Bitless Ambassadors Gallery

I often join organized rides through beautiful nature reserves and big forests. I don’t enter at many competitions but we were training to enter cross

Jake and I won both the in hand and ridden cob classes. The judge loved Jake and highly encouraged us to go above local level

Phantom came second in his first show at 55cm class and 3rd in 65cm class.

1st place in beginner working hunter class.

Megan and her off the track thoroughbred, Buddys, first competition in a bitless bridle. This horse has been very anxious previously in a bitted bridle

This was in the novice ridden class

The absolute highlight of the day was not winning a ribbon, but rather having a calm and happy horse, something I simply could not achieve

Jessie age 3 riding Maggie age 5 in their first ever ridden class. They both looked adorable and were thrilled to get 5th place. Maggie

Grade 1 40k endurance ride

Placed 4th in the unaffiliated Novice dressage on Invasor, and he had a floppy lower lip throughout the test! We did have comments saying “hard

Can’t remember the exact date, i took Tara training at an equestrian centre! She jumped all the scary jumps with confidence and we did some

Crafty entered the in-hand veteran class with her new Transcend bridle. She is an 18 year old TB x Shire and was placed 5th. We

The show organisers were incredibly supportive of me riding bitless and I got several comments about how lovely the Transcend bridle was.

My standardbred mare in her Nurtural bitless bridle just before competing in McDonald’s run (Judged Pleasure Distance Ride), where she won the “Trail Horse” award.

Me and Tara entered our first bitless cross country competition and it was also only our second cross country ever! She was impeccably behaved the

This is Woo (show name Girlie Intuition) placing 10th in the BE90 section A at Chilham Castle International Horse Trials. Show jumping and cross country

My Dad is with the British Military and we are in Cyprus at the moment . I would of won the turnout class on my

Aged 6 years old. Youngest competitor, first place in junior foreign breeds on 15.1 PRE

I competed in both dressage and jumpers (.80-.90cm) at this 3-day show. Next year I plan not only to compete in the bridleless championships again,

This photo was taken at Birdie’s first time competing at a horse show. We competed in an in-hand conformation class and received first place under

We did the whole competition bitless. The dressage judge commented on the sheet that I wasn’t allowed a hackamore for British Riding Club dressage, but

The stressless dressage series allow competitors to compete without the stress of plaiting and formal turnout but in every other respect are a regular riding

We were competing in an FEI endurance ride & completed our 80km ride.

Saint Sonia and I came third in our first ever dressage test. Only bitless competitor. We also did two rounds of low level showjumping. Masters

Classés 2ème lors du concours cso

With our Bitless Ambassador rosette and our other rosettes since 1st June 2018: *Stowell Park Trec best POR *BHAA National Championships qualifiers, 5th place in

Got a 3rd place rosette for in hand veteran (20 year old horse). She is my family and I only ever want her to be

This was our first ever show jumping competition (second overall). Charlie did amazingly and I’m so proud of him. I’ll be popping up a post

18yr old moor bred Exmoor, Anchor Rossi, places 3rd in Lead Rein class with Leila, 7 & 5th with Leo, 9.

Show ground allows bitless in non affiliated events

Came 5th out of 11 competitors, in the 60cm eventers challenge. It appears as if we were the only bitless horse and rider there! I

We had a fantastic time competing in the Bowland TREC Group TREC competition this weekend and despite the awful weather came 4th in the level

Training again at another equestrian centre, my mother gave me a lesson and was really impressed with Taras progress. She was very relaxed, last time

Breo and I had a fantastic weekend at the Baroque Horse Festival, we competed in Horsemanship skill at arms courses and archery. We placed 2nd

This is my boy hudson he is 14 I started him as a 7year old. He has always been ride bitless unless we are not

The show was a lot of fun and I had no problems bitless. Because it is show jumping I had no problem and was breaking

Endurance is a great sport to compete bitless in as it is allowed. I am trying to point out to other riders, mainly recreational/ trail

[html ]Unaffiliated dressage show with classes from Intro to Elementary. Any tack is allowed in the Intro class. The other classes run under BD rules

Cygnet took two young, first time showing, riders around the family working hunter course at the 95th annual Connemara Pony Show. She was foot perfect

Event Cirencester Park endurance. Run by endurance GB. Class 80K young riders race ride. Position first. Taz or Ladys Man to give him his full

Lots of bitless competitors in TREC – we are in good company. My pair came 4th in this competition – really good for 2 young

Jake and I showing off our haul from Equifest ^_^ 9th was our favourite placing across the whole event but every single rosette was well

[fluid][html ]We came 5th in the horsemanship class and gained an extra point for being bitless. it was quite scary for Buddy who jumped about

The shows at Rattlewood are very open to bitless! Depending on the judge I either get a comment or “on the bit” underlined but barely

We did a hunter trial bitless! Wveryone commented on how lovely it was that she didnt have to wear a bit. They asked how i

Pictured is my horse Moonshine showing his salute ~ we were asked to be part of the demonstration team at California State Fair. Moonshine and

Riding my friends horse, this was my first time showjumping in two years, due to my old boy retiring earlier this year, and I believe

Maya is 10 years old and has trained her pony herself from scratch. She didn’t win any ribbons at this competition but she went clear

Winner of the best POR (orienteering) section from all classes over the weekend in our bitless pair with Yvonne Allen and Solly (ridden in a

We won reserve champion for the whole inhand ring in our second ever show bitless.

Monsieur Chapeau stood Reserve Moorbred Champion and Non-Pedigree Exmoor Champion in his bitless bridle

Issy and I did our first hunter trial of the year last weekend, our first time ever out bitless and she came 2nd out of

We placed 2nd in out Crossrail Jumpers (speed round) and 3rd in Crossrail jumpers (jump-off). This was Sweetie’s first show bitless and I am very

Hope this posts. I have already put it on fb!

Zion and I competed in 3 jumping classes and achieved 100% clear rounds. He won 2 first places and a 3rd place. I was especially

We were the only bitless competitors and he won this test with 71%.

I’ve had Lightning 4 years. He’s a rescue and I’ve ridden him bitless since I got him. I use LightRider Western Bridle Equine Trial Sport

My granddaughter Aaliyah at her first show Lomax was bought in poor condition Christmas Eve 2015, Barefoot and bitless Only bitless pony at the show

Tumbleweed’s first show, my first show bitless and my first blue ribbon!

Maddy and Jack, already fab Bitless Ambassadors and here they are again 🙂 Jack and I competed in both Intro B and Intro C –

Friendly supportive dressage competition. Bitless accepted no questions asked. Intro and prelim classes. Running a winter league.

On Equiday we joint the demonstration on how you can work with your horse in extreme situations and obstacels. There was smoke, fire, sail, pool

Hori and I have been out competing bitless in Dumfries and Galloway all summer while on holiday at various events including showing, working hunter, arena

ROR in hand class. 4th out of 15

Competing in Low Jumpers. Max has been Bitless for the whole 8 years I have owned him! He loves his BB and we have competed

First place awarded with 91%! Riding bitless was very much encouraged and points were deducted if you rode in a bit. Very proud of my

Think I shared this one before. Tara at a dressage competition earlier this year wearing her orbitless bridle! She was the only bitless horse there

6th in test Intro A. Only bitless competitor.

Level 2a Trec competition, about 5 hours in the saddle. A change from her usual Dr Cooks bridle to the Transcend but didn’t notice any

We won the 60cm individual showjumping and came 2nd in the combined event.

This was an unofficial dressage competition where bitless was allowed. I was the only bitless competitor. We placed 4th and 5th in the Novice tests.

We had a very hot but fab day at this show. The Jude was glad to see my youngster in a bitless Bridle. We got

This photo was taken in a jumpers class – my four year old mare’s first show ever. Normally we are not allowed to compete bitless

I hope you’ll accept our bit less entry! We show jumped all year bridleless and are hoping we qualified for year end awards!

Imán showing off his rosette after he did such a fabulous job at the Pachesham Iberian festival!

Came second in handsomest gelding and 1st is Tack and turnout

4th place at BE90 Snaffle has to be used for dressage 🙁 but dr cook in other phases

This mare is also ridden without any gear and is responsive and calm. She has never had a bit in her mouth – now 16

I have ridden in the klass M2 and now i can go to the klass Z. But the FEI doens’t allow riders to start in

My Suffolk punch Soldier Sporting his ambassador Rossette as requested by sue am re submitting for the championship comp

Luckily, Trec does not discriminate against bitless riders, so it is one of the competitions that we still continue to take part in. This was

More training for Tara! This time we went with my friend on her young horse. Tara was very very excited to have a friend with

Postal Match at Mounted Archery Summer Camp, where Ros Jones very kindly let me ride her wonderful Connemara Monkey.

This was at Birdie’s second ever horse show. She placed a very respectful 4th in an in-hand conformation class out of a large number of

Jake and I came 2nd in Intro and Prelim level Prix Caprilli at Ewshot riding club couple of weeks ago ^_^ Jake wore his lovely

International Mountain Trail Challenge Association. My first ever riding competition at age 59. Got second place in Novice ridden class.Dakota is QH aged 16. His

We did our very first local horse show. He won 2 1st place and 1 2nd place Ribbon. We did walk jog class in western

Winner Horse archery, Winner skill at arms

We had a brilliant day and won 4 of our 5 showing in hand classes including ‘tack and turnout’. The judge loved Buddy’s transcend and

Iman was super in his classes and placed in both the in-hand PRE mares and geldings, and the veteran class (5th and 2nd respectively).