Puller strap
The puller strap is a leather strap that is used as part of a combined noseband in competition and leisure riding . The puller strap runs around the nose and is intended to prevent the horse from opening its mouth in order to avoid the bit pressure caused by rough rider hands. Therefore, the belt is often called a locking belt . The myth is still often mistakenly spread that the rein pressure is distributed on the bridge of the nose. However, this is physically impossible and is only the case with the variant described below.
In horse racing, the puller strap is attached to the bit rings and only runs over the bridge of the nose. When the reins are taken on, the strap (which should be loosely buckled) is taut and transfers the tension on the bit to the horse's nose.
See also
Web links
- Michael Geitner: The locking strap. Michael Geitner, accessed July 13, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stefan Brosig: Gallop training for racing and leisure horses: A description of the so-called classic training . BoD - Books on Demand, August 8, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8370-2640-5 , pp. 40– (accessed August 11, 2011).