A natural hackamore is a combination of a high-quality braided rope halter and mecate reins wrapped around the fiador knot of ...

The 21 horses involved in the study were fitted in a random order with each of the four following bitless bridles: an LG bridle, sidepull, Dr Cook’s bitless bridle or Fred Rai Rope, a rope ...

Sequim author, endurance rider and entrepreneur Lisa Preston explained how to make a bitless bridle called a side-pull to a packed house of horse-loving folks during a recent Bitless Bridle workshop ...

A rider who won a dressage test without a bridle on a horse who has been trained from the start in this way said she is immensely proud of what he has achieved – and that he is demonstrating what is ...

Hackamores, like many other bitless bridle options, work extremely well for some horses but may not be appreciated by others. As with all equipment, trainers and riders have to use judgment calls ...

Eagle-eyed observers at the recently-concluded Sandy Ridge Quarter Horse meet in Lexington, Ky., may have noticed something different when they looked at 3-year-old Dirti Dianne.

Edward Buck, inventor of the bitless Spirit Bridle, has filed a lawsuit seeking damages for his claim that the KHRC is committing deceptive trade practices and interfering with his economic ...

They are used to steer a horse, but some think placing a hunk of metal in their mouths and tugging on it is cruel. A few riders have found another way.

Ms Turnbull had been helping to exercise "Gem" whilst her friend was pregnant, but disaster struck in March 2006 when she was trying out a "bitless bridle" on her mount.