F.R.A. Bit-less Bridle El Camin Softleather Reins Black

FRA bitless system 5: bitless bridles are not new! For centuries a bitless bridle was taken for granted, before it was ever thought of putting something in the horse's mouth, people simply put something around it. A rope as a halter was sufficient at the time and that is how the first bitless bridle was created. In combination with the supporting weight, leg and feeling aids, the rider's hand maintains contact via the reins, not with the mouth, but with the head of the horse. Working principle: pressure on nose, neck and cheeks, neck / chin crossed reins. Construction: The leather noseband of these bridles, usually known in the market under the Cook system, has a ring on both sides just behind the cheek pieces. Through these rings a supple leather strap runs crosswise over the chin, via the jaws over the neck. The buckles or clips of the rein ends are attached to both ends of this belt. On the left side of the bridle you will find one buckle for the cheekpiece adjustment and one buckle for connecting the criss-cross straps. To protect the neck area, both straps are padded with a soft padding. The straps must be moved by the passers-by of this neck padding in such a way that they have the same length on both sides. The buckle of the chinstrap is the only buckle needed to fix the bridle to the head. Position: As with most bitless bridles, the noseband should rest on the hard part of the nose, approximately where the nose bone begins. The chinstrap may feel 'too' tight, but definitely not tightened. This is to prevent twisting of the bridle. The cheek pieces of bitless bridles with a cross chin and neck system will always have a tendency to bulge slightly. In operation:
With the cross rein action, asking the right rein builds up pressure against the left side of the lower cheek (jaw), asking the left rein creates pressure on the right side of the lower cheek (jaw), resulting in aids to initiate turns. Equal action on both reins puts pressure on the nose, neck and jaws all over the horse's head, allowing the aids to make stops for tempo changes or halts. It goes without saying that dosages of unequal effects result in correspondingly unequal pressure dosages. For this system this means that the degree of discrimination that occurs depends on the dose introduced by the rider in the rein aid, whereby noise makes the discrimination run smoothly. The crotch straps must be properly maintained in order to ensure a good release (repositioning). It goes without saying that other supporting aids play an important role.