Well, just for fun today, I put the bosal on my filly, I was curious to see what she might look like when she grows up. 
Who knew? Maybe there is some QH inside of her somewhere after all. LOL!
"Do I look “western?”
Looking towards the future:
“Is this how it works, mom?”
I don’t know what people are using today, but years ago, bosals were traditionally used with browbands, one eared bridles for curbs.
We really didn’t have single, two eared bridles then, that is how long ago I am talking about.:lol:
I would drop that half a hole, maybe a whole hole down.
The side pieces fit her fine, not too close to the eyes.
That is a beautiful filly and a pretty bosal like that one looks very fetching on her.
aww thanks. I love her, she’s a doll. I did drop it a hole after I took the pics. Just a photo shoot though, still a long time before she might wear it “for real” 
Everything is double single ears now… I think if you entered the show pen in anything else there would be blinged out mavens all over dropping like flies from the shock. :-p
I was learning about fashion today at some of the booths at the show I was at. Wow… mind is totally blown. I kinda like just having my only show clothes choice options being: “Do I wear the light lavender show shirt, or the light blue, and do I go with tan breeches, or the other tan breeches?”
whole new world out there for us… lolol!!
[QUOTE=Bluey;7479649]
I don’t know what people are using today, but years ago, bosals were traditionally used with browbands, one eared bridles for curbs.
We really didn’t have single, two eared bridles then, that is how long ago I am talking about.:lol:
I would drop that half a hole, maybe a whole hole down.
The side pieces fit her fine, not too close to the eyes.
That is a beautiful filly and a pretty bosal like that one looks very fetching on her.[/QUOTE]
“…traditionally used with browbands,…”
NO. Wrong. Traditional used with a simple hanger. No throatlatch, no brow band at all. Only difference would be using a fiador.
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“…traditionally used with browbands,…”
NO. Wrong. Traditional used with a simple hanger. No throatlatch, no brow band at all. Only difference would be using a fiador.[/QUOTE]
Maybe that is regional?
Here everyone you see being used and those advertised in most catalogs have a browband.
The browbands may even have a fancy middle knot on the nicer ones.
Our working hackamore bridles are made of plain latigo, nothing fancy and all have a browband with two places to attach one to the side pieces, one to run the fiador string thru.
We make them ourselves.
[QUOTE=Bluey;7483857]
Maybe that is regional?
Here everyone you see being used and those advertised in most catalogs have a browband.
The browbands may even have a fancy middle knot on the nicer ones.
Our working hackamore bridles are made of plain latigo, nothing fancy and all have a browband with two places to attach one to the side pieces, one to run the fiador string thru.
We make them ourselves.:)[/QUOTE]
Highly regional, in the sense that it originated in Alta California during the mission period. That is where the tradition started.
In Arabian-land, I see either bosal hangars or single/double-eared headstalls with the bosal, browbands for snaffles.
You see a lot of the single and double sliding ear headstalls on bosals at shows especially in western pleasure.
Occasionally I see a browband/fiador setup but usually it’s on a big heavy bosal used for starting colts.
I agree with Wirt that a simple hanger is traditional. The smaller hanger won’t interfere with the movement of the bosal like a regular headstall will. I also prefer a thin latigo one in the event of wreck the latigo will break rather than my bosal or McCarty getting tore up.
By the way, cute filly propspony!
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