How To Fit A Noseband Using A Taper Gauge.

In this video, Dr Andrew McLean demonstrates how to correctly fit a noseband using a Taper Gauge. Andrew also discusses the reasons why tight nosebands are problematic, and how to ensure a noseband is fitted correctly.
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[@33CHRISTINA33]

This is so important! There are too many tight nose bands out there☹️

[@charlottebonnie5320]

Maybe only 5 per cent are correct.

[@desertrose2085]

I expressed concern to a dressage trainer that she was cranking my horse's noseband way too tight. I told her that I kept 2 fingers width in the noseband of my horse. She had tightened the noseband so it was actually pressing into the skin on his muzzle. She wedged her finger into the groove between the mandibles of the horse, on the bottom of his head, and said, "See! I can still fit a finger in there." I explained that you would have to break his jaw not to have that groove, and that you actually measure the space on top, but it made no difference. The trainers don't just ride their own horses like that; they insist that their students bridle their hoses like this for lessons. It's getting to the point that if you want to avoid nerve and other damage to your horse's face, you feel like you can't take a dressage lesson at all. This is not the reputation that the sport should want. This fad of squashing horses' mouths shut as tightly as possible is going to lead to more rule changes if they won't quit it. How can you say your horse accepts contact if he can't even move his mouth? I am disappointed that more judges aren't responding.

[@charlottebonnie5320]

Desert Rose / Thank you very much for telling the truth! I used to be a recreational rider (German: Freizeitreiter) and I have always been interested in saddling and bridling my horses correctly, but I only now got to know this special device through the KZbin-videos. All the responsible persons such as riding instructors and the inspectors on the warm-up areas of the tournaments probably don`t comment here because they actually have a bad conscience, but at the same time want to keep their short/tight nosebands and don`t have good arguments for it. This anti-horse quirk is extremely common. It`s the first time for me to read about this problem, and so detailed and honest. I hope your comment will help the poor horses someday! What about prosecution??!!!!!! They act against the law for the protection of animals.