21/05/2025
Do you often ride your horse in a bitless bridle?
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As part of our extensive bridle-horse interaction research, using state of the art measuring equipment, we are conducting a scientific study comparing behaviour, noseband and headpiece pressures, and rein tension for horses ridden in a bitless bridles and a snaffle bridle.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ:
๐ดHorses and riders who compete in dressage with a snaffle bridle
๐ดHorses and riders who regularly train in a bitless bridle (side pull or cross under. Not a hackamore)
๐ดBoth horse and rider must be accustomed to both the snaffle and bitless bridle, and will be required to carry out a short ridden test (walk, trot, canter, transitions and turns) to confirm suitability.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ?
๐ดRide in two types of bitless bridles, and a snaffle bridle
๐ดRide in walk, trot and canter in a straight line, and perform transitions
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐?
Thursday 7th August 2025
Wednesday 27th August 2025
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด?
Woolcroft Saddlery, Wisbech
Hartpury University, Gloucester
Centaur Biomechanics, Warwickshire
๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ?
Dr Russell MacKechnie-Guire, Prof. Hilary Clayton, Dr Rachel Murray, Mark Fisher, Diana Fisher, Professor Jane Williams, Dr Victoria Walker, Dr David Marlin and Dr Janet Douglas
For further information and inclusion criteria, please email [email protected]
Thanks to World Horse Welfare, The Worshipful Company of Saddlers and Hartpury University for their suppourt.