> > i have not tried bridleless on the trail yet at all. > I certainly wasn't planning to do any bridleless trail riding on purpose. Have had a couple of incidents over 40 years that resulted in some bridleless riding out of the riding ring, but I don't think it's a particularly great idea.
I rode with a trainer friend as she took her young Arab gelding on his first ever endurance ride. Somehow at the vet check (15 miles from the trailers) someone picked up her snaffle bit and disappeared with it. Since we really needed to continue on, she rode him home in his halter. He was really truly amazing, but even that left her with a modicum of control. I did offer her my bridle in an act of very couragous generosity, but I suspect she thought I needed it more than she did. Nancy > >
