Horses competing in the dressage event must wear a double bridle, which means that the horse actually has two separate bits in its mouth, a Snaffle and a Curb, and the rider has to hold onto two sets ...

British Eventing (BE) has amended its rule book to make it clear that bitless bridles are acceptable for showjumping and cross-country. It follows an incident when competitor Mark Smith was wrongly ...

Mark Todd proved once more that he will always be a legend – by ending a dressage test at his last ever event without a bridle. The New Zealander was caught on camera pulling a mock-despairing face at ...