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bridle
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thumb|250px|A hunt seat style English bridle thumb|Western show bridle A bridle is a piece of equipment used to direct a horse. It includes both the that holds a bit that goes in the mouth of a horse, and the reins that are attached to the bit. It provides additional control and communication through rein pressure. The trade that makes bridles is a saddler.
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Types
- "English" styles
- Stock horse and working styles
- Specialty styles
- Hackamores and bitless bridles
- Harness bridles
- Fitting a bridle
- Dangers of tying with a bridle
- References
- External links
thumb|250px|A hunt seat style English bridle thumb|Western show bridle A bridle is a piece of equipment used to direct a horse. It includes both the that holds a bit that goes in the mouth of a horse, and the reins that are attached to the bit. It provides additional control and communication through rein pressure. The trade that makes bridles is a saddler.
Headgear without a bit that uses a noseband to control a horse is called a hackamore, or, in some areas, a bitless bridle. There are many different designs with many different name variations, but all use a noseband that is designed to exert pressure on sensitive areas of the animal's face to provide direction and control.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “bridle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.