The Transition to Bitless Riding presentations I did at Equitana in Melbourne recently were a huge success and attended by lots of people looking at riding bitless. With the help of Nelly Jaehne and her young nieces, Nadia and Annie, we showed all the steps to train or transition to a bitless bridle. These are especially important for green horses and riders as many educated horses have no problems with changing over to a bitless bridle.
The two horses who helped demonstrate the groundwork tasks then how it translated to riding, were a 3yo Clydy x Friesian gelding and a 2yo Gypsy Cob colt so their educaiton was just beginning. The work we had done with them and the girls paid off when the PA system unexpectedly went crazy with lots of loud noise that scared the horses, but the girls kept perfect control with the use of the hindquarter yield they had been practising - until it became an automatic response which is what keeps a bitless rider (or any rider for that matter) safe and in control. Interest from the two 45 minute presentations translated into lots of LightRider Bitless Bridle sales so I'm sure there will be many more happier horses out there enjoying the comfort of bitless and giving their riders a much nicer riding experience as a result.
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Finally.... I've had the help to film the first lot of videos for fitting the LightRider bitless bridles. I'm sure they will help those who understand things better by seeing them in action. You can see these on the Fitting Instructions page.
Cynthia Cooper will be doing two 45 minute presentations on bitless riding - they are scheduled for Thursday the 18th Nov. at 3pm in the John Deere Demo Arena 3 and Friday the 19th Nov. at 10am in the Epsom Demo Arena 2.
Cynthia, with the help of two young horses belonging to fellow Tasmanian, Nelly Jaehne, will explain how you can transition or start your horse in a bitless bridle safely, and why you would want to do that. This is the first time that Bitless Riding presentations have been offered at Equitana so don't miss the oportunity to learn more about the bitless bridles. Cynthia will also be selling her LightRider Bitless Bridles, slow feeder haynets etc. and giving free advice at the Natural Horse World booth 409 in the Epsom Pavillion for the whole 4 days of Equitana - Nov. 18-21st in Melbourne. For those who can't make it to Equitana, you can buy a LightRider Bitless Bridle from the www.naturalhorseworldstore.com My other website www.naturalhorseworld.com is where I have a free monthly newsletter that features a column on Bitless News.
So while I will post relevant news for LightRider Bitless bridles here, the newsletter has more info and articles on bitless riding in general. Have a look here at www.naturalhorseworld.com/newsletter.htm and enjoy the read - the September issue will be available very soon. |
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