Searching for a bridle for short horse with big head :)

[amadee]

Prefer nice quality leather with buckles, no flash and by my measurements he's probably closest to a WB size, despite being only 14.1 hands he wears a 6 inch bit. Unfortunately the matching reins in the WB size will probably be way too long so I'm looking for sites that I might be able to put various pieces/sizes together to build a "custom" bridle?

[Equibrit]

You could put together your own pieces here; http://www.calcuttandsons.co.uk/acatalog/Bridles.html
reins; http://www.calcuttandsons.co.uk/acatalog/Reins.html

good stuff too!

[Gloria]

Have you tried Jerry's Harness Shop? You can specify the size of just about every part of the bridle. Very nice quality and great service.

[mjrtango93]

These people were advertised on COTH before the re-design.... http://www.justbridles.com/ I believe you can pick parts and pieces of various sizes to suite your needs.

[Oakstable]

I have a youngster with a bit of a Roman nose. He is too young for a bridle quite yet but I have wondered about what kind of bridle for him eventually.

One of the thicker ones might accent his wider nose so I think I will try just a mid-range bridle with a eye catching brow band.

Or just wear a nice quality plain black bridle and forget about accenting the head whatsoever.

[amadee]

great suggestions and have checked out a few of the sites. Missed out on a bridle for sale via the BAEN classifieds, it was nice leather and pretty much what I was looking for but again the matching reins would've been too long so its looking like I'll have to customize something for my big fjord boy.....thanks again!

[Hampton Bay]

Some brand sell the reins separately, but I cannot remember which ones.

SmartPak has wonderful customer service, have you tried calling them to see what they have that might work?

[Horsepower]

I ended up combining a cob and full horse size bridle (big on top of head, slender on bottom -- strange shape for pony head). Even the cob reins were too long. I just put a knot in each side and they are fine. No one has ever noticed the knot. I kept meaning to have a shoemaker shorten the reins but never got around to it since no one ever commented on the knots.

[Teatime]

I second the Jerry's suggestion.

I have a couple of Jerry's bridles and the quality is just superb. My Morgan needed various sizes pieces in one bridle - I had to use a WB browband to accomodate his big brain.

You won't be disappointed!
T

[quietann]

I second the Jerry's suggestion.

I have a couple of Jerry's bridles and the quality is just superb. My Morgan needed various sizes pieces in one bridle - I had to use a WB browband to accomodate his big brain.

You won't be disappointed!
T

Agreed. Jerry's bridles are pricey but the quality is amazing. Their narrowest leather is still a bit too wide for my Morgan mare's very feminine head, but the bridle is lovely.

Their sizing runs quite large and I may ask them if they can trim certain parts down to pony size. (They don't sell pony size bridles "off the rack" but will do custom work.) I also had to get a full size browband for maresy's big Morgan brain; their full size browband is as big as many brands' WB size.