Norwegian Fjord in Nurtural Bitless Challenge

This is Jennifer with her Norwegian Fjord Jasper in a Nurtural Bitless Challenge at the 2009 Calgary Stampede. Jasper is a strong horse with a sensitive mouth.

These challenges take place in 30 minutes. The first 10 minutes shows what this horse and rider can do in their regular bit and bridle. Then we switch them for the first time ever to a Nurtural Bitless Bridle. They have up to 5 minutes to practice, then must repeat everything they did in the bit. The audience scores bitted and bitless. You be the judge!

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[KiwiGal77]

Thank god somebody got this poor horse out of that bit! This is why we use bitless's with our beginner riders - so you don't get scenes like this were the rider is hanging onto and jerking at the horses mouth.

I have nothing against bitless bridles, infact if a horse goes better in a bitless then by all means use one. What I do have a problem with is poor riders with rough hands being used to demonstrate how much the horse dislikes the bit, when it's them who the horse should dislike!

[punkle2you]

This video demonstrates how bad riding gives bits a bad name. This rider had extremely poor postion and absolutely NO release! With a better rider with soft hands who gives release and sits correctly this horse would not be overflexed or distressed. The horse appears uncollected, traveling heavily on the fore,  and pulls against the nurtural bridle while swinging his tail. When the rider describes the ending period, she was pulling even harder on the reins then when she was useing a bit.

[KalamityKat56]

The rider seems to be holding the horse very tight in the bit, and he is overflexed. A bit is only as harsh as the rider's hands. A kimberwicke is a very mild curb, but she should be using her seat more to back up, not so much pulling at his mouth. The horse is happier without the bit, but still seems overflexed by the rider.

[shymi]

Most people don't understand that bitless still applies pressure, but instead of exerting it on the bars, it exerts the pressure on the poll.  It is no more or less harmful.

My horse was an ex-racer and she had a terrible bit chewing problem. I tried one with her for a few weeks and had to spend months retraining her because of the habits she picked up.

[fleur4198]

Gosh!! That is called to saw the mouth:O! All the time he is escaping the pain of the bit, the influence on the teethless edge, the nerves the tongue, and of course he has nothing else than to give up and go back following the pressing bit....

And ridiculous, ..... what is IN REALITY the thing of "chewing the bit", do you guys have idea of????