Bit vs. Bitless, The CHA Experiment The Bitless Bridle by Dr. Robert Cook, FRCVS, Ph.D.

Thursday Sep 2, 2010

Bit vs. Bitless, The CHA Experiment

In October, 2008, at the Certified Horsemanship Association's International Conference, Dr. Cook conducted a unique experiment. It demonstrated that the performance of four horses immediately and significantly improved, within four minutes, when their jointed snaffle bridle was replaced with a crossunder bitless bridle. Four riding school horses that were being ridden in a crossunder bitless bridle for the very first time, completed two four-minute exercise tests, first in a snaffle bridle, then in the BitlessBridle. The entire experiment (in better quality video) is available on DVD. Contact our Customer Service department for more information (866.235.0938)

Reference: Cook, W.R and Mills, D.S "Preliminary study of Jointed Snaffle Bridle vs. Crossunder Bitless Bridle: A quantified comparison of behaviour in 4 horses." Equine Veterinary Journal. In Press, November 2009

Introduction:

First Horse, part 1 (bitted):

First Horse, part 2 (bitless):

Second Horse:

Third Horse, part 1 (bitted):

Third Horse, part 2 (bitless):

Fourth Horse:

Final Results and Questions, part 1:

Final Results and Questions, part 2:

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