Ovation Wide Noseband Bridle - Share Your Pictures!

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I pulled the trigger and purchased it It’s currently back ordered on SmartPak but that way if I’m not happy with it, I can simply return it.

@Mac123 - good to know about the Pessoa because that was the other one I was looking into but didn’t feel like spending the extra money and wanted to try the cheapest option first.

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@vxf111

Looks like SP is redoing the Wellfleet line?! I bet they are

@vxf111 that would be really nice if they were. I really did like the look of that bridle.

[Madison]

@Mac123

I do wish there were more options in the middle price range. It seems that prices jump from the $180-$200 range up to the $350-$400 range (some of which truly aren’t much nicer than the less expensive options!). But then Dover didn’t have a vary wide selection; I’m sure I could have done better online elsewhere, but like I said, I had a gift card to spend, and so it just made more sense.

I consider the “middle price” options to be the Aramas and the Nunn Finer Caterina that I linked to earlier. Both of those are closer to $300 (some places list the Caterina at $350 but most have it for more like $315) and both are carried by places that periodically have discount offers that let you save around 20%. I’ve owned both and like both.

[Mac123]

@Madison

I consider the “middle price” options to be the Aramas and the Nunn Finer Caterina that I linked to earlier. Both of those are closer to $300 (some places list the Caterina at $350 but most have it for more like $315) and both are carried by places that periodically have discount offers that let you save around 20%. I’ve owned both and like both.

I wish the Dover store had had an Aramas, because that’s actually my first choice! My local tack store back home carried them, but I think they’re a little harder to find?

[Madison]

@Mac123

I wish the Dover store had had an Aramas, because that’s actually my first choice! My local tack store back home carried them, but I think they’re a little harder to find?

Tenney’s Saddlery in Florida carries the Aramas stuff, and periodically has sales. http://shop.ordertenneys.com/aramas/

[Mac123]

@Madison

Tenney’s Saddlery in Florida carries the Aramas stuff, and periodically has sales. http://shop.ordertenneys.com/aramas/

Thanks!!

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Aramas are beautiful bridles. The leather is very supple. They oil up well too. I have two and like them better then my edgewood and beval bridles. They only thing to remember is they run large.

[MintHillFarm]

@Mac123

I literally just purchased an Ovation bridle at Dover with the regular noseband because I had a Dover gift card I needed to use. I almost got the wide noseband version, but I just don’t think my mare’s going to end up in the hunter ring. It is raised, fancy stitched, and padded, and was $180.

The way I saw it is that it was a decent price for a decent quality. I compared it hand-in-hand to a Pessoa bridle, which was double the price, but didn’t have the padded monocrown and didn’t seem superior in any way quality-wise. My opinion…as long as you don’t expect it to be like an Edgewood in terms of the butter soft leather quality, it’s a decent bridle for a decent price that looks fine even for some local showing.

I do wish there were more options in the middle price range. It seems that prices jump from the $180-$200 range up to the $350-$400 range (some of which truly aren’t much nicer than the less expensive options!). But then Dover didn’t have a vary wide selection; I’m sure I could have done better online elsewhere, but like I said, I had a gift card to spend, and so it just made more sense.

I just bought one too (with a gift card!), in oversize, sounds like maybe the same one based on the cost. I don’t like that they added a piece to cover the buckle on the nose band. It is stiff even after oiling. The one keeper is sewn close so it is very hard to put the end through it…The brow band isn’t the greatest fit either, not flush against his head. I have had other Ovations that were better quality.