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Western bridles are often adorned with silver or other decorative features. [1]: 156–159 Double bridles are a type of English bridle that use two bits in the mouth at once, a snaffle and a curb. The two bits allow the rider to have very precise control of the horse. As a rule, only very advanced horses and riders use double bridles.
Only on the Pacific Coast and Nevada ranges did the centerfire rigging remain popular. A martingale of the time (a leather loop around the horse's neck with an additional strap down to the cinch) helped stabilize the saddle in addition to being a fashion accent. The rise of contest roping in the early 1900s returned the breast collar to popularity.
It consists of an adjustable strap, one end which attaches to the horse's breastplate and the other which attaches to a noseband on the bridle. The noseband can be of leather, but may also be of lariat rope, or even plastic-covered cable, which can make the western tiedown considerably harsher than the English-style standing martingale.
A modern souvenir horse brass featuring Gloucester Cathedral Horse harnessed with brasses 5th-century BC Celtic phalera from a chariot burial in Gaul. A horse brass is a brass plaque used for the decoration of horse harness gear, especially for shire and parade horses.
They may be round, square, D-shaped, hatchet-shaped, curved, or other shapes—square being the most common. The blinkers themselves are made of a metal blinker plate covered in leather, patent leather, or a man-made material simulating leather. A blinker stay is a stiff rolled-leather strap that holds the blinkers wide and away from the horse ...
A hunt seat style English bridle Western show bridle. A bridle is a piece of equipment used to direct a horse. As defined in the Oxford English Dictionary, the "bridle" includes both the headstall 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 ...
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