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Riding Apparel
  • Womens Riding Apparel
  • Children's Riding Apparel
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  • Men's Riding Apparel
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  • Show Clothes
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  • Riding Gloves
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  • Breeches
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  • Horse Riding Gifts
  • Horse Grooming Supplies
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  • Suppliments & Meds
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  • Riding Whips & Crops
  • Saddles & Tack
  • Bridles & Equipment
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  • English Horse Bits
  • Pony Tack & Supplies
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  • Horse Halters & Leads
  • Horse Show Supplies
  • Horse Riding Accessories
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  • Fox Hunting Equipment
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  • Customer Photo's
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  • Eventing Equipment
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    Plus Size Horseback Riding Clothing
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  • Plus Size Show Jackets
  • Women's field boots
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  • Plus Size Breeches
  • Children’s Apparel
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    Horseback Riding
    Foot Wear
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  • Riding Boots
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    Guides
  • Bridle Sizing
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  • Breech Style
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  • Leadliner Dressing
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  • English Saddle
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  • Jacket Sizing
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    English Reins

    English horse bridles are all designed on a pattern.  They usually have all of a set list of essential parts.  Depending on what style of riding you choose, your bridle will have slight differences.  Some of the changes are purely stylistic. The basic parts include:

    • Crown Piece
    • Cheek Pieces x2
    • Caveson or Nose Band
    • BrowBand
    • Reins - 48” for Ponies - 54” for Horse – 60” Extra-long horse/oversize

    Fox hunting bridles are traditionally made from a single strip of leather with the noseband as wide as 1 ½”.  The reins on a fox hunting headstall are usually wide laces reins or rubber reins. A lace rein is made by threading 2 thin pieces of leather through a series of holes in the leather where the rider’s hands would hold. The lacing is in a V pattern that helps the rider grip the reins. These reins are available in many thicknesses from 1/2” wide to 7/8” wide.  Rubber reins are also available in many thicknesses.  Rubber rein grips come in many colors, but you will see only brown in the huntfield.

    Show hunter bridles are finer in the brow and nose.  Most are made from leather that is raised and stitched. Padded are fancy stitched or plain, most show bridles come with a pair of 5/8” laced reins.  The fancy stitched, raised bridles come with fancy stitched raised reins.  The reins are raised below the lacing up to the bit. These bridles have available matching raised standing martingales and breastplates.

    Jumper bridles and eventing bridles change the regular caveson out and put in a figure 8 noseband..  The reins included on these bridles are usually rubber covered for good grip. Rubber reins are available in many colors.  Jumper bridles have white rubber reins.  Eventing bridles may have any color rubber.

    Dressage bridles tend to be style wise a wider, black padded headstall. The reins are usually available in rubber lined, this means the leather is on the outside and the rubber grip is towards the rider’s hands, woven with leather stops or woven with elastic. Riders may choose what ever they are most comfortable riding with.