Bridle Path...What is it?

MacObsession10 · 01-11-2005, 03:33 PM

i clip my horses from where his ears are 3 inches back

Cyn · 01-11-2005, 03:37 PM

Holly, Do you have your computer and camera in the barn or did you already have these pics???? You never cease to amaze me!!!

HalterGirl_88 · 01-11-2005, 03:59 PM

LOL Cyn, no I already had those, I think I have a step by step for just about everything I do on a daily basis!

I'm prepared!

Sandra-A1 · 01-11-2005, 04:19 PM

There is no set length...as in inches when it comes to a bridlepath.
It really depends on the breed, the event, and the look you want to achieve.

I have had them just a inch or two so the bridle's crownpiece would have a nice flat place to set....all the way to several inches to create the illusion of the horse having a finer (thinner) throatlatch

Some owners cut the mane to accentuate it's throatlatch and enhance the area where the head joins the neck,for when the horse is presented in halter or set up in a bridle.
In general, if your horse has a nice throatlatch, you cut the bridle path shorter to draw the eye to it. If the horse's throalatch is rather thick and not exactly that shapely, then you trim the bridlepath a bit futher back to create the illusion that it is thinner than it really is, and use the long mane to draw the eye away from that area.
It all depends on what the owner prefers and what will enhance their horse.

spotteddrafter1 · 01-12-2005, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeM

I use electric clippers.

My mare was born and raised for the next 4 years on an Amish farm....so electric clippers haven't been an option for us at this point.

We're working on it, but scissors work really well....just make sure you are at a point that your horse will keep it's head down until you ask otherwise!

indiekisses985 · 01-12-2005, 12:58 PM

I don't make the bridal path go so short that there is absolutely no hair left. But that's because I don't show. I just do it until theres little stubby hair sticking out. THe hair should not be long at all. This is so the bridal can sit more comfortablly on the horse's head.

Paints4me · 01-12-2005, 01:16 PM

I shave mine with the electric clippers. I would be afraid to use a razor on them. I cant even use one without cutting myself hardly! LOL I just be too afraid they'ed jerk and I cut them.

kiera1228 · 01-16-2005, 06:07 PM

mine isnt shaved all the way, but is like a finger and a half length.

UnDun* · 02-13-2005, 11:02 PM

Pull your horse's ear back, and that's the length it should be

Appylvr · 02-14-2005, 07:39 PM

I prefer my horses to have the bridle paths. It is much easier to get the halters and bridles on without the mane getting in the way. There are some breeds that aren't supposed to have them. I take care of a lot of Andalusians and Peruvian Pasos and they keep the manes. Boy, it's a pain in the neck getting their halters on!!! I don't have clippers, so I just use scissors.

01-11-2005, 03:37 PM	#12
Cyn Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,649 Images: 840	Holly, Do you have your computer and camera in the barn or did you already have these pics???? You never cease to amaze me!!! __________________ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ I've Been Snowballed!

01-11-2005, 04:19 PM	#14
Sandra-A1 Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 8,511 Images: 234	There is no set length...as in inches when it comes to a bridlepath. It really depends on the breed, the event, and the look you want to achieve. I have had them just a inch or two so the bridle's crownpiece would have a nice flat place to set....all the way to several inches to create the illusion of the horse having a finer (thinner) throatlatch Some owners cut the mane to accentuate it's throatlatch and enhance the area where the head joins the neck,for when the horse is presented in halter or set up in a bridle. In general, if your horse has a nice throatlatch, you cut the bridle path shorter to draw the eye to it. If the horse's throalatch is rather thick and not exactly that shapely, then you trim the bridlepath a bit futher back to create the illusion that it is thinner than it really is, and use the long mane to draw the eye away from that area. It all depends on what the owner prefers and what will enhance their horse. __________________ "It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." ~Dumbledore

02-13-2005, 11:02 PM	#19
UnDun* Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,850 Images: 138	Pull your horse's ear back, and that's the length it should be __________________ "Ride What You've Got" *Dallas & Heather*

02-14-2005, 07:39 PM	#20
Appylvr Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: California Posts: 7,018 Images: 307	I prefer my horses to have the bridle paths. It is much easier to get the halters and bridles on without the mane getting in the way. There are some breeds that aren't supposed to have them. I take care of a lot of Andalusians and Peruvian Pasos and they keep the manes. Boy, it's a pain in the neck getting their halters on!!! I don't have clippers, so I just use scissors. __________________ A solitary ride through the bush is more beneficial than six months with the best psychiatrist I've been snowballed!

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MacObsession10 Banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ct Posts: 245	i clip my horses from where his ears are 3 inches back

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HalterGirl_88 Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,611	LOL Cyn, no I already had those, I think I have a step by step for just about everything I do on a daily basis! I'm prepared!

01-12-2005, 12:58 PM	#16
indiekisses985 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,334	I don't make the bridal path go so short that there is absolutely no hair left. But that's because I don't show. I just do it until theres little stubby hair sticking out. THe hair should not be long at all. This is so the bridal can sit more comfortablly on the horse's head.

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Paints4me Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Kansas Posts: 1,284 Images: 24	I shave mine with the electric clippers. I would be afraid to use a razor on them. I cant even use one without cutting myself hardly! LOL I just be too afraid they'ed jerk and I cut them.

01-16-2005, 06:07 PM	#18
kiera1228 Full Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 129	mine isnt shaved all the way, but is like a finger and a half length.