I’ve known for a while that my oversized bridle is not an ideal size, but a few nights ago my husband snapped a photo of me on my mare and I realize now that not only does her head make the bridle look the equivalent of a string bikini, it’s just not fitting well.
The crown/cheeks are seemingly fine and i have plenty of room for adjusment there, but the noseband is an issue. We’re at the last hole there and the head piece/hanger/strap is about an inch spaced from the cheek pieces. So I mostly just have a cavesson problem. Browband could be a little bigger, headpiece does lay on her ear bulbs a little bit.
I’d like to stay with traditional noseband but i don’t think I’d like a plain cavesson. Padded at least. I wouldn’t mind trying a figure 8/grackle, but those tend to make heads look bigger I think?
And I really do love my mares big head. I think it’s gorgeous but it’s funny, people constantly refer to her as “him”