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Beta headstalls are made of a synthetic material that combines the strength of nylon with the easy care of vinyl.
Beta is particularly popular with trail and endurance riders, since the material requires no maintenance and can be subjected to virtually any conditions without being affected.
Available in black, brown and chestnut.
Draft size available in black only.

Beta is a leather-like synthetic composed of a nylon core with a vinyl coating.
It is impervious to dirt and sweat, and will give you years of use with no maintenance required.
The material stays supple in freezing weather and doesn't dry out or get brittle with age.
Beta is durable and easy to clean - just dunk in a bucket of water, swish around and hang to dry.
It has a slightly grainy surface and low-sheen surface, which gives it a leather-like appearance.
Beta is a little heavier than nylon.

STEERING USING A BITLESS BRIDLE:

Brief pressure on one rein (yellow arrow) pushes painlessly but persuasively on the opposite half of the head (red arrows).
Horses respond better to being pushed painlessly (nudged) with the Bitless Bridle (over a large surface area) than being pulled painfully by a bit (with highly focused pressure on the sensitive tissues of the mouth).
Where the head goes the horse follows.
Unlike the effect of a bit, that tends to twist a horse's head, the head stays upright and the turn is more natural and physiologically correct.
By comparison with either bits or other bitless bridles (hackamores, bosals and sidepulls), more effective steering is one of the first benefits that riders notice.
The Bitless Bridle 'works' with both direct and neck reining.

SLOWING AND STOPPING USING A BITLESS BRIDLE:

Brief pressure on both reins or alternate pressure on each rein applies a gentle squeeze to the whole of the head and triggers a 'submit' response.
Braking is probably attributable to a combination of the calming effect of a whole-head-hug; to initiation of a balancing reflex at the poll; to the stimulation of areas of special sensitivity behind the ears; and to painless pressure across the bridge of the nose.
The "brakes" are more reliable than those provided by the bit.
First, bit-induced pain causes many a horse to bolt rather than brake.
Secondly, at no time can the horse deprive the rider of all means of communication by gripping the bit between its teeth or under its tongue.
Unlike the mechanics of the bit, hackamore, bosal or sidepull, braking is not dependent on pain across the bridge of the nose, poll flexion and obstruction of the airway.

The above advice on steering/stopping, using the nudge/hug approach of the Bitless Bridle should, ideally, be used simply as a back-up, if required, to the more important aids provided by body weight, balance and breathing.

A quiet revolution is now taking place that transforms the art and science of horsemanship.
The Bitless Bridle provides a humane alternative to the Bronze Age technology of the bit.
Unlike the bit, no pain is inflicted.
Your horse is free from fear, listens more attentively, breathes more freely, and moves more gracefully.
With a calm, less spooky horse, communication is enhanced, trust established, performance improved, and harmony achieved.
Riding and driving becomes simpler, safer and more satisfying.
Both you and your horse can relax and enjoy yourselves.

Although The Bitless Bridle is indisputably a bitless bridle it bears no other resemblance to the pre-existing and traditional bitless bridles, i.e., the hackamores, bosals, and sidepulls.
In common with all bitted bridles, the traditional bitless bridles are pain-based in their mechanism.
The Bitless Bridle is the only bridle that ensures a pain-free rein aid.
It works on an entirely new and different concept compared with all previous bridles.
The Bitless Bridle provides, as it were, full service communication, whereas the traditional bitless bridles all have limitations in their ability to provide for rider/horse communication.
The hackamores and bosals, for example, make some provision for stopping (though with similar inherent problems to the bit method) but are weak on steering, whereas the sidepulls provide for steering but are weak on stopping.
Furthermore, whereas the Bitless Bridle is applicable to all disciplines, the traditional bitless bridles are not.

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