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. The Clint Crawford ...

Have you ever ridden a horse in a bitless bridle and would you consider doing so if you don’t already? Few things cause more division and controversy than the subject of riding in a bitless bridle, ...

Previous studies evaluating the behavioral responses of horses to different types of bridles found that horses perform at least as well, if not better, with a bitless bridle than a jointed snaffle. To ...

Competitors were allowed to do dressage bitless in an unaffiliated three-day event, in an initiative it is hoped will be picked up by more organisers. Moreton-Russell Events allowed combinations to ...

Bitless bridles are to be allowed, spur length limited and nosebands made optional in horse welfare reforms announced by the Danish Equestrian Federation (DRF). As of 1 January, following a ...