Can The Bitless Bridle be used for driving?
Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Yes, because… The principles that make the cross-under bitless bridle safer for riding apply equally to driving and perhaps more so – it being so easy for a driver to hurt his horse with a bitted bridle. Drivers have not yet adopted the bitless option in the same numbers as riders but the early adopters are showing by example and attitudes will gradually change as drivers come to recognize, as riders already have, that a bit does not control the horse. Significantly, the first to use the Bitless Bridle for driving were those who were already using it for riding. A driving champion has remarked, “When driving people get together they talk about accidents.” I find this to be a very telling comment. I am fully aware that what I am about to say is diametrically opposed to conventional wisdom but I am convinced that the bit is the source of the majority of carriage accidents. Carriage drivers are encouraged to first use the cross-under bitless bridle for lo
