Why do people

noseband has no real use, apart from if your going to use a flash, drop noseband or any other piece of tack that might require a noseband to aid it .

If there is a wound near the area they may not use it .
 
I beg to differ! I rode without a noseband once when jumping my old pony - I went over her head when she refused and my reaction was to grab her - grabbed the bridle and ended up sat on the jump with the bridle in my hand....throat lash wasn't tight enough either....doh!
 
I only use a noseband if it is serving a purpose - i.e. shutting the mouth. Or if required for dress code - I think you are required to have one for dressage.

Otherwise less to clean, quicker to tack up and in theory nicer for the horse.
 
I sometimes ride Chloe without a noseband because I've only got one that's large enough, and as I swap her bits around a lot I've got a few 'part bridles' which don't have nosebands.

I haven't noticed a difference in her behaviour, but she does look a lot better with a noseband as it breaks up the white on her face
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I beg to differ! I rode without a noseband once when jumping my old pony - I went over her head when she refused and my reaction was to grab her - grabbed the bridle and ended up sat on the jump with the bridle in my hand....throat lash wasn't tight enough either....doh!

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Il ask the question where you hurt ? before i start laughing lol if you was then Il apologise :P

Throat lash is designed to help keep the bridle on and to "stop it from coming over their ears :P " , noseband is not :P
 
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I beg to differ! I rode without a noseband once when jumping my old pony - I went over her head when she refused and my reaction was to grab her - grabbed the bridle and ended up sat on the jump with the bridle in my hand....throat lash wasn't tight enough either....doh!

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Il ask the question where you hurt ? before i start laughing lol if you was then Il apologise :P

Throat lash is designed to help keep the bridle on and to "stop it from coming over their ears :P " , noseband is not :P

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I still maintain that the noseband would have given me a bit more security!!!
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I don't have one on my hacking out bridle because so there is less to clean! Actually, i don't clean it anyway so maybe less to fasten up! Yes I am a very lazy person!
 
I don't agree either. The horse I am schooling for a friend is normally ridden with out one due to a fracture years back (they never got around to putting it back on) I have just started schooling and initially didn't use one but as you need one for dressage I out one on and the difference was amazing, much lighter contact and less playing with the bit.
 
well I use a flash noseband on by exercise bridle

The main reason I have a cavession on the other is pickle looks strange without it!
 
The reason I always ride in a noseband, in part is because if I am galloping across a field and my horse stumbles and goes down on it's nose and I have hold of it's head and so it's mouth is open - it can break it's jaw, and have to be shot. (imagine mechanical digger)
It constantly suprises me that people elect to ride without a noseband.
 
We ride our monster without a noseband as we have found he is less stressed without it in saying that he is not out galloping across anything he is being schooled gently and jumping blocks
 
I usually ride without one. The bulk of my background is with English horses so nosedands were considered essential equipment but when I worked with Western horses for awhile, where nosebands are almost never used, I made the observation that they have far fewer "mouth faults" . . . that got me thinking a bit.

I was originally encouraged to ride my old event horse with a flash because he came off the track with the habit of curling his tongue and opening his mouth slightly. Funnily enough, when I went to no noseband (a loose cavesson to compete) and changed to a less "accepted" bit he pretty much stopped the habit. And it lowered his tension noticeably, which made him much more pleasant to ride, particulary since he could be extremely explosive when excited. Since then, I've taken nosebands off all sorts of horses and been surprised sometimes at the results. I am not against using them in certain situations - especially when immediate responses are essential - but I don't consider them neutral and I take them off retraining horses as a matter of practice.

Also, I have found with very stressed horses that they find yawning to be a particularly effective and immediate means of releasing tension. To this end I ride everything with "riding issues" without a noseband so they can avail themselves of this option. Once they are more settled in their work and no long have so much tension built up I find it's a non-issue and they can go back to showing in one.

My standard line is that the easiest way to win an argument is to duct tape your opponent's mouth shut. If my horse is opening its mouth I want to know why and what I can do to make it more comfortable
 
I tend not to use one as a rule unless he is fress in which case it is a loose cavesson and some times a flash. as extra security. My lad is funny about being briddles and the noseband make it tighter on his head. He is more comfy without it and easier to bridle.
 
I tend not to use one as my mare has 2 bald spots on her nose that I think must have been due to a too tight headcollar before I got her, these rub particularly in the summer. She also has such a big nose that I have trouble getting one to fit without dropping it too low and it then interferes with her bit. I could get one made but just haven't got around to it.

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