Description

Dr Cook Bitless Bridle, Black Beta – medium size – original design in excellent used condition

Beta synthetic bitless bridle, black – used but in excellent condition with many years of use left. The beta synthetic combines the strength of nylon with the easy care of vinyl, just dunk in a bucket of water, or machine wash (max 40 deg C) to clean. It is soft and kind to the horse whilst being very easy to maintain.

This Dr Cook original design has the extra buckles on the cheek straps (aesthetic only) and has two single straps over the poll (the later version has the poll straps stitched together – any saddler or cobbler would be able to do this for you if required).

You can attach any reins to a Dr Cook bridle, so reins are not included; reins available here

The current price of a new beta bridle is around £85, but since these are no longer available to buy new in UK, you will almost certainly have to pay postage & import duty / VAT on top, so a used beta bridle makes perfect sense, especially in the current economic climate.

Available to download original Dr Cook User Manual

Available to download Fitting a Dr Cook (style) Bitless Bridle

Size	Headstall	Noseband
Beta – synthetic leather-lookalike
Small (pony)	29” – 39” (74 cm – 99 cm)	18” – 22” (46 cm – 56 cm)
Medium (cob)	33” – 43” (84 cm – 109 cm)	19” – 23” (48 cm – 56 cm)
Large (full, warmblood)	38” – 48” (97 cm – 122 cm)	22” – 26” (55 cm – 66 cm)
Draft (shire, clydesdale etc)	46” – 57” (117 cm – 145 cm)	24” – 28” (61 cm – 71 cm)

To measure your horse

Measure 1½” to 2” (approx 3 – 5 cm) up from the corner of the horse’s mouth. From that point, measure the circumference of the horse’s nose (noseband).

From that same point (1½” – 2” (3 – 5 cm) up from the corner of the horse’s mouth), run your tape measure up the side of the face, around the poll (behind the ears) to the same point on the other side of the face (headstall).

Another way of getting the headstall measurement is to measure (from 1½” – 2” [3 – 5 cm] up from the corner of the horse’s mouth) to the very top of the poll (to the point right between the ears) and double that measurement.