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2. Horse tack - Wikipedia

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   Most of the time, horses are not ridden with a halter, as it offers insufficient precision and control. Halters have no bit. [2]: 384–385 In Australian and British English, a halter is a rope with a spliced running loop around the nose and another over the poll, used mainly for unbroken horses or for cattle. The lead rope cannot be removed ...

3. Fiador (tack) - Wikipedia

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   [1] [13] A bosal adjusted low on the horse's nose requires the fiador for proper balance, [1] and also makes it easier to handle the horse on the ground when using the lead rope end of the mecate three rein system. A horse is not tied with a hackamore, even with a fiador, but rather, the fiador prevents the headgear from falling off the horse's ...

4. Fiador knot - Wikipedia

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   On a rope halter, the fiador knot is made from one continuous piece of rope, and is, along with a series of double overhand knots, one of two types of knots that comprise most rope halters. For one style of rope hobbles, a brass ring may be attached to the double loops on one side of the knot to join the hobble for the horse's other front foot ...

5. Mecate rein - Wikipedia

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   A properly tied mecate knot allows wraps of rope to be added to the knot in front of the rein loop in order to tighten the bosal noseband on a horse, or the rope can be unwrapped to loosen the bosal. Sometimes, a heavy bosal is stabilized by the addition of a fiador, which is a type of throatlatch usually made of thin cotton rope. The fiador ...

6. Twitch (device) - Wikipedia

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   Simple horse twitch. A twitch is a device that is used to restrain horses during various stressful situations, such as veterinary treatment. [1] It is usually made up of a stick-like handle loop of chain or rope on the end, or a metal ring with a rope loop which is wrapped around the upper lip of the horse and tightened.

7. Lead (tack) - Wikipedia

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   Lead clipped to a horse's halter A lead shank applied under the chin. A lead, lead line, lead rope (US) or head collar rope (UK), [1] is used to lead an animal such as a horse. Usually, it is attached to a halter. The lead may be integral to the halter or, more often, separate.