It does not matter how experienced or inexperienced you are, anyone can have an accident, even the most well-schooled horse can have an off day or be startled through no fault of his own. A whole season’s competing, or even your life, can be put in jeopardy when all you needed to do was put […]

For all forms of schooling you need to think about protection and/or support for the horse’s legs. It will depend on what type of work you intend to do and on the age, fitness and health of your horse as to which type of boot or bandage is going to be most suitable. One of […]

The Norton or Citation This bridle has two mouthpieces: a loose-ring, thin wire jointed overcheck and a loose-ring jointed bradoon. The cheekpieces of the bridle attach to the rings of an overcheck. The reins attach to the rings of the bradoon. Around the mouthpiece of the overcheck are two metal fixtures that carry a nosepiece. […]

Cavesson noseband In its most simple form the cavesson is just a straight band around the horse’s nose attached by a sliphead to the bridle. Different widths can be used to good effect: a thin or a rolled nosepiece will suit a very fine delicate head, whereas a thick nosepiece on a long face can […]

Running martingale A running martingale is designed to prevent the horse lifting his head too high, and therefore out of the angle of control. This device relies on the correct tension of the reins to maintain control over the head. Attached to the girth it passes up between the horse’s front legs and divides at […]

The Schoolmasta is a variation of high-fitting side reins and is used for ridden schooling; the reins are fixed in a high position on the top of the horse’s withers. It consists of a specially designed and strengthened numnah with a D ring just in front of the pommel of the saddle. A trigger Clip […]

The harbridge can be used for either lunge work, loose schooling work or ridden work. Because of the low point of contact from which the device operates it encourages the horse to adopt a long low prohle and a high degree of poll flexion but allows the horse freedom to bend laterally. As there is […]

Draw reins are one piece of schooling equipment that is most often seen in a wide variety of equestrian disciplines. They are used only for ridden schooling and always with a second rein acting just on the bit; draw reins are never used by themselves. Standard draw reins should be 16 ft long (each rein […]

Halsverger means neck stretcher. This piece of equipment can e used for either ridden or lunge work. It is a strong piece of elastic with a woven nylon sleeve covering it; it has two clips at each end and is passed through a plastic block so that the rein is equally divided into two. It […]

The market harborough is a combination of a static rein attached to a snaffle bit and a draw rein. The draw rein looks very similar to a martingale. It is looped around the girth, runs between the horse’s front legs, up through a neckstrap, divides, passing through each bit ring from inside to outside, and […]

The Pessoa training system is designed to work the horse in four different positions encouraging balance and a gradual build-up of muscle along the horse’s topline, providing the person using the equipment lunges the horse well and in a controlled forward manner. The horse should be encouraged to engage the quarters as the system works […]

The Nathe Combi Trainer is designed to be used on the lunge. It is a very simple but effective schooling device requiring very little additional equipment to be used in conjunction With it. It is basically driving-harness breeching that extends either side of the horse’s body and attaches to the bit rings. It is adjusted […]