They are used to steer a horse, but some think placing a hunk of metal in their mouths and tugging on it is cruel. A few ...

“Part of the achievement of international dressage is to do things correctly and well with your horse. The perception that putting a double bridle on is some barbaric way of overcontrolling a ...

British Dressage (BD) CEO Jason Brautigam would ... their oral conformation makes it difficult to wear a double bridle. Horses with a long tibia, making it difficult to get the hind limb under ...

for dressage competitions it is compulsory to use one.” Some horses seem happier without a noseband on, but research has shown that an articulated noseband helps to stabilise the bridle ...

For equestrians and horse lovers ... positioned further back, keeps the bridle secure. But recently, the US Equestrian Dressage Department stirred things up with a new rule on crownpiece padding.

Horse welfare issues are under close ... Animal rights campaign groups such as PETA have criticised dressage riders for using double bridles. The FEI did not take any disciplinary measures and ...

or metal mouthpiece on the horse's bridle, and the spurs too forcefully. Even more disturbing were older videos of Colombian-born dressage rider Cesar Parra's training sessions that went public in ...

The ruling, issued in June, is in response to a lawsuit filed in 2022 against Iron Horse Dressage, LLC, on Nixon Road, by the Sudbury Valley Trustees, a nonprofit seeking to protect land in ...