I adore her face. She’s a lovely kind looking mare!!!
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She’s a super love bug. Nothing but sweetness in there.
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I also have the Switch, I adore it, and people regularly compliment it.
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OK one more. This is the original noseband on the kavalkade - its too tight on the last hole but just using it as an example here. Outside of the damned flash tab and the fact that its too tight… thoughts on a non-wide noseband?
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I like the wave brow band better than the straight one. I’m undecided if I think the the wide or less wide nose band is more flattering.
So, got any brown bridles to put on her?
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I prefer this setup the best with the geometry of her head. The bridle doesn’t distract me (except that tab) and it really shows off her head and kind eye well. I was distracted by the Passier noseband because it seemed so big compared to the width of her head and the build of the bridle. I like those wide nosebands on the big meat-headed (said in a loving way, yes?) warmbloods and the traditional more refined (or skinny) TB head.
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I prefer the wider style, I think it suits her face shape better.
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I love her type. I would go Han or Hol, but Han will be a bit more stringent. I find Hol and OldNA like TBs the best. You will likely get comments on needing more freedom of shoulder, push from behind, a higher neck attachment and more uphill movement. They will likely say she needs more bone.
I have friends who think it is better to present a TB mare with her foal, as overall it can help prove the mare is a good breeding candidate if the foal is quality and an improvement.
How exciting to do this journey!! You should start a thread on it if it’s something you’re interested in. There are so many posts here about breeding TB mares and the approval process, and almost no follow up on when or if they did it.
How about the kalvakade bridle, passier noseband, with the Halter ego browband? I have seen mares presented with bling browbands.
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I’ll prefer the wider style. I recently saw an article on bridles It was well written about different types of bridles https://horseshelter.org/best-horse-bridle/ you should check it too.
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Ha, yes I do. For standard cavesson, I have a Lumiere and a Collegiate. I’ll try them on tonight and post pictures for review. 
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Am I reading the Hol website wrong, or do they only have ~5 inspections per year, none of which are even remotely close to me? There’s also some typos on the website which always makes me leery…
I will rig up your requested bridle later. I can also bring out the full Passier bridle I have, but I am VERY reluctant to cut the flash tab off of it… I’m a chicken…
VAST improvement! You get to see her pretty face and are not distracted by a fat glob of leather in the middle of her nose. She looks prettier, more natural and less like a square peg stuffed in a round hole. She has her own look, and this bridle helps let her shine through.
as for bling browband, i don’t see where it would hurt…esp if it has a nice dip to it and isn’t tooooo tooo.
I might be inclined to go brown as lenapesadie suggested.
Also, since you’re not going to ride for this, maybe try dropping the noseband down about two holes on each side to see how that makes her look.
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This noseband is on its last holes, unfortunately. If it’s to go down, I will need to get a new one.
I will likely ride in a different bridle than she’s presented in. She seems to really prefer the Halter Ego when ridden, so I will probably stick with that, even if flashy. During the ridden portion of the MPT the focus will be off her “up close” and will be more on her movement and rideability.
The inspection/approval and the MPT are separate.
now…can you put a drooping browband back on her to try? Her brow is deep but not wide…i think a slight dip in the browband will look good. Her head isn’t wide, but seems to take-up those straight browbands and look kinda pinchy on her.
Now that you’re moving away from the wide noseband, i think her visage might be enhanced with a slightly lowered noseband. If this is as low as it goes can you borrow one just to try?
I think why i like it in this thinner style is that her nose is narrow. Don’t mind a big clunky noseband on a horse with some chunk to them, (big cheeks and/or wide forhead, thick nose, big mouth, thick skin etc). But your girl has a long, fine boned face.
i don’t pretend to know a thing about inspections. But fashion/trends/design…that’s something fun to entertain. Thanks for this thread
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I don’t think you are reading it wrong.
I have heard that some registries will do virtual inspections and/or private inspections due to COVID. It’s worth asking about.
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I agree, the wave browbands look good on her.
The length of her face is why I (personally) prefer the wide nosebands on her. I had a very petite TB mare before her that I would never have tried a wide noseband on - it would have taken up half her nose!
I’m not necessarily moving away from a wide noseband, lol. I’m interested in all opinions (and I have a lot of bridles… :P). The brown ones - one is a standard width, one is a wide noseband (which for brown/hunter bridles will not be as wide as dressage, but will be wider than the one you’ve preferred so far).
Playing dress up is fun, and I’ve got the bridles to do it!
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You should not worry about typos on the Holsteiner website. Ahha folded into the Holsteiner verband in the last couple of years, so its website is likely being administered by non native English speakers. I would argue the Holsteiner verband and registry is the top registry in the world.
You can always ship her to Florida and Andras (prairie pines) can and would prep and present her.
That said, yep, if I bought her with intention to breed I would either do Kwpn, or present to Holstein with foal at side.
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I could ship her, you’re right. I doubt that would be financially feasible this year though.
This is one I’m interested in, but dang if their website is devoid of information. No information on sites, etc.
I might just email them.
TB mares don’t require inspections for breeding for KWPN, and I believe their performance test is limited to Kwpn horses, to assess suitability for sport.
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I concur with this point - While I have no strong feelings about most of the other features of the bridles, the wide nosebands struck me immediately as just too prominent/distracting. I immediately liked the narrower noseband of the last picture much better.
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