Are you looking for a hackamore bridle? Then you are at the right place. FR Equestrian offers all kinds of hackamore bridles made out of the highest quality leather for optimal comfort.
A hackamore bridle is a bitless bridle that has one shank on each side of the hackamore bridle. The longer the hackmore shanks of bridle the more leverage the hackamore bridle has.
One of the main benefits of using a hackamore bridle is that a hackamore bridle allows you to have more "control" over your horse. Hackamores work by applying pressure to the horse's nose and face, which gives you more leverage when you need to stop or turn your horse. This can be especially helpful if you are working with a young or inexperienced horse. Hackamore bridles have an instant release.
A hackamore is a bitless bridle that uses pressure/leverage on the nose, chin and behind the horses ears.
The hackamore comes with different shanks. The longer the hackamore shanks the more leverage the hackamore has. The hackamore bridle is very popular due to its quick reaction and its direct release meaning that when no pressure is given with the reins the pressure immediately disappears. A hackamore bridle is not deisgned to give constant pressure or to be ridden with with constant contact and is made to help support your body language when ridig.
The Star hackamore shank features a star-shaped ring. The star Hackamore shanks can be used in three different ways. The reins can be attached to hackamore 1, hackamore 2 and sidepull. The sidepull mode is just like a regular sidepull bridle. Hackamore 1 has a little leverage and hackamore 2 has more leverage. The longer the shanks are the more leverage and the more "control" and the sharper the hackamore bridle is.
These shanks can be purchased together with your bridle or separately.
The seahorse shanks are the sharpest shanks fr equestrian has to offer. The seahorse shanks are real eye catchers. The Seahorse shanks are approximately 7 centimeters. The longer the shanks the more leverage they offer.
These shanks can be purchased together with your bridle or separately.
The Love shanks feature two heart shape shanks. The heart shanks are around 4-5 centimeters long.
These shanks can be purchased together with your bridle or separately.
Bitless riding is considered to be safer and more controlled than riding with a bit. According to a study carried out by the Certified Horseman's Association, horses that had never been ridden bitless were calmer and performed better than those who had previously ridden with bitted bridles.
Each of FR Equestrian's hackamore bridles come with a leather care sheets. These Leather care sheets explain exactly how to best take care of your leather bridle.
At FR Equerstrian we offer a great variety of bitless bridles such as Sidepull bridles, Hackamore bridles, Cavemore bridles, Multi bridles as well as Cross-unders. FR Equestrian specializes in a great variety in natural horsemanship materials such as neckropes, Leadropes as well as
Do you have any questions about hackamore bridles? This part of the page is solely dedicated to answer all your questions about hackamore's.
We are here happy to help. If you are unable to finding an answer to your question let us know here and we'll help you out.
A hackamore bridle is a bitless bridle that that has two shanks on each side of the bitless bridle. The longer the shanks of the hackamore bridle the more leverage they have.
A bitless bridle with shanks is known as a hackamore.
Hackamores are occasionally seen on trail rides, in the jumper ring, and in western fast games like barrel racing. The mechanical hackamore's shanks give it leverage, much as a bit does in a traditional bridle. The shanks of a hackamore are attached to the nose and chin piece as well as the headpiece.
You can buy the best hackamore bridles at FR Equestrian. Each of our hackamore bridles are anatomically designed and made out of the best quality Buffalo leather with Nappa leather padding.
Combing Quality, Comfort and Design for the perfect ride.
Bitless riding is considered to be safer and more controlled than riding with a bit. According to a study carried out by the Certified Horseman's Association, horses that had never been ridden bitless were calmer and performed better than those who had previously ridden with bitted bridles. At the end of the day however how you use your hackamore bridle has a big influence on how safe it is.
You can determine yourself if your hackamore bridle fits your horse correctly. The noseband should be fitted as any other bridle. You should be able to put 2-3 fingers underneath your horses noseband on the middle of the noseband. The noseband its self should be placed 2 fingers underneath the cheeck bone. If you are unsure if your hackamore bridle fits correctly please contact us here and we would be more than happy to help.
Each of FR Equestrians hackamore bridles have a detailed sizing chart. You can find these sizing charts on the bridles product pages. To fit a hackamore correctly we recommend you to take a look at "How to fit a hackamore bridle"
When choosing the right hackamore shanks for you and your horse you need to keep in mind "The longer the shanks, the more leverage." So if you are in need of more leverage we recommend to go for a longer shank and if this is not the case we recommend to choose our star or love hackamore shanks which are both shorter and have therefor less leverage.
At the end of the day it does come to play on how you use your shanks.
In some countries hackamore bridles are allowed in dressage and in some countries they are not. In the Netherlands hackamore bridles are not allowed in dressage. Please check with your country's Equestrian federation for the accurate, up to date rules about bitless bridles in competitions.
Not all bitless bridles are hackamores. A hackamore is a type of bridle most commonly used bitless. There are combinations of bitted bridles together with a hackamore however we do not sell nor make these as they are very harsh. A bitless hackamore on its self is not necessarily harsh.
In some countries hackamore bridles are allowed in hunters and in some countries they are not. Please check with your country's Equestrian federation for the accurate, up to date rules about bitless bridles in competitions.
In some countries hackamore bridles are allowed in showjumping and in some countries they are not. Please check with your country's Equestrian federation for the accurate, up to date rules about bitless bridles in competitions.
A cavemore is a combination between a cavesson and a hackamore. On the noseband of a cavemore there are two, three or more rings attached that make up the cavesson part of this bridle. Between the nose and chin part of this bridle there are shanks attached which is the hackamore part of this bridle.
A bitless multi-bridle is a bitless bridle that can be used as both a sidepull as well as an under-cross bitless bridle. A cross-under is a bitless bridle that "pushes" your horse's head in the direction you want to go to. It's a great option for those that are looking for a bitless bridle that's a bit "sharper than the sidepull.
A sidepull is a bitless bridle that has the reins attached to the sides of the noseband. A bitless sidepull bridle is an ideal bitless bridle to start with when starting to ride bitless from a young unexperienced horse to an older more experienced horse. Sidepull bridles are in general great bitless bridles that are for almost every horse.
