how many people tie up their bridles?

[ashleygoesrawr]

i've always been taught to tie my bridle up to be put in tack room. when i say tie up i mean having the rein buckle at the headpiece, like you're holding it. and then everything's hanging right and you take the throat lash from right [the bridle's right] over the front of everything and wrap it around back until its on the bridle's left and slip the end through the keeper like when you do it up [not buckle it]. and then i wrap the noseband around and put it through the keeper.

okay, i probably went into WAY too much detail but yeah. haha. i'm pretty OCD when it comes to things like this. sometimes at my barn i just randomly become the "bridle fairy" and tie up every bridle in the tack room. everything looks so much neater when they're all nice and done up =D

i know, i'm odd.

[stellarxc]

Ahhhh. I haven't "figure-eight-ed" a bridle since New Haven! I totally loved it though, I'm weird but cleaning the tack after riding, putting it away properly, made me feel like I wasn't just using tack to throw it away and ruin it.

Haha. I don't anymore. I started to at RR, then someone one day was like "Yeah, I grabbed a bridle from Jasper's hook at it was tangled.." WHOOPS!

If I ever got my own horse, I probably would after cleaning it. :o)

[cursivenight]

I know how, but I don't since at my barn we all have our own lockery things that are huge. And it has a nice little hook so I never saw the need.

[Missy]

at my barn its a rule that after you ride you clean your bridle and wrap it.
along with balsaming your saddle atleast once a week.

[jilllovesgus]

I used to figure eight my bridle EVERY SINGLE DAY at my old barn, but now I'm just too lazy. I probably will start doing it again after I move down to the main barn... but my other bridle (which I don't use) is like, permanently figure-eight'ed. (:

[Manda]

I was taught to, and I used to, but I basically have my own tack room, so I just make sure it's put away nicely and not tangled, but I don't figure-eight it often. I should start to again.

[Fells_4_ever]

I usually just hook the reins thru the throatlash and hang it from a hook. I do my stirrup leathers a funny way tho.

[silverleprichuan]

Every bridle at the barn MUST be figure-eighted or my trainer takes it away.

[DixieGirl]

I really don't have a bridle rack or anything. So...No I don't tie my bridle.

[moniexponie]

Every bridle at the barn MUST be figure-eighted or my trainer takes it away.


Used to be like that at my old barn. She wouldn't take them away, but she would start yelling at you if you didn't. xD

Now, I have my own locker, so I don't usually. I do when I go to shows, so that everything stays neat and organized. ^^

[Haley]

I do it every day, but now that you mention it, I think I actually forgot to do it today!

[bethfornow]

I leave my show bridle tied up in it's bridle bag but the every day one i don't bother.