English Hackamore fit

GingerSnap · 10-26-2008, 11:21 AM

Does anyone have a picture of what a correctly fitting English Hackamore should look like?

VelveteenPony · 10-26-2008, 02:17 PM

What kind of hackamore? jumping or mechanical?

GingerSnap · 10-26-2008, 03:00 PM

This one, not sure but I am guessing mechanical?

Huntseat · 10-26-2008, 03:18 PM

The nosepiece had slipped down a little bit in this picture, I think she had just shaken her head, but the rest of the mechanism is correctly fitted.

Ceilidh · 10-26-2008, 03:23 PM

Might I suggest that you try a true hackamore? We used one of the mechanicals on a mare we had years ago - not the best device.

greyongray · 10-26-2008, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ceilidh

Might I suggest that you try a true hackamore? We used one of the mechanicals on a mare we had years ago - not the best device.

What's a true hackamore? Do you mean like a sidepull?

The above is the jumping hackamore, a mechanical one has some moving parts and usually longer shanks that are loosely wired together where the reins connect.

GingerSnap · 10-26-2008, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ceilidh

Might I suggest that you try a true hackamore? We used one of the mechanicals on a mare we had years ago - not the best device.

This type is what she likes and at 23 I don't think I will make her try something new

she works very nicely in one but I wanted to switch it from her English headstall over to a western one and I wanted to make sure I had the fit correct.

Dawn · 10-26-2008, 04:05 PM

That is a mechanical hackamore, not a jumping hack.

If it was fit correctly on her english headstall, simply fit it the same on the western.

The biggest thing to remember is to keep the noseband well above the soft nasal tissues. You want it resting slightly under the cheekbones (dependant upon conformation).

GingerSnap · 10-26-2008, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dawn

That is a mechanical hackamore, not a jumping hack.

If it was fit correctly on her english headstall, simply fit it the same on the western.

The biggest thing to remember is to keep the noseband well above the soft nasal tissues. You want it resting slightly under the cheekbones (dependant upon conformation).

So when you say soft nasal tissue if I squeeze the top of her nose and it pinches together with my fingers than it needs to be up higher?

Dawn · 10-26-2008, 04:49 PM

Yep. You want it where the entire circumference of the nose is hard. I'll try to find a photo.

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Ceilidh Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wetaskiwin, Ab, Canada Posts: 1,501 Images: 3	Might I suggest that you try a true hackamore? We used one of the mechanicals on a mare we had years ago - not the best device.

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Dawn Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 38,813 Images: 1582	That is a mechanical hackamore, not a jumping hack. If it was fit correctly on her english headstall, simply fit it the same on the western. The biggest thing to remember is to keep the noseband well above the soft nasal tissues. You want it resting slightly under the cheekbones (dependant upon conformation).

10-26-2008, 04:49 PM	#10
Dawn Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 38,813 Images: 1582	Yep. You want it where the entire circumference of the nose is hard. I'll try to find a photo.