In any well-organized tack room in a hunter, jumper or eventing barn, you’ll see the bridles neatly wrapped in a figure-8 style. It’s easy to do and adds polish and professionalism to your stable management technique.
Rae Holbrook, assistant director of the equestrian program at Goucher College in Baltimore, Md., tells you step-by-step how to get the look.
There are a couple of different ways to figure-8 a bridle. Here’s how we do it at Goucher:
- Hang the bridle by the crownpiece on a hook.
- Put the buckle of the reins on top of the crownpiece.
- Take the throat latch and wrap it counterclockwise around the bridle and reins one and a half times and slip the end through the keepers. (Don’t buckle it.)
- Take the noseband and wrap it once around the bridle and fasten it in the front by slipping the end through the keepers.
And voila! It only takes a few minutes for this timeless and polished technique.
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