One ear or browband?

[Stushica]

Just my opinion but I can’t stand my one eared bridles!! Some horses have ears that are too fat, they end up in the wrong place, they just annoy me… they are often pretty but I just think browband’s are much easier and frankly nicer to the horse, I’m always apologizing while stuffing their ear through or accidentally bending it.

With either style I always look for a throat latch, For showing I can do without but that happens almost never As for snaffle / leverage type bits I’ve never heard of that, IME I’ve never had an issue with either combination but I guess if I ever show western again I’ll know something new!

[ezduzit]

Do I seek out 2 eared bridles?

No. Because I would never use both at once. I guess I’ve accidentally, unknowingly picked bridles that come with 2 ears. :winkgrin:

As far as ‘can’t stand one eared bridles’…it totally depends on the horse and the job. When I first started in western a couple of years ago, I felt so unsafe with no throat latch that I bought an inexpensive hunt bridle with a throatlatch. As I got more comfortable I changed my mind…that changed helped along by a horse who puts everything in his mouth…throatlatch while I’m doing the chin chain, chin chain while I’m doing the throatlatch. For me, it was easier to go to the one eared bridle. I’m completely comfortable with that in the ring.

[Bacardi1]

[QUOTE=JumpQH;6989895]
I used to use one-eared just for my horse’s comfort, but am now using a browband. Just one time scratching an itchy head and the bridle comes off (I saw this happen several times on a friend’s horse)…well, let’s just say I don’t want to chance it.[/QUOTE]

@ezduzit;6990295

If I was trail riding, I’d go with a brow band and throat latch. Definitely don’t want the bridle pulled off. Especially when going thru the woods!

As these & others have posted, I too went with a browband bridle for my gelding. Just saw far too many itchy horses manange to rub one-ear bridles right off. And regardless of the reason, I just didn’t want to risk that.