flash/drop or a standing martingale they don't really serve a purpose other than the way the horse looks. I actually like to see my ponies cute face :)

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My current girl was cranked and flashed when I went to buy her, so I asked the owner why - the reply was that she would get her tongue over the bit otherwise. Turns out she had a big ulcer in her mouth right under where the crank strap gets tightened, and was desperately trying to get her tongue over the bit in an effort to alleviate the pain.


She generally goes much better in a better fitting bridle and without a noseband, however I am not against them on principle and would use one if I needed it- just as long as they are not cranked up to the hilt:(
 
I use a drop on my current pony

My sister took Toffees off, said it was something else that needed cleaning.
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Didnt have one on my cob either
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Didnt have one on my ex racer he came with a grackle that I hated but didnt have a spare full size cavesson.
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Chico doesnt wear a noseband for everyday riding/hacking etc but at a recent lesson with a new instructor she suggested i go back to using a simple cavesson as it would help to keep the jaw shut and help the horse onto the bit as it prevents opening the mouth as evasion.

So yesterday I did use a bridle with a noseband and it pains me to admit it but he was more on the bit than usual. Still not convinced he really needs it though but will see how we get on.
 
Rarely. Unless you're deliberately trying to strap their mouth shut, they serve little purpose other than cosmetic.

Much easier just to slip a headpiece on. Less to clean too!
 
My tb isn't keen on them and spends alot of time trying to rub his nose when he's wearing one so I don't usually.

I put a drop on for jumping at shows and cross country but not at home.
 
I don't have a noseband on any of mine. Only because I have youngsters so if there is something bothering them I'd rather they 'let me know' rather than block it if that makes sense. :)

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I always use a cavesson noseband when hacking out after my mare managed to snap a cheekpiece on a gate latch - the noseband made a nifty rein attachment.:)
 
My lad doesn't have one, he doesn't like it...

I had an instructor once that forced him into a crank noseband and ridiculously tight flash... (not sure why?!?! Just think it was the "fashion" at the time! We soon left!! :rolleyes:).

Anyhoo, I took it all off him, and he went better!! :D
 
Not allowed in any of our show classes so no and like someone else said if you need one to keep the horse's mouth shut then there is a horsemanship or pain problem....
 
Mine doesn't - it broke soon after I got him 7 years ago and as he's so polite I decided not to bother :)
 
I dont have one on my lad at the minute as i didnt think it served a purpose, however i read something the other day which said a noseband helped prevent the horse from breaking there lower jaw should they fall over face first?? So not sure if i should put one on him now?!
Has anyone heard of this?
N&F
 
This is an interesting thread :)

Its never occured to me to not use the noseband - think I might give it a go, although would be interested to see the answer to BeanyGs question first

On another aspect what are the downsides to not using the noseband then? Or isnt there ???
 
BeanyG said:
I dont have one on my lad at the minute as i didnt think it served a purpose, however i read something the other day which said a noseband helped prevent the horse from breaking there lower jaw should they fall over face first?? So not sure if i should put one on him now?!
Has anyone heard of this?
N&F
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I'm pretty sure that nosebands were first used on hunters so that if they had a fall, it would hold their mouths shut, and prevent them from breaking their jaws like they would if they fell with their mouth open?
 
Only three of mine and my partners wear nosebands, two because they are my partners and he is too tradition, and one of mine does because he wears a Dr Cook which 'operates' via the noseband. The rest retain lovely clean-lined faces:D

Why? Why should they> To me they are an unecessary addition that are not required and do not add to any face. If one is needed, then I would.
 
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Only for showing / dressage as it is expected, or if I have an aesthetic reason to put it on them.

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Or wearing a headcollar / combination bridle sometimes for hacking and for trec etc...

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They do have a purpose, infact they have two purposes

if you use a bit :-

1) If the horse were to take a nosedive it is holding the jaw shut and thought to prevent a broken jaw

Found a paragraph
Imagine that a horse and rider come galloping across a field. In the middle of the field there is a huge log tied stuck between two trees. They are to jump this natural obstacle. The horse slips on take-off and does not manage to get the forelegs over the log, so he and the rider stoops over and down on the other side. Now, horsey has a noseband on, and even though his rider has lost all control, and is pulling on the reins with his whole weight to keep his balance, horsey cannot gape open. Such luck! Because on impact, the nose is first and it takes a real blow, but then the neck bends to the side and the horse rolls over on the side. The rider is somewhere in orbit

2) Another reason is the horse can drop it's lower jaw onto the closed noseband and relax it's jaw when a bit is in its mouth..... found another paragraph
When the young horse seeks the bit, he might do it rather crudely at times. Might seek support in the bit, so to say. When he does so, a lot of weight rests on the jaw joint at the temple of the horse via the lower jaw which is supporting the horse's head on the bit. This joint is NOT made to take this kind of force while the jaw is wide open. So the horse will shut his jaw to avoid pain. By tensing his jaw muscle, which is the one we are trying to relax, anyway, so we're back to square one. But in this young horse, a noseband can support the relative closedness of the jaw and let the masseter muscle relax, which relaxes the poll, which stops the horse from leaning on the bit altogether, and the problem is solved

This is why I was always told to use a noseband anyway.
 
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